I love Pratchett, but his earliest books suck big time. The Color of Magic and the other Rincewind books are awfully lame - although I do like The Luggage.
Hogfather is one of my favorite books in the world, and I do really like Susan (although I could have done without A Thief of Time). I am also very fond of Monstrous Regiment: yes, he gets a little heavy-handed, but so much of it is hilarious. He turns every "she followed her soldier boy" trope there is inside out and backward, with wonderful results.
The Guards books are probably the best of the others. Sam Vimes, Carrot, and Angua are all wonderful characters. I like some of the issues raised in Feet of Clay, which is rarely mentioned.
And The Wee Free Men deserves every accolade it's received, although the sequels are just pleasant, nothing more.
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I love Pratchett, but his earliest books suck big time. The Color of Magic and the other Rincewind books are awfully lame - although I do like The Luggage.
Hogfather is one of my favorite books in the world, and I do really like Susan (although I could have done without A Thief of Time). I am also very fond of Monstrous Regiment: yes, he gets a little heavy-handed, but so much of it is hilarious. He turns every "she followed her soldier boy" trope there is inside out and backward, with wonderful results.
The Guards books are probably the best of the others. Sam Vimes, Carrot, and Angua are all wonderful characters. I like some of the issues raised in Feet of Clay, which is rarely mentioned.
And The Wee Free Men deserves every accolade it's received, although the sequels are just pleasant, nothing more.