books

Quoth "Jon Meltzer" <jonNOSPAMmeltzer.DeleteThis@mindspring.com> in article
<oy4Db.1389$Bg5.193@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>:
> <stephen.DeleteThis@nomail.com> wrote:
> > For Fantasy crazy, "The Colour of Magic" by Terry Pratchett is
> > damn funny.

> "Colour" has its moments (if you have read the authors that are
> being spoofed) but Pratchett doesn't really find his own voice until
> several books later. Good starting points are "Guards, Guards",
> "Wyrd Sisters", "Mort", or "Sourcery".

Hmm. I was never very fond of "Sourcery", actually, and while I enjoy
"Mort" a lot I would almost suggest that it's probably better to read
it after getting a few glimpses of Death in other Discworld books
first (which isn't hard).

I wonder if anyone out there has a "Custom Pratchett Book List"?

Steuard Jensen

P.S. I always like to plug one of my own favorite fantasy novels in
threads like this: _Dragonsbane_, by Barbara Hambly. I won't write a
full review here, but it's an interesting take on clssic heroic
stories. It's serious, not satire, so it doesn't fit directly with
this subthread, but it's very good.