I generally like “difficult” sci/fi-fantasy authors, such as Gene Wolfe, but I couldn’t get into Pratchett. I tried to read Pyramids and Small Gods but neither one appealed to me at all.
Too bad about his condition.
Gene Wolfe is tied with Vance as my favourite. I will say that Pyramids isn’t the strongest I’ve read, and I never got a chance to read Petty Gods. Maskerade, Wyrd Sisters, and Night Watch are some of the ones I thought were good.
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