| Re: Charm of discworld
I'd say:
Because he parodies/comments on/illuminates things that are in everyday life that you knew were there, but hadn't really noticed until Terry Pratchett put some really neat paragraph in that hit the nail on the head.
I can read, and re-read and still see new things - usually because the first time I read the book I hadn't experienced whatever it was that Terry had noticed, so his reference went straight past me.
The puns. (The groans, the sniggers. The footnotes.)
The breadth of what he writes means there is potentially something for everyone - if you're not too into the Witches, then there is Rincewind.
I know its not Discworld, but the Unadulterated Cat has produced for us an often used catchphrase. Not quoting exactly but from memory, "I believe in dogs that don't bark like a stuck record, tarts with hearts of gold and solicitors who don't go on holiday in the middle of your complicated house purchase." |