| | Comment from (2004-07-18) |
| One of the funniest series I have ever read. If you enjoy fantasy, read these books. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-13) |
| Descriptions abound aplenty about the nature of Discworld, suffice to say that it has a magical nature and runs on stories. Beliefs, expectations and causality are intimately linked.
It wasn't deliberately built that way. The author himself maintains that the first books in the series were written by a less experienced person than he now is, but anyone familiar with the pure fantasy genre can still appreciate the slant that they take.
As the books progress, non-fantasy themes are integrated into a world that is continually developed, both in narrative and in its own society. Theatre, opera, music and cinema are mirrored in a various books, as are the issues of slavery, theology, racism, nationalism and rebellion. (So far, football/soccer/sport-in-general escapes the Discworld treatment.)
Theology abounds, though mostly in the background (gods do exist, though some foolhardy or well-earthed people are known to believe otherwise) and naturally there is magic. There is big magic and there is small magic, it is all grease for the machine that is the world but people (of all races) are the fuel.
Characters drive the plots, plots drive the characters. There are men, women, dwarfs, trolls, werewolves and anthropomorphic personifications who run like a seams of precious ore throughout the series, ducking up and down through the strata of the narrative. Fully rounded and existing beyond the two-dimensions of the page and all with an independance and interaction aplenty. All-in-all, the books are a pleasure to read. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| Best books ever. |
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| | Comment from (2003-03-08) |
| After reading Terry Pratchett's & Neil Gaimon's 'Good Omens' I checked out the Discworld. If you are into fantasy and sci-fi, you will definitely appreciate the humor this series has to offer. Being that Pratchett is Bristish, it is mostly dry, but clever and some subtle humor. The characters are outstanding, my personal favorite group being the 'Watch', which is a main theme in several of the books. Each book tells its own story that is connected with the greater whole that is Discworld; a massive disc balanced on the back of 4 elephants standing on the shell of a giant tortiose, gently moving through space. You do not have to feel obligated to read every book since that is not nessessary, however it is worth it. Do not pass up a chance to read this series, its one of a kind. |
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