The Dark Side of the Sun (Audiobook)(Large Print)

from DLMorrese

This is one of Terry Pratchett's early science fiction novels. It's been years since I first read it, so I decided to do so again yesterday. It's quite good. You can see some of the ideas that evolved into Discworld elements in this. The scenes, however, are sparsely sketched, sometimes making it...

from IAmAndyPieters

This is the first truly science fictiony book I've ever seen by Terry Pratchett. The narrative is clever and witty and there are the little bits and pieces that readers of the discworld series will recognise. The book is easily readable but I do find that many items are not sufficiently explained...

from Darla

One of his early, pre-discworld books, about a world run by probability math

from name99

Very very early Pratchett and man, it shows. There are interesting ideas, and it seems like this is where Douglas Adams got a lot of his inspiration, but, honestly, it's pretty lame and not a patch on Pratchett's more recent stuff. Not recommended unless you have lots of free time or are really i...

from fred_mouse

This is one of the earliest of Pratchett's works that I own, and oh, does it show. The cleverness of language, characterisation and world building that came as the stories of the Discworld developed and matured is sadly lacking. It is a very clever story, but in that way that reminds me of first ...