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Father Ted · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:45

Personally I preferred the artwork of the earlier books, they seemed in character with the stories. They were all painted by Josh Kirby, but unfortunately he died back in 2001 which is why the style of cover art has now changed.

Werewolf · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:48

Pumpkinstew said:
For the people who were put off by the cover art you'll be happy to hear it's been replaced by some very grown up (and dull) black theme now.

It's not a Pratchett novel without a Kirby or Kidby cover.
I didn't realise until yesterday that Kirby also did some of my favourite Sci-fi cover art from the 50's and 60's - including a couple of Asimov book covers.

DanH84 · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:50

love the witches myself, very closely followed by the guards. i'm a big fan of all of the books and enjoy the standalones like moving pictures, pyramids, soul music and small gods.

I've got all the books, including the science of's, though i would like to collect them all in hardcover as some of my paperbacks are getting a little dog eared.

only got a couple of the maps and so on though and not got the newest edition of the companion.

and i much prefer the old style cover art myself.

Werewolf · 19 Jul 2007 at 13:56

DanH84 said:
I've got all the books, including the science of's, though i would like to collect them all in hardcover as some of my paperbacks are getting a little dog eared.

I've been slowly (as time, money and space allows) been trying to get the hardbacks as well.
I read (and sometimes loan out) the paperbacks, but the hardbacks look so much nicer on the shelves.

Rincewind · 19 Jul 2007 at 14:08

Werewolf said:
I've been slowly (as time, money and space allows) been trying to get the hardbacks as well.
I read (and sometimes loan out) the paperbacks, but the hardbacks look so much nicer on the shelves.

same with me, my brother has a few of them though

will have to pop pver and collect them at some point

Garp · 19 Jul 2007 at 14:20

Going Postal has to be my absolute favourite of them all, though I pretty much love every book in the series (with only a couple of exceptions). Not sure how easy it would be as a first introduction to the world though.. shouldn't be too bad I guess.

platypus · 19 Jul 2007 at 14:21

Always loved the covers of the novels, very very cool artwork.

Premier · 19 Jul 2007 at 14:23

I love pratchett books and went to the same secondary school as him

I've recently just finished Thud and thought it was a very good read.

also recommend Monstorous regiment and good omens though good omens is not really a discworld novel

Werewolf · 19 Jul 2007 at 15:02

Strata (not discworld, but definately in the same vein) is also good, as is Dark Side of the Sun.

dustiestrat · 19 Jul 2007 at 15:07

i borrowed strata from the hotel book shelf i stayed in when went turkey forgot to give it back so its now on my book shelf didnt find it as enjoyable as dicworld stuff .

Pumpkinstew · 19 Jul 2007 at 15:15

Good Omens has been mentioned a lot, and I agree that it's a great novel. No-one has mentioned co-author Neil Gaiman though.
If you liked Good Omens you should try Neverwhere or American Gods or the Sandman comic books.