I think you've already been given all the advice on Vetinari that you could possibly need, so I'll cover other ground. :-)
I would tend to avoid the first half dozen or so novels initially, particularly if you found Soul Music lacking in places. It took Pratchett a while to warm up, and the very early ones are more fantasy parody and less about leaping on a sudden inspired idea, giving it a twist, and seeing where it will go. I read the first book "The Colour of Magic" when it came out, and was underwhelmed enough not to try Pratchett again for several years. When I did try again, it was one of the run of books in the middle of his output which I found considerably more satisfying.
If you find that you need to dive in deep to the Discworld, uh, world, here's a reading order so that you can start at the right end of any of the mini series within a series:
I will confess here and now though that my two absolute favourites are the more-or-less standalone novels "Moving Pictures" (Discworld does Hollywood) and "Pyramids" (the Guild of Assassins). But that may just be me being individualistic.
If you've not read it you should also look out for the book Pratchett co-wrote with Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens".[1]
1. The apocalypse was never so much fun.[2] 2. As we're talking Pratchett, we need footnotes.[3] 3. And even the footnotes should have footnotes.
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Date: 2004-01-22 05:45 am (UTC)I would tend to avoid the first half dozen or so novels initially, particularly if you found Soul Music lacking in places. It took Pratchett a while to warm up, and the very early ones are more fantasy parody and less about leaping on a sudden inspired idea, giving it a twist, and seeing where it will go. I read the first book "The Colour of Magic" when it came out, and was underwhelmed enough not to try Pratchett again for several years. When I did try again, it was one of the run of books in the middle of his output which I found considerably more satisfying.
If you find that you need to dive in deep to the Discworld, uh, world, here's a reading order so that you can start at the right end of any of the mini series within a series:
http://www.ie.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-colour-v1-1.gif
I will confess here and now though that my two absolute favourites are the more-or-less standalone novels "Moving Pictures" (Discworld does Hollywood) and "Pyramids" (the Guild of Assassins). But that may just be me being individualistic.
If you've not read it you should also look out for the book Pratchett co-wrote with Neil Gaiman, "Good Omens".[1]
1. The apocalypse was never so much fun.[2]
2. As we're talking Pratchett, we need footnotes.[3]
3. And even the footnotes should have footnotes.