I'd just like to point out that reading subseries is reading out of order. MbD. :P
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Hence my comment "Obviously, I've not been too fussed with reading in order with this series."
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Hello! :)
I love the idea of this group. I´m still struggling with the Discworld books, especially when I´m reading them on my own. I´m just not inclined to pick them of my own accord, but reading this within a group gives me the incentive to do so.
I don´t care if we are reading them in publication order or in order of the subseries.
OK -- I think there may be a consensus that "in order" is the way to go (and yes, Tannat, surprisingly, that does seem to be the suggested order on the Terry Pratchett website, too ...)
Which is nice as it will give us a mix of the various subseries and we'll all have a chance to catch up with what we've been missing so far.
So: First book, The Color of Magic. Starting when? Should we say October -- and then bimonthly? (For those also in the Flat Book Society, this would alternate the bimonthly reads.)
On a related note: I expect several of us will want to include Discworld books in their Halloween Bingo reading plans, so I'll open up a Rogue Reads thread in addition -- not only to be used in connection with the bingo, of course.
That said, in the context of the bingo, The Color of Magic obviously works for the Supernatural square, as well as Spellbound (as that doesn't seem to be limited to witches any longer), Relics and Curiosities (the luggage), and possibly Cryptozoologist (Tannat? Chris?).
Quick question, has anyone done any of the Discworld books on audio? So far, I've only been reading the paperbacks. Normally, I get the bulk of my reading done on audio - that 2 1/2 hour round trip commute to work! - but Pratchett has so many funny little footnotes that I don't know how that would work in an audio format.
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The Nigel Planer audios are phantastic. Celia Imrie reads the early Witches books -- she's fine, but no contest compared with Planer IMHO.
Discworld books are all on audio.
Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic need to be read together as they are a duology. The rest of the Discworld Novels are standalones (i.e. complete story in one novel), with repeat characters throughout the series. It's best (but not essential) to read them in published order as some newly introduced characters/events sometimes reappear in later novels.
Eric comes in an illustrated version and a plain text version. The text is the same, the pictures just make everything pretty.
The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic are both read by Nigel Planer -- can't go wrong with that. In fact, even though I already own a paperback copy of The Color of Magic, I just decided to get the Nigel Planer audio in addition ... just because.
Okay, thanks for the input. I think that, for those books that will be a re-read for me like these first ones, I'm going to pick up the audio versions rather than re-read my paperbacks.
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The ones that feature Death, Rincewind and his luggage (I REALLY want one), and the witches should work for some of the bingo reads. I'd have to back through the list to get titles and match them with squares, but they are grouped and fairly obvious. Hogswatch would work for a couple as well I think, including possibly the Grimm square.
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The books that I've read in the Watch subseries have characters that are trolls, dwarves, vampires, and werewolves, so that covers several Bingo categories, too.
Since I already own The Colour of Magic, I'd be up for starting with that one!
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Good point. I wasn't thinking of the characters in the watch. That leaves like, 4 I think that might not count towards a bingo read. And even those might be able to be shoehorned in. LOL
See question above: When do you guys want to start? Should we say mid-September? Or October? That way whoever wants to also use it for the bingo can do that -- and we could come up with a starting point that wouldn't conflict with the Halloween Bingo group read (since I'm not sure A Color of Magic would work as a haunted houses book). And those who are in the Flat Book Society wouldn't have to juggle two simultaneous group reads, either ...
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