h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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Hello just thought i would say hello and welcome to h2g2 i see that an A.C.E. as been here they can be very helpful like that.
The best thing i can add is just look around and then start replying to what you read.

well I guess so far so good. I just discovered this nugget of knowledge last night in the wee hours. So far I've got a list of 20 books I must read NOW!!! and I learned a little more about androids. I have yet to go through the whole site but am wondering something... I assume there is no chat system?

Not as such it is not that kind of site we just reply to each post like this.
What are the books any Terry Pratchett?

ok...so I have heard of him and a bit of what he's about but I've never really read anything by him...do tell... So... you worked for sci-fi?

He writes about the disc world a strange place like middle earth but with laughs.
The disc world books are about diffrent things like wizzards*witches and Death(the person)and the guards(like the police force)
But all with a strange diffrence like Death a sad lonley person with a horse called Binky and a grand daughter called Susan.
The night watch guards who live in a city were theres a thiefs guild an assassins guild and the unseen university(were the wizards call killing someone promotion.
In the first book he had the first disc world camra when opened inside was a imp with an easel.
Some of the books are about well known storys with a twist but others are about things like hollywood fariy tails and vampires(in one book there is a vampire that likes flash photgraphy but tends to get burnt when the flash goes off.
All in all the books are very funny and they have even given h2g2 a few researchers Greebo t cat and Granny Weatherwax are both from the witches books.

Alright...thank you for enlightening me. After I read this I discovered that I have picked up a few of his books along the way. One was the Wyrd Sisters. So I decided I'd give it a go. I received, as a gift, a book today called Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen. The cover is intriguing enough. I've never read any of his work so I do hope that it's good...ever read?