Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Okay, Laura is committed to reading a Terry Pratchett novel next year. She doesn't want to get hooked into a series. What is his best solo one shot novel. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbigski Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I would go with Small Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Good Omens, yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkynJay Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Seconded. Guards! Guards! or Wyrd Sisters would be the secondary recommendations but Small Gods is the easy choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denvek Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Going Postal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plessiez Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 I agree with the suggestions of Small Gods, if being part of the larger Discworld series isn't a problem. You don't have to have read any other Discworld books, and there's nothing like a direct sequel. It's really the only truly 'one-shot' Discworld book I'd recommend, but happily it's also the best Discworld book. Otherwise, you basically have to pick between Good Omens (which is a joint effort with Neil Gaiman) or Nation (which is Young Adult, if that's an issue), I think. Well, I have a strange fondness for The Dark Side Of The Sun as well, but I've not read it since I was twelve and I suspect it's actually not very good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgirly Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 "The Colour of Magic" and then read "The Light Fantastic". Both books are excellent, fantasy, funny and adventure reads. I loved reading those as a teenager. I really think anyone new to Terry Pratchett ought to start with those two fist Discworlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 As mentioned above, Small Gods. (Other, more obscure, possibilities: Pyramids, The Truth, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andorion Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Small Gods is the best one shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Small Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all swedes are racist Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 the correct answer is: convince her to get hooked into a series. you're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo498 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Small Gods is the best of the ones I read, regardless of series or not. Pyramids seems to be often overlooked and it is quite good but nowhere as good as Small Gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna Stark Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 18 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Okay, Laura is committed to reading a Terry Pratchett novel next year. She doesn't want to get hooked into a series. What is his best solo one shot novel. Thanks Wait, she DOESN'T want to get hooked on the series? So she wants to read Pratchett....and dislike it? "Guards! Guards!" is an excellent starting point for someone who *wants* to like Pratchett. Otherwise I've got nothing. "Feet of Clay" was a bit boring so I guess if she wants to dislike it she could go for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 Lyanna, Terry Pratchett is on Laura's list of "need to read" authors. She's not doing series right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna Stark Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Wat. Like same level as "I need to do the laundry"? Really. Once we leave high school nobody can make you read anything. (Which is the reason I think Balzac can go hang. No more of him.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 41 minutes ago, Lyanna Stark said: Wat. Like same level as "I need to do the laundry"? Really. Once we leave high school nobody can make you read anything. (Which is the reason I think Balzac can go hang. No more of him.) Not quite. It's an attempt to broaden her reading. It's part of the "50 books a year" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 The Wee Free Men is probably a good option, and a great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokisnow Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Small gods best choice for Discworld but a bit more serious. pyramids the most silly of the options, a very fun summer read moving pictures is a delight, tremendously fun,especially if you like classic hollywood wee free men is an awesome option nation is non disc world and one of the best things he ever wrote i vote nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyanna Stark Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 19 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Not quite. It's an attempt to broaden her reading. It's part of the "50 books a year" thing. Well, if I may ask, what other authors is she forcing herself to choke down? It just sounds so....unwilling, when you put it like that. "I read this against my will, my better judgement and completely against my instincts" to badly paraphrase Mr Darcy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 2 hours ago, Lyanna Stark said: Well, if I may ask, what other authors is she forcing herself to choke down? It just sounds so....unwilling, when you put it like that. "I read this against my will, my better judgement and completely against my instincts" to badly paraphrase Mr Darcy. In the last two years she has choaked down War and Peace (She said the book could be summed up in an one phrase "Napoleon sucks but Alexander is brilliant") and The Brothers Karamazov (She said she hated every single character). She is very well read but thinks she has some holes where she hasn't read everything she "should" have read. She did enjoy Germinal so its not all torment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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