Terry Pratchett's Discworld

I just finished reading Monstrous Regiment for the second time, and am eagerly awaiting a paperback release of Going Postal.  I'm cheap, sue me.

I love the way Pratchett writes.  Some of the Discworld analogies he creates are so hilariously apt.  He gets bonus points for being literate enough in internet and video game culture to make fun of them properly and subtly.

Also: Guards > Death > Wizards > Witches.  Discuss.

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It doesn't really matter where you start. Very little of the plot or jokes rely on previous understanding of the universe. And if they do, Terry explains it well enough at the time.

Oh, and Pyramids++.