Going Postal ( episode 1, episode 2) (Convicted con-man and forger Moist van Lipwig is given a choice. Soul Music (This is also a story about sex and drugs and Music With Rocks In. Also includes small angry blue men with Scottish accents.)
Wee Free Men (YA teen female protagonist done right. (Not actually a Discworld novel, but just as good as one.) Good Omens: A Narrative of Certain Events occurring in the last eleven years of human history, in strict accordance as shall be shewn with: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes NutterĬompiled and edited, with Footnotes of an Educational Nature and Precepts for the Wise, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Small Gods (Both praising and accepting of religion while systematically taking it apart to look at it.) Night Watch (Think Les Mis with a sharper, more satirical edge, and starring Sam Vimes, the most Lawful Good protagonist ever penned) This book is dedicated to those fine men.) Whatever the name, their purpose in any work of heroic fantasy is identical: it is, round about Chapter Three (or ten minutes into the film) to rush into the room, attack the hero one at a time, and be slaughtered. No-one ever asks them if they wanted to. Guards! Guards! (The dedication at the start of the book: They may be called the Palace Guard, the City Guard, or the Patrol. Mort (Death needs an apprentice, and appropriately chooses a boy named “Mort”) Wyrd Sisters (Ever read Macbeth? It’s kind of like that, but better.) The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (A better planned-out version of the Pied Piper story) Radio Shows (very close to the books- very nice to listen to) Try it out with these nice online links.ĭiscworld Reading Order (as there are many characters with their own storylines, all co-existing in the same world, it can be a little tricky to know where to start. For anyone who’s not familiar with Sir Terry Pratchett’s “Discworld” series is seriously missing out.
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