How did you discover Discworld/Terry Pratchett?
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Tonyblack said:
If you're reading Lord of the Rings, you can safely skip the bits with Tom Bombadil in. They are boring as hell and totally pointless. 
Poor ole Tom B - he gets such a rough deal but Tony's right on his contribution to the storyline of LotR and yes skip away on the The Old Forest and In the House of Tom Bombadil as they're largely awful (and so's the verse even though Tolkien was a decent enough poet) and not too relevant to the plot. Don't skip Fog on the Barrow Downs though, as it has echoes further on in the Return of the King and actually sets up the more eerie and sinister aspects of the rest of the book. Stay with it if you can because Terry uses a lot of Tolkien's imagery and their humour's not mutually exclusive either, especially when it comes to punning and using language to reference 'ancient lore'
Cool thanks for the tips on reading LOTR. I shall, however, pusure with the book in it's entirety. I believe the next chapter I am about to devour is The Old Forest.
I do very much look forward to getting my teeth back into some Discworld novels. I think the last one I read was Sourcery (trying to read them in order). The only one I really didn't get along with was Equal Rights. I'd like to point out it has nothing to do with any personal opinions on the subject
I do very much look forward to getting my teeth back into some Discworld novels. I think the last one I read was Sourcery (trying to read them in order). The only one I really didn't get along with was Equal Rights. I'd like to point out it has nothing to do with any personal opinions on the subject
A friend of mine lent me an audio copy of Reaper Man and told me to give it a chance.
I spent a lot of time in hospital when I was younger, with my eye condition, and I got very bored very easily. I have this sort of little known condition which requires me to have lots of surgery, and I can't do much after it, so discovering the Discworld was like opening up this fantastic door of opportunity for me. I wasn't able to leave the bed a lot of the time, so reading was sort of an escape for me.
I read loads still, and all different kinds of stuff, however I regularly return to Discworld, and surprisingly it's the one set of books I can read over and over again and never get sick of.
I spent a lot of time in hospital when I was younger, with my eye condition, and I got very bored very easily. I have this sort of little known condition which requires me to have lots of surgery, and I can't do much after it, so discovering the Discworld was like opening up this fantastic door of opportunity for me. I wasn't able to leave the bed a lot of the time, so reading was sort of an escape for me.
I read loads still, and all different kinds of stuff, however I regularly return to Discworld, and surprisingly it's the one set of books I can read over and over again and never get sick of.
