I've never read any Pratchett where is a good place to start?

hmmm, "Carpe Jugulam"? "Men at Arms"? The first one features Granny Weatherwax and the various witches of the mountain country, and the second one is a good intro to Captain of the City Watch Vimes and the wide-open city of Ankh-Morpork.

Oh, God, Nanny Ogg trying to seduce Vetinari on general principle.

Carpe Jugulum benefits from having the backstory of Maskerade and at least one of the other Lancre books, I think. Men At Arms stands alone fairly well, though.

Me, I started with Small Gods, which is like this little untouched island in the middle of the Discworld story.

I think Monstrous Regiment stands pretty well solo, too.

Oh yes, that's true. And maybe Pyramids, Pyramids?

Or Cohen. That guy slays me.

If you're not careful.

Emily, that's the one I started with, too. Oh, so many years ago. And I now own every one of them, including The Last Hero. And am going to place my order for Thud! on Friday, when I have money.

Meeeechigan.

Hey! Going to be in my area at all?

My first Pratchett was Lords and Ladies, and it hooked me good.

Also, I still haven't read a Vimes book. I know, I know. But I was told to read the Night Watch books in chronological order, and my library visits never rewarded me with the first one.

Yes, but as I fly in late Friday night for a Saturday wedding and leave Sunday, I doubt I'll have much time for anything but a quick hello-goodbye to the people actually at the wedding!

I was not that impressed with Monstrous Regiment. It seemed to suffer from too much of its main premise. Truth is a good one that doesn't need a lot of backstory.

There's a couple of jokes that make more sense if you have some of the City Watch backstory, but on the whole, yeah. Same with whachamacallit, the one with Glom of Nigt.