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Besides of the discworld resting on four elephants, which themselves stand on the shell of Great A'Tuin, the turtle, you're right.

Pratchett and discworld are one of my favorite pasttimes and I really hope that Terry will actually not lose his fight against Alzheimer.

We'd lose one of the best humorous authors of all times.

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I love Discworld. So much. <3 Although I must say, Good Omens is and will forever be my favorite Pratchett book, even if it's co-op.

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Yeah, discworld is fun. What that turtle stands on we'll never know...

The Great A'Tuin doesn't stand on anything. She swims through space. (This in one case in which it is not, as they say, turtles all the way down.)

Yes - The Great A'Tuin is a Star Turtle.

Anyway. Incidentally, I rented a Terry Pratchett book I've already read before (Going Postal, one of my favorites ever) just today and was reading it minutes ago. It's hard to say quite how much I adore his writing. It's a lot.

I haven't read all of them, though, to my shame.

I own all of the Discworld books, including the young adult ones. I read them compulsively when I am (clinically) depressed. They help.

I always tried to get all those books together but somehow never really did.

Good Omens is great but when you have read so many of Terrys books, you start wondering where Neil Gaimans writing is. Don't you guys think that the whole book seems Terrys style? I'm not really sure about this as I read Terry mostly in german (the originals are somehow not very easy to come by) but did read Good Omens in english.

My introduction to Pratchett and the discworld was Mort, which made me instantly an addict.

I love them all...DEATH, Granny Weatherwax, Ridcully, Rincewind and Cohen, the barbarian...
*checking how long I need for the book I right right now and already brwosing which Pratchett will follow*

@ Mania:
If you really own them all, would you mind making me a list of all his discworld novels?

I love Terry Pratchett. Great books and always a fun read.

The Librarian is my favorite character, along with Death of Rats. SQUEAK

I've read a bit of Neil Gaiman, and I can see his writing style peeking around Pratchett's personality in Good Omens, but it's subtle. I think it really works in Good Omens -- you don't get the feeling that it was written by two authors at all, but it has a bit more hmmm ... depth? No ... solidity, maybe ... than the other stuff Pratchett was writting around the same time.

A list of Disc World books, by Mania, with commentary:
(I'm numbering so I can see where I am, although so far as I know these are more or less in publication order.)

1. The Color of Magic (a bit hit or miss)
2. The Light Fantastic (pretty good for early Disc World)
3. Equal Rites (a bit eh)
4. Mort (my favorite early book)
5. Sourcery (eh)
6. Wyrd Sisters (a much better start for the witches than Equal Rites)
7. Pyramids (quite good, pity the characters are pretty much one-shots)
8. Guards! Guards! (the book I loan out to get people hooked -- I am on copy #6 because most of them don't come back)
9. Eric (a bit eh, but mostly odd)
10. Moving Pictures (the start of Gaspode) [From here on, they are all very good, so I won't bother saying so.]
11. Reaper Man (my favorite in the Death line)
12. Witches Abroad
13. Small Gods (love that tortoise)
14. Lords and Ladies
15. Men at Arms (probably my favorite in the Guards line, although not necessarily in the Vimes line, if you will)
16. Soul Music
17. Interesting Times (I'm just not as fond of Rincewind these days)
18. Maskerade
19. Feet of Clay (I love the ... civil rights issues? .. that start showing up here)
20. Hogfather (a bit throwaway, but still fun)
21. Jingo
22. The Last Continent
23. Carpe Jugulum (still a great answer to vampire fans)
24. The Fifth Elephant (probably my favorite Vimes)
25. The Truth
26. Thief of Time
27. Night Watch (or maybe this is my favorite Vimes)
28. Monstrous Regiment (not so beloved by some, but I thought it was great)
29. Going Postal (a great handbook for game developers)
30. Thud!
31. Making Money
32. Unseen Academicals

And then there's the young adult books:

1. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (a stand-alone story)
2. The Wee Free Men (starts a series that includes the next two -- great for witch fans)
3. A Hat Full of Sky (I love this one)
4. Wintersmith

And other stuff:

1. The Last Hero (Cohen story + pictures)
2. Where's My Cow (for pre-literate children)
3. Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (cute, but wasn't really worth the price)
4. Once More with footnotes (not Disc World as such, but includes some short stories set there)

Okay, I admit it: I don't own all the compendium books (The Streets of Ankh-Morpork, etc) or the art books, or the graphic novel versions of the books. But I don't count those. *grin*

Thanks a lot, Mania.

Mania wrote:I own all of the Discworld books, including the young adult ones. I read them compulsively when I am (clinically) depressed. They help.

How are the Discworld young adult books? I own all the 'main' Discworld novels but not those, are they worth getting?

But yes, Discworld is awesome. Terry has literally created another world and it's almost impossible not to get drawn in once you start reading. I was cleaning out my room the other day, and when I was going through all my Pratchett books I realized just how many I got. A lot. But they were totally worth every penny.
I can also greatly recommend his non-Discworld novels. Good Omens has been mentioned here, and for good reason. I also really enjoyed The Bromeliad Trilogy (a children's series, but enjoyable for adults too), and Nation (for young adults, though a lot more serious than Pratchett's other work).

I forget which novels I've got; not too many, since I borrowed most of them from a friend who introduced me to Pratchett. I think I have The Color of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Sourcery, Eric, The Last Continent, and Hogfather, plus I've got the art book and Where's My Cow?, which I found at Goodwill. :D And the DVD of Hogfather, which I've owned for... Probably 3 years, and never have gotten around to watching.

Lysara wrote:How are the Discworld young adult books? I own all the 'main' Discworld novels but not those, are they worth getting?

I quite like them. There are only a few differences between the adult and young adult Disc World books: the humor is a bit less off-color, the good-n-evil is a little less grey, and the protagonist is younger.

Actually, I had a big problem when I went to buy A Hat Full of Sky in a book store -- it hadn't occurred to me that it was young adult, so I searched the entire fiction department before I had to ask someone where to find it.