What do you particularly enjoy about Pyramids?
DrJacJacMcScrumptious Send a noteboard - 08/01/2011 05:44:31 PM
1) have you read any Terry Pratchett?
I've read almost all of him.
2) if so was it Discworld or something else or both? How many books?
Um, I've not read four of his books, all of those are Discworld.
3) what is your overall opinion of Pratchett's writing?
Overall, his work ranges from the very good to excellent.
4) which are your favourite arc of books by TP? (e.g Tiffany Aching, Vimes, Strata, the truckers etc.)
I like the Witches, The Watch, Death - but my softest spot is reserved for Johnny, who saved mankind. (Or not.)
5) have you noticed a change in his style or quality since his diagnosis with Alzheimers?
I think, in general, the books have become more weighty, less fun. But I think that is as much a function of the series' own weight, the limitations of extended satire/humour/wit/what-have-you. I wouldn't say, for example, that Unseen Academicals suffers because of Alzheimers. It suffers because it is about sport. Boring!
6) do you think it is right for an author to be knighted on the basis of fiction he has written?
7) what is your favourite individual Pratchett book?
Pyramids.
do you also think this is his best work?No, that goes to perhaps Nightwatch.
9) do you ever find that you don't think of your favourite book by an author etc as the best one? Why is this (not) so?
Because taste and intellectual analytical judgement overlap but do not coincide.
10) have you read I Shall Wear Midnight? What did you think?
Not read it yet - I'm not fond of Tiffany Aching.
11)do you prefer TP's funny satires, his somewhat darker mire serious works (generally still satirical) something in between or do you see his work as something else? Or do you hate all of it?
I... it depends on my mood, and the book.
12) have you seen any of the tv sealskins of his works? How do you think they compare to the novels?
No.
I may post more questions later
This will do for now!
Thanks for playing,
~Roh
And the answer came to her instantly: pride. Oh, you hear them say it's a sin; you hear them say it goes before a fall. the shepherd prides himself on keeping the wolf out from the flock. We pride ourselves on making a good history of our lives, a good story to be told.
Sir Terry Pratchett
- 07/01/2011 05:42:34 PM
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I'm torn between my love of Pterry and my inherent laziness.
- 07/01/2011 05:55:25 PM
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Why do think you don't like unseen academicals as much as the others? *NM*
- 08/01/2011 05:41:30 PM
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- 07/01/2011 05:58:54 PM
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What do you particularly enjoy about Pyramids?
- 08/01/2011 05:44:31 PM
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Re: It is self contained, it examines its themes and then moves on, it is packaged to my tastes.
- 08/01/2011 07:45:23 PM
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*NM*
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett
- 07/01/2011 08:21:35 PM
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Heh. I forgot Good Omens.
- 07/01/2011 10:15:01 PM
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Humorous. But his underlying nihilism always leaves me somewhat disturbed after finishing a book..
- 08/01/2011 09:21:56 AM
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Interesting
- 08/01/2011 12:18:56 PM
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To me atheism = nihilism...
- 08/01/2011 12:47:04 PM
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Ok, I fundamentally disagree with you, but I respect your opinion
- 08/01/2011 12:49:54 PM
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Fair enough. However...
- 08/01/2011 12:54:24 PM
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To quote the Angel line that is in the quotes here...
- 08/01/2011 03:29:33 PM
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A lovely word confusion (not quite a paradox but I'm not sure what to call it)
- 08/01/2011 05:38:38 PM
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re: Death
- 08/01/2011 01:33:10 PM
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What nihilism?
- 08/01/2011 04:28:59 PM
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not really a big fan
- 08/01/2011 04:25:33 PM
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A couple of new questions;
- 08/01/2011 06:03:15 PM
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