Just finished reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. I over-read Pratchett books last year and got a bit sick of them (or maybe the Watch series really does go downhill after Men at Arms… either way I was not impressed at all with The Fifth Elephant), but after a short break, I have to say GP is right up there with the best. It’s unbelievable that an author can write 33 books in a series and still be original and entertaining.

The first chapter in particular is a work of genius. It caused the first genuine LOL moment I’ve had from a written work for ages. Want to know which part? It’s built up over several pages, but the punchline is just two words: Total Pins.

For a story which takes place on the circular Discworld perched on four giant elephants who are in turn parked on a magic space turtle, it’s amazingly real. It’s absolutely not fantasy, even though it technically is.

Thoroughly recommended, possibly even as a starting point for reading the whole Discworld series.