I'm just "re to the power of x" reading this novel. Not my absolute favourite, but a very funny one - and quite important if you want to follow the development of the Night Watch characters.
What I like most about Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels is the way he combines Fantasy and Modern Science, adding highly sophisticated remarks - sometimes using as many footnotes as a researcher in his science paper would.
Here's how he explaines the becoming of an antisocial personality (Edward d'Eath):
Individuals aren't naturally paid-up members of the human race, except biologically. They need to be bounced around by the Brownian motion of society, which is a mechanism by which human beings constantly remind one another that they are ... well ... human beings.
Quite nicely said IMHO.
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