Pratchett for the Unenlightened

[Morpheus42]

I've read the first 14. I liked them all .Some of them more than the others ofcourse.
Read the last one some 7 years ago.
Will be reading or listening some soon.

[ommigosh]

Lots of suggested staring points here but the original request contained the question : "tell me what's so funny about the bloke?"

So what do people think?

I reckon Pratchett packs in a lot of funny situations peppered with wry and ironic humour. He invents plenty of unusual, absurd and amusing characters (with traits we can all recognise from our Roundworld). There are more giggles per page than any other author I've read and even some belly laughs along the way. His story telling is actually very good and there is definitely a dark side to a lot of the books too despite the humour. Pratchett reads a lot and knows a lot and he includes cartloads of asides and references to things in the real world both ancient and modern and usually gets a laugh too. His mind must be continually buzzing with ideas.

Great entertainment - a word of warning though - there is a huge amount of Discworld material out there. It is all wonderful but don't read too much in one go as that may spoil the enjoyment.

[CarlottaVonUberwald]

i think reading it all at once may have the opposite effect and endear you to the comedy as conituing jokes stay fresher in your mind