In my opinion Terry Pratchett is the best author in the world. Does anyone else agree? I have read most of his series... so in your opinion, Who is the best character/character group?
(as in the watch, the wizards, the witches, the 'Death' family,etc or individuals)

Well I love Terry Pratchett's stuff, especially the way it can make you laugh out loud, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say he's the best author in the world. Hard to say who I like best. The witches are great, and the Watch - must say I also have a soft spot for Death, if you see what I mean!

I can't go past Corporal Carrot (Or Captain now isn't he?) and the rest of the watch . And Death and the Death Rat ... lol lol lol. Not really into the Witches - could never see their appeal. Usually I prefer the books around Ankh-Morpork for some reason.

I saw a new one in the shops yesterday .. can't think what it was called now but it's still in hardback so I'll wait til it's comes out in paperback.

I think Rincewind is great, especially the way he discovered beer soup and named the Peach Nellie and designed footwear, in the lost Continent.

I think The Witches are my favorite as a group, but Detritus is probably my favorite single character.

ive only recently discovered terry pratchett, and he's great, not the best though.

i also prefer books set around ankh- morpork. and death is malarious (like halarious but catching)

my favourite book would have to be small gods so far

I have been a Pratchett fan now for about twenty years. I have managed to accumulate all the Discworld series, with a handful of signed copies and have met the great man himself at various booksignings so yeah, I'd say he was my favourite author!
The interesting thing about them is you can see how his writing style has matured with each book, with in-depth characters and ingenius plots - I make many trips back to my bookshelves to re-read my collection and never tire of them. Anyone I have introduced ( to date anyway ) to Pratchett has always come back to me raving on what a fantastic book they read and promptly become addicts themselves.
As for favourite book - too many to choose from really, though I do have an affinity for most that focus on either Death or the Watch.
If anyone hasn't seen them already, i have authored a handful of Pratchett quizzes - there's not many as I don't often have the time to sit and construct them, but feel free to take a look.
Here's looking forward to receiving my pre-ordered DVD of The Hogfather lol!

I have enjoyed all the books by Terry Pratchett that I have read. My favorites are the books with DEATH in it, and my very favorite is Mort.

I'm a Terry Pratchett fan, too. Love the City Watch and Wizards. My favourite so far is 'Thud!'.

I have all of the Discworld series, many of them in hardback. As a member of the Guild of Fans and Disciples I tend to get advanced notice of a new release from the newsletter. My favourite character is probably Sam Vimes, especially since he became Duke of Ankh.

I love Pratchett. My favorite characters are death and his horse Binky, the death of rats and the witches. Nanny Ogg is my absolute favorite though. My cat is named in honor of hers. My Greebo isn't as ferocious as her Greebo, but it's a pretty close race.

The Discworld books are the best! Seriously. My favourites are, in order,

1 - Witches Abroad
2 - Hogfather
3 - The Last Continent
4 - Soul Music

My fifth would probably be one of the Watch novels, but I'm torn as to which one...

Some of my favorite characters from T.P. novels
Sam Vimes, The Librarian, Leonard of Quirm. Carrot, Cheery Littlebottom, Detritus, The Postmaster, Angua, and Otto the vampire photographer.
I really love Tiffany Aching. and the Feegles. I hope he does more with them.

I too am a huge Terry fan (not in size...;-)) and have been known to author the odd quiz or two on Discworld. Is anybody else going to Con. next year? Maybe we could have a funtrivia meet?

ohhh Otto the vampire photographer! He cracked me up.

I managed to get the first Discworld book signed by Pratchett. It takes pride of place on the bookshelf. I couldn't go to the shop where he was signing but rang them and begged and pleaded and offered my first born and they did it for me and sent it out. Sadly they didn't take up the offer of the first born though ...

I love the Feegle books. They feegles are just so cute...though they would probably headbutt my shin if they heard me say that...

*uses bottle of Special Sheep Liniment to lure them off...*

Terry Pratchett diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimers disease. This is not a sick joke, I just read the news. I am at a loss. Here's the link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071212/ap_en_ot/books_terry_pratchett

OK. To the person who stole ALL my Terry Pratchett books. If,on the off chance,you are reading this,(you also don't like s.king)you must know who you are.You have excellent taste in leisure material but please give them back:-(

oh no! Really? What a pain, GK. Im' am having a huge clean out of books lately and the Terry Pratchett ones will be the ones that are certainly staying.

I know it was a while ago the link up there was posted, in fact it has expired so I had to google for the info, and that is just so sad - he'll only be sixty this year.

Yeah, sucks.
But I guess I just have to write it all down as part of a really awful 2007.Buying a lotto ticket this weekend!

Oooo .... super 14 starts ... Go The Canes:-)

One of my best friends in high school was a huge Terry Pratchett fan.. she had a lot of the Discworld books and she tried to get me interested in reading them. I'm not sure why I never caught on to them, because it's the exact kind of humour that I usually like. Oh, well... to each her own I suppose.

Then a little while later I got to reading a book called Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch which is by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and it was great!

Around the same time I also read a Douglas Adams book called Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency which I think Pratchett fans might enjoy as well.

Best author? In a way, yes. It is not big literature but his ability of being satirical, entertaining and educative at the same time is unique.
Also, you can clearly see his development as a writer when you read the first seven or so discworld novels.
It has been some time since I read them, so I can't remember all the names, but one of my favourite characters is one not mentioned yet: the big chest with the many little feet.

By the way, I saw this little gem on wikipedia:
"Pratchett, who was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "for services to literature" in 1998,[6] holds the record for the most shoplifted author in Britain.[11]"

The luggage, also known as Trunky (in 'The Last Continent') It's what I call my handbag!

I've only read the first 7 or 8 Discworld books (sudden unemployment has prohibited me from buying new books for quite some time), but I've enjoyed them very much.
My favorite book so far is Small Gods, and my favorite "character" so far is the luggage.
Gotta admire that combo of intelligence, loyalty, and lethality...