Just wondering if there are any fans out there?

The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Mort, Guards! Guards! and Night Watch are my favourites.

Haven't even read a quarter of his books but from what I've read, the man's a genius; a great storyteller and often very funny.

That, and he has the best anthropomorphic Death this side of Bill and Ted

I've found him very hit and miss.
I read "Thief of Time" and loved it. Since then, I've read about half of "Reaper man", "witches abroad" and "small gods", but none of them held my attention long enough to want to finish them. I don't know why, but his writing style just doesn't seem to click with me.

I've probably read fifteen of his books and they've all been very enjoyable.

The one with Neil Gaiman stands out as one of the best, but it's been a LONG time since I've read Pratchett.

j.

My favourite author deserves the bump.

I've read the entire series--most of the books 4 or 5 times. NaT--if you happen to look at this again try guards guards and work your way through the guards series

Guards Guards
Men at arms
feet of clay
Jingo
the fifth elephant
Night Watch
Thud

Thud is a little weak but the rest range from quite good to some of the best books I've ever read.

The Truth, the last hero, monstrous regiment, and going postal all have some of the guards characters in them and are really good.

I think this is my first ever post in this section.

Juvenal--which ones haven't you read? It sounds like you got most of the early ones out of the way, which is good. Those are the weakest.

With hardly anything to do at work all day, I'm desperate for some good reading, I'll give um' a try. =)

Pratchett is an excellent writer and definitely one of my favourites. I've read all of his books (with the exception of the Johnny Maxwell series) at least once.

I tend to prefer his satirical books over the straight-out funny ones. The Rincewind books for example, are hilarious, but lack the sharpness and social commentary of the Guards books.

Favourites are Small Gods, Good Omens, Night watch and Mort.

Hogfather, Night Watch, Small Gods, and Going Postal are the cream of the crop to me.

Out of those books I havent read Jingo and Thud. But the Guards books are by far my favourites. That said, my favourite character is either the Patrician or Death.

Interesting note about Death, actually. I remember reading that they were going to make a Mort film but it was vetoed because its would-be makers felt that the American public wouldn't be ready for an anthropomorphic Death. Then Bill and Ted came out, and who was the most popular character in it?

it could work. I'd like to see terry gilliam direct it

Death, the patrician, and vimes are my three favorite characters, although Granny Weatherwax is up there too.

I've a soft spot for the Dean.

Oh, and Quoth.

I always liked him as a foil for ridcully

I stopped at Barns n noble @ lunch time and picked up Guards! Guards! This better be good!!!

PTerry once said in an interview that Sam Vimes and Granny Weatherwax are his favourite characters, which is hardly surprising . Although the way (and frequency) he uses both Death and Vetinari, they can't be that far behind.

It is very good. Happy reading

I read Maurice and his Amazing Band of Rodents ( something like that ) way back when, and I liked it. Then later I read a story about these gnomes living in a store. I liked them both.

You should definitely move onto the Discworld. You won't be disappointed

When I was young I really loved the Truckers/Diggers/Wings trilogy. I also remember liking Only You Can Save Mankind

Sky One and RHI Entertainment are today delighted to announce the commission of Terry Pratchett’s worldwide best-selling fantasy fiction, HOGFATHER. The project marks the first ever live action / CGI film of Discworld and its characters, and the 2 x 120” HD film airs on Sky One in Christmas 2006. RHI Entertainment have secured the international distribution rights.

Terry Pratchett has sold over 41m books worldwide and is the UK’s second most popular contemporary author based on book sales, selling 2.5m a year (3% of the total book trade). The British author’s Discworld books are translated into 35 languages and he has won numerous prestigious literary awards, was named an Officer of the British Empire for services to literature and commands a huge fan base across the globe.

Terry Pratchett said: “All of my Christmases have come at once.”

David Jason (Only Fools and Horses, A Touch of Frost) has been confirmed for the key role of Albert in the film and further high quality casting will be announced over the next few months.

David Jason said: “I am thrilled to be taking part in HOGFATHER – I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett’s books and to play the part of Albert is going to be great fun.”

Elaine Pyke, Sky One’s Drama Commissioner said: “Having been in development for nearly a year, I am thrilled to announce this two part commission with RHI Entertainment for the first live-action adaptation of a Discworld book. Terry Pratchett is one of the most successful authors or our time and his fantasy fiction will strike a chord with Sky One viewers. With the award-winning Mob Film Company producing the series and The Moving Picture Company producing the computer generated effects, HOGFATHER is sure to serve up a visual feast this Christmas.”

Robert Halmi Junior, President RHI Entertainment, said "We are delighted to be entering into this deal with Sky and Mob to bring this fantastic Terry Pratchett novel to a global television audience. We hope to continue to build our presence in the UK by producing more large event mini-series that utilises UK talent and acclaimed authors.”

HOGFATHER is set on the semi-medieval but strangely familiar Discworld. And the Hogfather (you know, the jolly fat man) who delivers presents to the kiddies at Christmas at the midwinter festival of Hogswatch has gone missing. But it’s vital that all the presents are delivered, otherwise the sun won’t rise tomorrow. However, there is another supernatural entity who can be everywhere at once and, most importantly, knows where everybody lives. He is Death, but with a false beard and a few cushions that he reckons might just work.

And while he is engaged in the mysteries of climbing down chimneys and drinking sherry, it’s up to his granddaughter, Susan to find out what has happened to the real Hogfather. It’s the dark time of the year. There are monsters afoot. And some of them look just like us. HO HO HO. You’d better watch out…

HOGFATHER is adapted for the screen and directed by Vadim Jean (Leon the Pig Farmer) and produced by Rod Brown (Dream Team, Goal) and Ian Sharples (The Virgin of Liverpool} for the Mob Film Company. Elaine Pyke (Dream Team, Hex) executive produces for Sky One and Robert Halmi Sr (Dinotopia) is the executive producer for RHI Entertainment.

HOGFATHER is set to transmit on Sky One at Christmas 2006.