tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post447233272960695177..comments2024-01-31T01:40:57.553-06:00Comments on Adventures in Reading: Down with DiscworldJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-84119705192973809392008-07-08T06:20:00.000-05:002008-07-08T06:20:00.000-05:00T: I liked Mort, too, and there might have been an...T: I liked Mort, too, and there might have been another Death book, too.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-27267010433669984862008-07-08T04:39:00.000-05:002008-07-08T04:39:00.000-05:00I came to the same conclusion, albeit a bit earlie...I came to the same conclusion, albeit a bit earlier in the process :).I've read 5 Discworld novels (first four + Small Gods) and while the first three didn't work for me at all I actually enjoyed MORT, but on the whole I couldn't care less for Pratchett. I'm just not cut out for English humoUr I guess.ThRiNiDiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235487104345529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-85289618324097146652008-07-08T04:10:00.000-05:002008-07-08T04:10:00.000-05:00i quite like the idea of being a demon... :Di love...i quite like the idea of being a demon... :D<BR/><BR/>i love the books (some less than the others, of course - I agree that the rincewind stories aren't that funny) and I have almost read them all (except for the kids' ones and 'making money' which is not yet out in paperback).<BR/><BR/>the story isn't much of a story usually, but i like the humor and the pokes at the real world so much. it's also cool watching characters evolve - i thought the city watch was boring before i read 'night watch', and then i went back and read the previous books and loved them.<BR/><BR/>but it only took me 2-3 books to get into it, if after 14 books you still don't like the series i say you made the right choice by quitting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-38299213555534714572008-07-08T00:14:00.000-05:002008-07-08T00:14:00.000-05:00I came to the same conclusion years ago after read...I came to the same conclusion years ago after reading three of them.<BR/><BR/>Just not my thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169008132642213854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354250.post-17110159010859790302008-07-07T22:56:00.000-05:002008-07-07T22:56:00.000-05:00I don't know that I've officially given up...but I...I don't know that I've <EM>officially</EM> given up...but I <A HREF="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/004718.html" REL="nofollow">know</A> <A HREF="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/004917.html" REL="nofollow">what</A> you <A HREF="http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/003133.html" REL="nofollow">mean</A>.John D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03315231512528211559noreply@blogger.com