I also started with The Colour of Magic and was a little annoyed by it, because to me it came off as an attempt at copying Douglas Adams' style. I decided to cut him slack as not having found his own voice, and continued reading the series publication order. It was an interesting exercise to watch him find his way into the world he was making. One upside of that for me was reading Mort as my 4th Discworld novel. DEATH is possibly my favorite character ever from any series, so much as I enjoyed the City Watch (LOVE Vetinari), I am pleased I read them in publication order. But join a jihad over it I will not.
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