I loved Douglas Adams and he lead me to reading Terry Pratchett who is firmly my favourite author. His humour and wit along with a wordsmith’s craftsmanship is a delight that doesn’t get old.
I revisit his discworld novels often and still find new nuances or little jokes I missed on the first 15 readings.
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Agree. Sir PTerry was truly gifted, able to convey deep and touching messages with an incredible levity.
Personal favorites are the Librarian, Vimes, Vetinari, DEATH… And among the books Small Gods.
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Hey Lefty, I am definitely a huge reader. Right now I am reading a mystery/whodunit on my Kindle, and I am also reading two non-fiction print books. One is called Bass Culture, and the other is called the Rough Guide to Reggae.
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Where should one start with Terry Pratchette?
Well the beginning is “The Colour of Magic”.
But, if you’re going to read one to get a representative taste, “Small Gods”.
MHO of course 
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As stated “The Colour of Magic” is the first Discworld book but perhaps the most recommended starting point is “The Night Watch”. It is the first book where all of the characters f.guerrieri mentions appear and is the most approachable. Another fun one for people with an obvious interest in music would be Soul Music, an imaginative delve into rock n roll in a fantasy world. Just spotting all the musical references in this book can be fun.
Awesome Discworld collection HowlinDawg!
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I would start with Going Postal
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I suggested Going Postal. They’re all good
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This was my childhood @John_E. The HHGTTG started out as a radio series on the BBC. My father and I would sit down and listen to it together. I was transfixed by it. Then he wrote the book based on the radio play, then the TV series.
I was camping with an Australian friend of mine years ago (She’s also a huge fan of the book) and it was really dark and a beautiful clear night; you could see the milky way etc.
We talked about one of our favourite parts in the book when they land on Magrathea and Marvin the Paranoid Android is shit talking the sunset and night sky. If I’m ever camping and the stars are out I think of this.
“Night’s falling,” he said. “Look robot, the stars are coming out.”
The robot obediently looked at them, then looked back.
“I know,” he said. “Wretched isn’t it?”
“But that sunset! I’ve never seen anything like it in my wildest dreams … the two suns! It was like mountains of fire boiling into space.’
“I’ve seen it,” said Marvin. “It’s rubbish.”
If you ever want to listen to the original radio plays for free they’re available here:
Episode 3 at about the 18 min mark for Marvin’s speech.
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So good.
They never got the movie version right, just horrible. I watched the series and have heard some of the radio stuff years ago.
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The BBC TV version was kind of glorious in its low-budgetry.
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Hitchhiker should be made in low budget anyway 
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That’s exactly what made it great.
Just like South Park.
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What was great for me about the tv series. Was they used the same voice actors from the radio show. So it all sounded right.
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The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,”
Oh how I love Marvin
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Great, now I am going to have to go watch the entire series.
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Well, I hope you guys are happy with yourselves. I’ve finished “Against a Dark Background” and have started “Consider Phlebas”
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I really liked AaDB. A lot of people bag on it as his worst SF work but I think it’s a great story and setting.
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