Discworld flow chart
I love Terry Pratchettâs Discworld novels so I was delighted by this flow chart with information on the optimal reading order, and the temporal and character links between the books. Looking at the map, I realize that Iâve read almost all of the books. I must really be a fan.
[via BoingBoing]
1
I only read one of those books and was bored to death by it,so gave up on the whole series. Friend of mine lent it me on the basis that I loved hothc Hilers guide, red dwarf, tom sharpe, and other Sci Fi and / or satire writers. But I just could not get into pratchett at all.----- Really? I can't imagine being bored by Pratchett
I always see similarities between his writing and that of Douglas Adams. I think they share (or shared) a great affection for humans, but also the ability to see that we are really ridiculous creatures.
by bsag @ 10/08/2003 3:09 pm • Permalink •
2
I must admit, while I don't get bored by Pratchett, I really don't like a lot of his writing style. Part of this is down to just not liking anything that goes out of it's way to say "laugh at me, I'm funny/absurd/hilarious", but also I sometimes find Pratchett's style to be quite supercilious, almost sneery in tone, and I find that to be just unpleasant.
Of course, that could be coloured by having met him on several occasions, as he worked with my parents many moons ago on the Bucks Herald (the Buckinghamshire equivalent of Oxford Mail/Times, which is what my father now writes for) and they knew him socially. So shrug the judgement could be coloured, I don't know.
( And, as I was saying to the Queen just the other day, "Dear lord, I hate name-droppers" Grin )
by Lyle @ 11/08/2003 9:09 am • Permalink •
3
Thank you!
I've loved the two Discworld novels I've read, but as with anything that has this many books I've never known quite where to start, or where to go once I've started. This flowchart is fantastic!
I just wish it weren't colour coded. I can figure out the "standard novels" perfectly well, but can't tell the difference between the "starter novels" and the "short stories", nor can I between the "illustrated novels" and the "science novels".
by Nathan Ladd @ 12/08/2003 7:09 pm • Permalink •
4
Nathan: Do you have a colour vision deficiency, by any chance (if you don't mind the personal question)? Or is your monitor just really poorly calibrated?
by bsag @ 13/08/2003 5:09 pm • Permalink •
5
Ah, this exact issue came up this past weekend. I was at the local bookstore, looking for something new. I found myself looking at Discworld books and, for the life of me, couldn't remember a single bit about that flowchart! I should have studied it more. Better yet, I may shrink it down, print it out, and keep it in my wallet.
As for the colours, it's a deficiency on my part. It's a bit difficult to explain, but it's the most common form of colourblindness. I can see the same colours as anyone else, really. Just, for the life of me, I can't remember them. For example, I'll tell you that the grass outside my office is green -- only because grass is supposed to be green. It's really brown, though, because of the extreme heat this past week (I asked, that's how I knew that.) It looks the same to me as it does to you, I just can't distinguish between the colours.
Now look at me. You've got me spelling "color" all English-like.
by Nathan Ladd @ 18/08/2003 4:08 pm • Permalink •
Page 1 of 1 pages