On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Baralier wrote: > >Terry Pratchet. Discworld. I may be in the minority but after the >third book I was bored out of my skull. Never bothered continuing. It >didn't help either that a person whom I disliked thought they were >the best thing since sliced bread. > When you say "after the third book", do you mean you read more than three, or stopped after finishing the first three books in the series? If you mean the latter, may I humbly suggest that you try again? It is generally agreed that the Discworld books improved after the first three. I'd suggest "Guards! Guards!" or "Reaper Man". If those don't work for you, then the stories might just have too much whimsy for your taste. Oh well.