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Will you be reading The Last Hero as well? You're a way off it yet, but being quite short it manages to concentrate the humour very well and the illustrations are pretty much spot on for how I'd envision Discworld.
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Eric is short enough that I wouldn't bother skipping it; it bridges the end of Sourcery and the start of Interesting Times, plus it reveals the origin of life on the Disc (Rincewind's sandwich).
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Did Paul Kidby ever do covers for the earlier books? I'm guessing not, but we can always hope.
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Dec 10, 2014 23:30
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I think my first Discworld was the Light Fantastic when I was about 10, or thereabouts. Been 18 years since. 
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Dec 15, 2014 16:21
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It still has some great moments though, like Johnny imagining the alien battleship having a (four-armed reptilian) tealady, because of course it would. Just assume it's trying to be retro.
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Dec 27, 2014 11:14
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Also the dwarf bread generally isn't actually eaten and just reminds you of how much you'd rather be eating literally anything else.
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Feb 4, 2024 01:50
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Wyrd Sisters or Small Gods would be my personal recommendations, but there's a few good choices.
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Mar 26, 2024 17:58
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What's the general consensus on Eric? I never see anyone so much as mention it. I treated myself today to The Last Hero (I have the original release but it is too absurdly gigantic to actually read) and the illustrated version of Eric, which I didn't know was a thing. I don't think I've seen any Josh Kirby illustrations that aren't full cover pieces, so that'll be fun to look through.
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Mar 30, 2024 23:11
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Something I forgot about Eric is that you have the proto-UU staff, like he clearly saw how much potential there was to have a bunch of bickering old men instead of the cutthroat backstabbers of previous books and immediately ran with it.
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Mar 31, 2024 19:47
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I mean it's those covers or the originals but weirdly zoomed in and blurry, unfortunately. Also some "collectors edition" hardcovers or something that are also generic but hand drawn?
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Sometimes your brain just cooks.
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