*hums slightly before wandering to sleep*

[conuly]

This is just a gratuitous post, to indicate my current favorite Discworld quote. It's got a nice rhythm.

"I comma square bracket recruit's name square bracket comma do solemnly swear by square bracket recruit's deity of choice square bracket...to uphold the Laws and Ordinances of the city of Ankh-Morpork, serve the public trust comma and defend the subjects of His stroke Her bracket delete whichever is inappropriate bracket Majesty bracket name of reigning monarch bracket...without fear comma favor comma or thought of personal safety semi-colon to pursue evil-doers and protect the innocent comma laying down my life if necessary in the cause of said duty comma so help me bracket aforesaid deity bracket full stop Gods Save the King stroke Queen bracket delete whichever is inappropriate bracket full stop."

*smiles*

I'm going to memorize that, and start reciting it every time I'm asked to promise to something. Maybe I can vary the promise part somewhat.

*frowns*

Am I missing part of it? I don't know for sure, and I can't check.

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*hijacks thread*

i started reading from the first book (Colour of Magic, i think) and that was a pretty good start for me. I started a friend of mine on "Pyramids" (he'd never even heard of Pratchett before) and now he's got almost a complete library.

My suggestion is either start from the first book, start from a one-shot (something that doesn't have a huge history behind/in front of it like the later Rincewind books or the Guard books), or from the beginning of a particular series if you like the archetypes (the Grannys or the Guard).

Although, heck, his writing is par enough that if you accidentally pick up a book from the middle of a certain series, you won't be at too much of a loss. Hell, he pretty much just throws you in smack into the middle of something, anyway.

I guess the whole point of this has been lost by my contradictions. And it amounts to "it almost doesn't matter...just start reading".

Although I never did like "Moving Pictures" if that's the one-shot you're planning on starting with. Or "Faust Eric" for that matter.