• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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    3 days ago

    (Just asking) Did AI slop machine eat Mars & poop out another really giant Neptue?
    (The feline star seems accurate tho, no notes there.)

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      3 days ago

      Oh. I was wondering the same thing, and didn’t notice it is AI. That checks out.

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      3 days ago

      It looks to me that earth and Mars switched places, Venus shrank and Mercury is lost in fur. And we seem to have an extra copy of Neptune

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          3 days ago

          Ah, time for Equal Rites! He’s just warming up really, but one thing he did in his last days was to come back around to Eskarina and Simon.

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              3 days ago

              Book number 3 is Equal Rites, Eskarina Smith is the main character. Like the first two it’s shorter and less intricate than the later novels, but it’s well worth reading and I approve of reading the Discworld books in publication order.

              GNU Terry Pratchett

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                2 days ago

                I was gonna read each collection in turn, like wizards, witches, death, city watch, etc., and occasionally a standalone.

                Is there significant reason to avoid doing it that way?

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                  Nope! Honestly any order is fine, even completely out of order if you don’t mind spoilers and are comfortable with a little confusion here and there.

                  Equal Rites is a Wizards/Witches crossover and helps set up some of the rules, but Pratchett’s pretty good about explaining anything you’re going to need in the moment he’s using it.

                  I’m glad you mentioned standalones because Small Gods and Maurice are two of my favorites.

                  Have fun!