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Originally Posted by Michael1954
Can you recommend one for me,
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Any of his Discworld books Mike, they all interlink through references & characters, but can just as easily be read as stand alone stories. Full of parody & satire the stories reflect quite cleverly humanities foibles, hopes & failings.
The man was truly a marvellous, witty & observant writer & viewer of the race of man, trolls, goblins, witches & other sundry homunculi, with an occasional dragon thrown in for good measure.
Recommended reading? Pretty much all he's written, but for ease here's a few titles to be going on with. For the young at heart
"The Wee free men" or
"The amazing Maurice & his educated rodents", for a more ecclesiastical world view
"Small gods", celebrity & fame
"Moving picture", empirical & nation building
"Jingo", a soldiers life
"Monstrous regiment", sport
"Unseen academicals" to highlight a few from a vast selection of works.