Discworld

I’m working my way through Terry Pratchett’s Discworld along parallel lines … one of the City Watch series followed by one on sequential.order. I’ve been told that his storytelling really ramps up in the forth book, but I want to watch it grow.

I’ve been seeding them in between non-Discworld books. The goal was to increase my reading using Pratchett as incentive.

Finished my third City Watch book last night over a burger and beer at The Bird. Feet of Clay was a fine, fine book. The last two non-Discworld books I read were disappointments, so it was also a relief to read something excellent.

I’ve been told to skip past the first few Discworld books because that’s when they start shining with Pratchett’s social criticism. Feet of Clay is full of excellent commentary on free will, the nature of existence, power structures and how societies arrange themselves.

At one point, one of the bartenders asked me about it, recognizing Pratchett from his co-authorship of Good Omens with Neil Gaiman. Figuring out a new home for my Sis world books will be a chore. If this dude takes up the challenge, maybe I can pawn off my Discworld.books on him.