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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 1903123" data-attributes="member: 198">[Gushing]I think he's brilliant. Being in a Ph.D. program in English, I get to read a lot of good literature, but Pratchett comes in at the top of my list, edging out Shakespeare for top spot. I think he writes the human condition better than anyone I've ever read and the fact that he serves it with a very juicy helping of humor and satire just makes it so much better. The fact that he's incredibly allusive about things I'm interested in also helps. I'm a little biased in my liking for two reasons. Firstly, I very, very rarely find fictiona characters I can empathize with, and Pratchett has a knack of writing people (Death and Granny Weatherwax, for two) whom I can very easily get into the heads of. He's also about the most cynical optimist I can think of among authors, which works very well with my take on life in general.[/Gushing]His best books? Too many to mention, but some of my personal faves are Reaper Man, Hogfather, Lords and Ladies, Interesting Times, Feet of Clay, Carpe Jugulum, and The Fifth Elephant.P.S. I don't regard him as a fantasy author any more than I regard Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales as travel literature.</blockquote>