Author recommendation

[ER]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Audra1976 at a... wrote:
> The talk about Terry Pratchett got me thinking about "Good Omens," 
which I'm 
> sure many of you have read, which in turn got me thinking about 
Neil Gaiman, 
> whom I'm sure many of you have also read, but that thirdly reminded 
me of 
> another author named Charles de Lint.  
> 

Could anybody recommend a good "starter" book by Terry Pratchett? 
I've heard the name often enough, but I know naught about him.

ER