In the beginning of this week, I started reading the first book in the Discworld series of Terry Pratchet and I really really enjoy it. I knew discworld by the series of computer games that came out in the beginning of the 90s, and when I stumbled into the novels in a book shop in Aachen, on Stephan’s advice I bought the first book in the series. The computer games I really loved because they had this weird sense of humour. But of course this sense of dry über-English humour is even more apparent in the writing.
The story deals of a failed wizard called Rincewind which was expelled from Magic School, mostly because he learnt a forbidden spell, or as Pratchett says the spell learnt him. Moreover, it’s the only spell he knows. Now this failure of a wizard, by some unexpected series of events comes into contact with a tourist from the other side of the Discworld, called Twoflower, and becomes his guide in the city of Ankh Morpork. Obviously, this is a receipe for disaster and soon enough the entire city burns down. Anway, I’m really enjoying this book, even if I only read about 80 pages about now, but the style of writing, the humour and absurdness of the world Pratchett describes makes it a very easy read and nice way to relax after work. For people that like British humour like me, this book is definitely worth the read. Also you can find it around 10 euros, maybe even less, which makes it even more worth trying.