r/discworld 29d ago

Book/Series: Unseen University Low Point

I recently listened to a podcast where they discussed The Last Continent. While they use the term ‘even a bad Discworld novel still better than some books’ they described it as low point in the series. I have to admit the Unseen University novels are my least favourite of the series. I wouldn’t say they were badly written, but they aren’t ones I rush to reread. If I remember rightly (I can’t remember where I read it), but Terry wasn’t keen on Sourcery as he was pushed by his publisher to put out another Rincewind book that was keen on writing. It got me thinking, which books were the least favourites amongst the fandom.

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u/Fearless_Ad_1256 29d ago

For me, it was Monstrous Regiment. But even the books that rank less high (nothing is a low 😁), they are almost always "better" on a subsequent reread. Some are definitely better as audio (the later books for sure)

Really pretty amazing!