R.I.P. Sir Terry

[Zenopus Archives]

Just finished Sourcery, third of the 'Rincewind series'. Enjoyed it & laughed out loud periodically throughout - a good sign.

My library system has most of these books, so up next is Eric (the next Rincewind), and then Mort.

[T. Foster]

Eric was one of my favorites of the Discworld books I've read (roughly the first half of the series). If you've only read the Rincewind books so far I recommend branching out - I tended to like most of the other sub-series (Death, Witches, City Watch, etc.) better than the Rincewind books.

[thedungeondelver]

What's the best place to start with his books?

I feel like I missed out.

[T. Foster]

What's the best place to start with his books?

I feel like I missed out.

IMO Guards! Guards!

It's the 8th book in the overall series, but the first book in the City Watch sub-series, so it introduces a bunch of new characters and doesn't really depend on knowing much of anything from the prior books, plus it's one of the funnier ones, and the main target of its satirical elements (cliches in fantasy novels) is one that D&D fans can easily relate to.

If you like it, you can move forwards (the rest of the City Watch novels) or backwards (The Colour of Magic) or branch out (the other sub-series: Death, the Witches, etc.) from there. If you don't, you probably wouldn't have liked any of the others any better and can at least say you gave it an honest shot.

[JasonZavoda]

What's the best place to start with his books?

I feel like I missed out.

His third book published (I belive) is clled 'Strata' a sci-fi which is kind of a pre-discworld book and a good story in itself. Otherwise I'd rcommend 'The Colour of Magic' as the best place to start.

[Zenopus Archives]

I finished Eric and am now on to Mort. A great change of pace after reading four Rincewind novels! I enjoyed them all but they start to achieve a certain sameness (parody picaresque/travelogue) at a certain point, so it's nice to start over fresh characters and a different story.