![]() Because Pratchett is British, there is that dry British humor (humour?) but funny is funny and some of the books are groaningly funny. Why should you read any of the Discworld books?įirst and foremost, they are wicked funny. As befitting a final book, it wrapped up several stories from characters we’d come to know. Pratchett died on Maand his final Discworld book - The Shepherd’s Crown- was published that August. ![]() Chronological order reveals the characters and their stories over the course of time. After the first Discworld book - The Colour of Magic - came out in 1983, Pratchett would write an average of two books a year, skipping around to tell whatever story captivated him at that moment. This is not the order in which they were written. I have long enjoyed this series and decided to read all 41 books in chronological order. This fantasy land is a disc, held up by four elephants - Tubul, Jerakeen, Berilia, and Great T’Phon - who stand on the back of a giant turtle - Great A’tuin - as the turtle travels through space. ![]() Pratchett is perhaps best known for his 41-volume series set on Discworld. Now, it is recognized as a literary genre on its own and one of its best practitioners, Sir Terry Pratchett, would have turned 71 on April 28th. ![]() It’s sometimes hard to believe that fantasy fiction was once derided as a genre for authors who couldn’t write “real” books. ![]()
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