Some serious federation issues going on today. This post doesnt even show up on the original community, I had to pull it in to lemm.ee manually. Hope this stuff gets sorted soon! (Update: it’s on the original now, guess me pulling it manually got the gears moving again)
Anyway. I agree the first two books are underrated, you constantly see them being dismissed when people ask where to start reading and it seems a shame to me. They’re good books, and reading in order means you get to experience the build of quality and the changing world the same way Pterry did himself.
Other than that though I do think a lot of people, in appreciating the darker tone and biting satire of some books, overlook the value of absurd hijinks in others. The Last Continent, for example, is for sure not the strongest narrative. But it is jam packed with jokes and references even for a Discworld book, and that’s saying something!
Is it possibly because I came over from lemmy.world?
I do like The Last Continent! To me, the level of absurd hijinks there is about the same as Going Postal - not my favourite, but it seems to be beloved. There were more posts talking about the exploits of Moist anyway. Now, why is that? Is it the case, that Moist von Lipwig has a lot of vocal fans and Rincewind, our early hero, is not as popular anymore?
I can sort of see why people think of Rincewind as a bit one-note. He’s a coward, he runs away…that’s kind of it.
But it’s a fun note, and the situations he gets into are hilarious, so idgaf 😄
But he runs away and towards interesting times and dangerous situations. The most relatable hero, that man. Who wouldn’t run away when confronted by the kind of things he run into.
Sourcery. It gets the ‘earlier book’ dismissal and like most Rincewind books gets relegated to the back burner in favour of the other threads (witches/ watch, etc)
It’s. Fucking. Glorious.
I like Raising Steam. While Shepard’s Crown is Pratchett saying goodnight to the lot of us, Raising Steam feels like a rockstar with a diagnosis doing one last world tour. Is the set as polished? Nah, but it’s a heartfelt goodbye to all the pieces that couldn’t fit in Crown’s story.
Spot on. It’s a good penultimate book.
