Reddit reviews Strata

Amazon has new copies from various vendors at less than ten bucks. Looks like maybe it's in print in the UK.

The first two books in the Discworld Series are 'The Colour Of Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic'

They do introduce the whole concept of the Discworld, but they aren't his best novels by a long shot.

These novels introduce Death (present in all bar two Discworld novels), the wizards of Discworld, the recurring character Rincewind and his luggage.

Small Gods is often sited as a good introduction. It is one of the best novels in the series, and gives you a good idea of the lore of the world.

You could also try 'Hogfather'


The other 'main' characters are

The Witches:

Equal Rites
Wyrd Sisters
Witches Abroad
Lords and Ladies
Maskerade
Carpe Jugulum 1998

There are 'The Wee Free Men' and 'A Hat Full of Sky' which star Tiffany Aching. They're not quite witch books, but not quite not witch books...


The City Watch:

Guards! Guards!
Men at Arms
Feet of Clay
Jingo
The Fifth Elephant
Night Watch
Thud!
Snuff

Death:

Mort
Reaper Man
Soul Music
Hogfather
Thief of Time

Moist Von Lipvig:

Going Postal
Making Money
Raising Steam


Strata is actually where the ideas for the Discworld were first put to page, but has absolutely no relation to any of the Discworld novels.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0552133256/ref=cm_rdp_product

> all "magic" is typically later revealed to be super-advanced technology

May I suggest "Strata" by Terry Pratchett? The book basically lives from this assumption.