Which version of Eric is that? As with The Last Hero, it was originally an illustrated book, before the relatively minimal text was later reprinted as a normal paperback.
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ebook version. no illustrations i dont think
Ok, I know all you readers must have heard this question a million times but here it is: where should I start? Chronological or or go back to earlier ones later, I wanted to get into Discworld forever (it sounds right up my alley) but was always so overwhelmed by the sheer amount of it.
This might help. It groups the books by their more prominent characters and storylines. Might make it a bit easier to digest and pick which seem the most interesting entry point to you.
ETA: Though now that I look at it, it has Carpe Jugulum in the wrong order and seems to have forgotten about 'A Hat Full of Sky'.
Others have their favourites I'm sure, but I think it's a given that the City Watch books are probably the easiest for most to get into since they're the most grounded.* They're also handy as a primer as they almost all take place in the city of Ankh-Morpork which features or is mentioned in most of the other books to a greater and lesser degree. As Terry put it: "There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way."
Don't worry too much about continuity as each book is generally written so that it can serve as *someone's* first Discworld book. That accessibility is part of why the series is so long lived and successful, it never suffered from continuity bloat.
That's not to say that there isn't any continuity (quite the contrary) is just that it's only there for as much as it needs to be.
* Relatively speaking ,in a world that involves Dwarves, Trolls, Zomb--uh, the "differently alive" and Nobby Nobbs...and quite literally speaking once Sgt Detritus shows up.
Oh and in case anyone missed the news, The Jim Henson Company are doing an adaptation of 'The Wee Free Men'. Crivens!
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Read the first two. After that you know the geography/set up, and can just grab any one of them and enjoy. Like how seeing an early Trek episode gives you the basic grammar to watch anything within any series.
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A graphic novel adaptation of Small Gods was just released in the UK yesterday, and according to Amazon it will be coming out in the US on August 23.
And let's face it, Nobby is probably human, but more of a monster than any of the vampires, werewolves, trolls, etc.
As I said earlier in the thread, I'm an advocate for reading the novels in publication order as I think that allows readers to appreciate each novel to the fullest possible extent. But I'm not sure if that's the best place to actually start, because some people do get put off by the nonsensical wackiness of those early novels. I sometimes suggest that new readers should start with Small Gods (#13) as that's a more-or-less isolated story that revolves around characters and a country that are never seen again, but it's late enough in the series to give an impression of the style Terry used for the bulk of the series. And if you like Small Gods, you can either go back to the start and attempt the publication order, or you can go with whatever other order you'd prefer.
Thank you all for the suggestions and info! 
I think I'll start with the first two or three books and then pick whatever sounds interessting. So far I've never had a problem with going back in a series and appreciate earlier parts, ROTJ was the first Star Wars I saw and I love all of them (yet I suppose I lost one or two *mindblows*). 
I think I'll start with the first two or three books and then pick whatever sounds interessting. So far I've never had a problem with going back in a series and appreciate earlier parts, ROTJ was the first Star Wars I saw and I love all of them (yet I suppose I lost one or two *mindblows*). Similar threads
