I agree. For the record I think the other Discworld book I read was Small Gods, and at the same time I read Good Omens. None of it was bad, but I prefer the Hitchhiker’s books - and I apologize for the obvious comparison - because I found them weirder and more critical.
I’ve read through C in Devil’s Dictionary. I don’t think I’ll be able to read it straight through because it’ll get repetitive, but parts of it were very funny. Interestingly it feels more dated to me than Gulliver’s Travels did.
While I don’t think his stuff really falls into the category of this thread, I’m amazed by S.J. Perelman’s material. It’s crazy.
I am definitely interested in checking out some of the other works posted here - I did read Catch-22 long ago and thought it was excellent - but it will probably take a while. On top of what I bought over the weekend, I was just given John Swartzwelder’s first book and I need to read that.