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Hey, I've been traveling a lot recently and brought along a few Discworld novels to read b/c Prachet was apperently a comedy genius.
They're...ok? I mean to read on a plane or as a two minute distraction or something.
The jokes are honestly rare* and repetitive to a degree I initially couldn't believe. Story-wise it's hard to ever feel tense. The relative strengths of all the characters are so incredibly arbitrary it's always possible for an old lady to beat a dragon to death with her handbag b/c 'lolololololo WORLD OF COMEDY'and of course in that book the dragon gets literally farted into submission for no adequately explained reason.
I mean the man wrote basically a book a month. It's shocking they're as coherent as they are. Am I just not British enough to appreciate the humor?
> inb4 100 responses of pure hatred
This is an honest question. I wanna know if I'm missing something or is my taste in comedy just really bad or what.
* not counting words being mispronounced
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>>8040854
give examples of comedic literature you hold in greater esteem than pratchett's work
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>>8040854
Eh did you get this place confused with reddit? No one here likes this drivel
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> inb4 100 responses of pure hatred
pshaw
nobody gives a shit about genre fiction, proceed to the contamination thread for it
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>>8040860
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Even the last books were better then I found Pratchet
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Pratchett isn't very good, no. But let's have a look at your post...
>am I just not le British enough Old Chap ;)) ))) ''
>weak and pointless exaggeration on writing speed
>complaints about fucking power levels
Never come back, you horrid pleb
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>>8040854
they're okay as fodder, I listened to all of them when I worked in a factory, but they're not of the highest quality. Some are quite good, I'm fond of lords and ladies, but really the humour is of middling quality and it's just a prop to an occasionally decent postmodern hero narrative.
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