Heh. Magical realism never works for me. that’s why I can never seem to stand authors like Marquez and Naipaul.

Pratchett, however is a different story.

If you are even slightly into science, I suggest reading the “Science of the discworld” Series. It’s not science fiction…. it’s science AND fiction, but as separate entities. the story (fiction) gets 7 pages at a time, followed by 21 pages of raw science, authored by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. It provides remarkable insight into things such as evolution (REAL evolution, not some morphing amoeba), the concept of infinity, and other cooly cool cool stuff. Delightful read, really.