How did you discover Discworld/Terry Pratchett?

[jaeger]

Quite how I came to the Discworld is lost in the mists of time.
I suppose it must have been on exersize somewhere out in what seemed like Überwald hiding from orange force.
I do remember though the first sojourne was into Reaper Man and from then on I was , as the rest here it would seem, well and truely HOOKED.

Like many here abouts I have my favourites and the not so. Some merely make me smile others have had me in tears of laughter.
I like the exploits of the City Watch and I've seen many of the traits of the characters in former colleagues, . . . and I have to admit sometimes in me too

I have to admit to taking an overly long time to warm up to the witches, but headology finaly got the better of me.
I find I'm now having trouble warming up to young Tiffany, but I suppose I'll get there. Took to the wee free men like a duck to water.

At the moment I'm eagerly looking forward to the release of Snuff . . . can hardly wait.

cheers
Jae

 

[Char]

The first Pratchett book I ever read was actually Nation. I think W H Smith did a deal on it when it came out a few years ago. I liked it and bought a couple of Discworld novels which unfortunately lived unread somewhere under my bed for quite a while, while I was waylaid by other (also very good) writings. Finally dug out Guards! Guards! earlier this year and went from there. Haven't read any books by anyone other than Pratchett since.

I'm still fairly new to the whole thing I have to admit, but I'd have to say that like everyone else here, I'm hooked.

Also: In a way, Terry Pratchett's books helped me out of quite a nasty slump not too long ago. When I felt I couldn't bring myself to get up, let alone do anything, I would pick up one of his books and within a few pages I'd have a smile on my face. This also led to me finding this place. Lovely!

 

[psimpson]

I recieved The Colour of Magic as a prise in high school and that was it, I was hooked!!

 

[Tonyblack]

I recieved The Colour of Magic as a prise in high school and that was it, I was hooked!!

That was a prize indeed!

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Time and time again, I read on various forums, or speak to people who say that Discworld helped them through depression.

Should be on the NHS.

 

[pip]

But then there'd be a waiting list to get the books Bouncy

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Free Kindles on the NHS?

 

[Char]

Time and time again, I read on various forums, or speak to people who say that Discworld helped them through depression.

Should be on the NHS.

I was one of those people who thought they'd never give in to depression and to be honest I don't even really know if that's what it was (I didn't seek medical help). And it wasn't a lengthy thing at all, I had bad days and awful days like the ones mentioned above for a couple of weeks or so and I don't really know where it came from, but I snapped out of it pretty quickly. I'm fairly ignorant when it comes to things like depression, so like I said, I don't really know if depression is how you would describe it or not.

Anyways, reading a few pages of a book was just something that I felt I could manage to do even on the crappiest of days, so I did it as often as possible. It just so happened those pages were written by Terry Pratchett and so of course helped me to cheer up and feel a bit better about things.

To be honest, I'm still quite puzzled by the whole thing.

 

[chuffed]

Bought colour of magic when I saw it in the local bookshop, cover looked like nothing I'd seen before so caught my eye. Think I might have got Light Fantastic at the same time, although long time ago now! but was definately still at school...

 

[supersully]

For me, someone at work was reading Wyrd Sisters, I went out that afternoon and bought Wyrd Sisters (and Strata) and was hooked

 

[DaveC]

Welcome to the site supersully!

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Hi supersully, welcome to the forum. I liked Strata.

 

[Tonyblack]

For me, someone at work was reading Wyrd Sisters, I went out that afternoon and bought Wyrd Sisters (and Strata) and was hooked

Welcome from me too, supersully!

 

[Kin Arad]

Hello supersully!!

 

[supersully]

Thanks for the warm welcome

 

[Penfold]

Hellooo and welcome from me as well!

 

[author3]

Welcome supersully

 

[KernowMan]

I discovered Terry Pratchett when I was living in the New York.

The first book I read was Interesting Times (In 96) which I found in a bargain bin.
Was hooked ever since!

Sadly I didn't find his fantastic books till then as I left the Uk in 81 to live in South America.