Terry Pratchett is a God. He is not God, to say so would be
inaccurate and offensive to all the other Gods out there. But he is a God, and
an awful lot of people believe in him. Therefore he is huge.
Terry Pratchett is the only author whose new releases I
actively seek out (in paperback - I'm not made of money). Although this is not a
hard thing to do as every time I walk into a bookstore there seems to be a new
Discworld novel on the shelves.
At the last count there were an
extraordinary 37 Discworld stories, listed
here, and although
they are all good, those that revolve around the witches are my favourites.
I also
collect the Discworld figures made by
Clarecraft. At the start they were a
bit lifeless and static, but now the sculptors have become familiar with the
characters, they're producing some startling pieces such as Death on a
Motorcycle (pictured below) and the large scale Discworld (shown
here).
Unfortunately Clarecraft closed down in October 2005, which is a big shame, and
cost me a fortune in completing my collection!
Those in bold I haven't read yet.

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