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Originally Posted by maddz
I firmly dropped Xanth once it started getting into somewhat objectionable titles ('The Color of Her Panties' - yeah, right - I am so not interested). The puns started getting tortured too - it was OK for the first few books, then the quality started dropping.
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Would you say it was a case of series quality decreasing? Someone should start a thread on that!
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Discworld I found more interesting in the long haul - I thought the quality (although still uneven) tended to get better over time.
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To be clear, as an outsider who doesn't have a strong interest in either series, I do believe Discworld to be of higher quality overall than the Xanth series. I see Discworld as being the fantasy version of the Hitchhiker's Guide books. A humorous series that is well respected and clearly written by a very smart guy, but still, something I'm not interested in.
I did read Good Omens, by Gaiman and Pratchett. I thought it was creative, but again, I wasn't bowled over by it, the way so many have been (the TV series was enjoyable enough, but the better half definitely enjoyed it more than I did).
I love Stephen Baxter and have been curious about his Long Earth books, but haven't picked them up yet, because in part I think '... the Discworld guy?'
Oh! I did read a humorous fantasy book: Another Fine Myth. I liked the book, but not enough to read the sequels.