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The very first Discworld books are at best mediocre. Perfectly understandable given they were Pratchett's early work. Satire is hard to get right. But they're not a good way to convince readers that Discworld books are worth reading. Telling potential fans to start with them is a bad idea, unless the point is to turn readers off of Terry Pratchett. That you liked them is great, but doesn't mean that they're a good entry point to Discworld or a good hook for new fans. Last edited by Rbneader; 02-02-2016 at 10:43 PM. |
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An thats The Light Fantastic finished. Also loved it. I'm thinking about sticking with chronological order until I've at least finished Mort. Also I should really read Leviathan Wakes at some point, I've had it in my kindle library for years.
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I am going to put an end to this order of Discworld books one and for all. This is the reading order from Terry Pratchett's website.
http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/d...reading-order/ |
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Took a break from Discworld to give The Expanse series a shot. Really like the first two books but book three left me cold. Haven't moved on to book four yet.
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You might check out the Legacy Fleet Trilogy by Nick Webb. It starts with Constitution. All three books are in the Kindle Unlimited program. |
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Odd question but can you think of any books that evoke a similar feeling to the classic CRPG Planescape Torment? The only think that comes to mind is Perdido Street Station. I'm really in the mood for something strange world building.
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Edit: Ups, you have read them already. Then maybe something with a character who can't trust himself, like Fight Club. The nearest would actually be a movie: memento. Like the character in torment, the protagonist has to give himself notes, because he has no memories. Last edited by dickloraine; 04-29-2016 at 09:20 PM. |
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Planescape is a D&D setting, so there are some books based in that world. Not many as it wasn't one of their popular ones though.
Blood Hostages (first in a trilogy) Pages of Pain (stand alone it looks like) Others: https://www.goodreads.com/series/119155-planescape Per wikipedia this is a "rejected title" that the author has made available free online. |
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I'm thinking The Prince of Nothing series might fit what I'm looking for. Dark fantasy cosmic horror, and complex exotic world building.
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Good books, but quite different to torment. If you are looking for something dark and with some very interesting cosmology (the other world building is good, but not that exotic) they are excellent. Be aware, that the main protagonist is a sociopath, so if likeable characters are important to you, better look for some other book But if very dark and twisted is what you crave for, they should fit perfectly.
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Why not more China Mieville then?
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