/lit/ - Literature

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Pratchett's earliest books are his weakest (well not counting the degenerative disease works like Judgement Day) and nowhere near as good as the later stuff.
To get into it, it helps that it's divided into series so if you don't like the Rincewind books (they pick up later when they're more about comedy China/Japan with Interesting Times and comedy Australia in The Last Continent) then you might like the Vimes books (city watch thriller/cop show type stuff), the Witches books (Shakespeare inspirred), Death, Wizards etc.
I'd say he hits his stride around Pyramids/Guards Guards! and his writing style cements somewhere around Reaper Man/Small Gods but there's good and so-so books in there between.
That said his "social commentary" is weak beyond a few quips that edge on the nerves of modern politics (like questioning the notion that being a minority/poor/etc doesn't mean you're automagically a good person) and his humour can sometimes get way too into "wink wink nudge nudge we both know what I mean roight?" territory with how self-satisfied it can get. Lots of old pop culture references too if you know how to spot them or just check out L-Space annotations afterwards.
t. someone who is/was a fanboy of Pratchett's throughout most of my life, read all his books and own official Josh Kirby art prints.

Also I echo the notion that Discworld fans are often pretty bad.