Advice sought.

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

Advice sought. I've been reading #TerryPratchett #DiscWorld books in order starting with book one, The Color Of Magic. If you're a Discworld fan, you know The Color Of Magic is a "Wizards" book

Just finishing up book six, Wyrd Sisters. (A "Witches" book.)

Book seven, the next one, is considered a "Standalone", Pyramids. Are there shy characters in the previous books at all?

Book eight, "Guards! Guards!" Is a "City Watch" book. I understand there are characters in that book I've already encountered.

I'm tempted to jump there. Unless there are some character appearances or some other tie-ins, regardless of how trivial, in Pyramids further on.

Argh! (Help)

[captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space]

@pronounshe 'Guards, Guards!' is one of my favourites so I'd say skip ahead You can always come back to Pyramids later. I jumped around a lot reading Pratchett and didn't feel like I missed anything major with shared characters I'm pretty partial to Nights Watch, Witches and Moist Von Lipwig so that's mostly what I've read

[greenskyoverme@ohai.social]

@pronounshe I think I have seen some maps with the dependencies between the books on the internet

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@captainvellalives Nice! So, no shared characters (or appearances by the Luggage) in Pyramids? I'm liking the appearances of the characters across the books so far, so just making sure.

This is harder than it should be.

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@GreenSkyOverMe That's a good idea. Have to think about that before finding one of those. Can't imagine there are spoilers hiding among the maps, but I'll tread carefully when looking.

[captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space]

@pronounshe I don't think so but also it's been a lot of years also, it's Sir Terry. Chances are there are characters in Pyramids that will resurface later I'd say you can always go back to it and unless it has a direct sequel you wouldn't be missing a huge amount of context

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@captainvellalives Okay, that gives me a better sense of how to proceed. If the bookstore has Pyramids, I'll get. Otherwise, I'll jump to Guards!

Thank you for putting energy in to my inability to think for myself in the matter.

[ravensrod@mstdn.social]

@pronounshe Don't jump. Although a standalone Pyramids does provide insights to the assasins guild, new age holistic theory, Quantum mechanics, greek philosophy, camel mathmatics and the difference between a trombone and a flugelhorn. (Discworld versions of course). The main characters don't appear in other books but it will help understanding discworld and it's a good story

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@ravensrod So, basically world building. Interesting. That can never be a bad thing, I suppose. Thank you.

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@captainvellalives I feel like we've has this conversation before.

[captainvellalives@lgbtqia.space]

@pronounshe it does feel vaguely familiar it might have been when you first started reading them and I made a comment about Guards, Guards! I tend to if there's a Pratchett topic :3

[lemlems@mastodon.social]

@pronounshe If you’ve decided to read them in order, I’d recommend sticking to that and not skipping ahead.

Not necessarily because of recurring characters cropping up (I can’t remember if any do in Pyramids) but because Pratchett gradually introduces you to different aspects of how the Discworld works - and the Discworld itself develops and changes - as the books go on

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@Lemlems Nice! Thank you for the insight. I did end up going with Pyramids. @ravensrod suggested that as a matter of world building. And going in order really satisfies my desire for order in general.

[nickeast_indiewriter@mastodon.art]

@pronounshe The books are fairly stand alone and I don't think there is a clear reading order, I've seen a lot of diffrent suggestions over the years but if you want some expert advive I'd have a look here: https://www.discworldemporium.com/reading-order/

[tho99@mendeddrum.org]

@pronounshe they, the books, are great in any sequence. If you read them in the published order, you follow pTerrys mind in making them

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@NickEast_IndieWriter Thank you. No spoilers?

[nickeast_indiewriter@mastodon.art]

@pronounshe I don't think so

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@NickEast_IndieWriter Hehe, okay. Thank you, Nick.

[pronounshe@lgbtqia.space]

@NickEast_IndieWriter That quiz was fun. The first time it recommended a witches book. I was too tickled to remember which one, though.

The second time through it gave me The Color Of Magic. Which is the book I started with.

Thanks again for the link. It's a cute site.

[nickeast_indiewriter@mastodon.art]

@pronounshe I started with the order of published, but a lot of people recommend reading by gang, wizards and witches and so on... But I think perhaps because I started with the wizards they're still my favourites, but the withes are great too, then comes Moist Von Lipwig who I assumes drools a lot since his name basically tells us his moustache is wet