Thread: Discworld Reading Order
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Old 01-12-2021, 07:41 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The problem is that nobody else is saying to read in publication order for the first read as an option. So I'm sticking up for that. After the first read, any order is not a problem for rereads.

If you are reading Discworld for the first time, how do you know that reading in published order is not the better way to read the series? You don't. How do you know some things will be spoiled by reading out of order? You don't.

So when you give the suggestion to read out of order, also give the pros/cons of reading in order. And a lot of people do like the first few books.
How do people know that another order is better? Or at least ok? Easy, they come here and ask what the best order is, you say "publication order", and others reply with alternative orders and reasons why they are good orders.

Jon, it is unlikely that someone would now start the Discworld books completely blind. Odds are someone will have suggested it. And they will probably suggest where to start (probably their favourite sub-series). At worst, they well see one of the books somewhere, get interested by it (cover, title, description or whatever) and go and look for the first book to read. And then they will find one of the many discussions on this and make their own informed decision.
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