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Re: A couple of new questions; Stephen Send a noteboard - 08/01/2011 06:19:18 PM
1) in my opinion, and that of several others, Night Watch is one of TP's best books. Yet it is at the end of an arc as it were, and the finer points of Character development and a lot of other pointed the book tries to address relies on having read at least some of the earlier books. Have you read any books part way through a series? ( a proper series like WoT or a kind-of series like Discworld?)

That was the second Discworld book i read the first time i read it. I read just about every book completely out of order but still enjoyed them all.
2) do you think it affected the quality of your read for better or worse or not at all?

Yeah, obviously i didn't get some references, but since then i've re-read a few in order and had similar opinions of the books.
3) I personally think that TP's characterisation, due to the long length of the book arcs, occurs quite strongly but more slowly and subtly across the series. Do you agree? Is this good or bad or neutral? Basically this is a "read my rather silly statement: discuss" question

I like the characterisation, how it builds up over time. Sometimes books that expect you to fully invest and care about characters over the space of 3-400 pages can leave me cold. So yeah, i like the way Tery does it.
"I mean, if everyone had a soul, there would be no contrast by which we could appreciate it. For giving us this perspective, we thank you." - Nate
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Sir Terry Pratchett DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 07/01/2011 05:42:34 PM 1270 Views
I'm torn between my love of Pterry and my inherent laziness. beetnemesis - 07/01/2011 05:55:25 PM 828 Views
Why do think you don't like unseen academicals as much as the others? *NM* DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 05:41:30 PM 384 Views
It just felt... unfocused? (spoilers) beetnemesis - 08/01/2011 08:49:51 PM 915 Views
Re: Danae al'Thor - 07/01/2011 05:58:54 PM 979 Views
What do you particularly enjoy about Pyramids? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 05:44:31 PM 926 Views
Re: It is self contained, it examines its themes and then moves on, it is packaged to my tastes. Danae al'Thor - 08/01/2011 07:45:23 PM 992 Views
Plus, it has that great assassin test scene at the beginning. beetnemesis - 08/01/2011 08:51:15 PM 840 Views
Re: Packaging. *NM* Danae al'Thor - 08/01/2011 08:52:14 PM 325 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett jh - 07/01/2011 08:21:35 PM 942 Views
Heh. I forgot Good Omens. Camilla - 07/01/2011 10:15:01 PM 832 Views
Re: Collabs can't count, surely? *NM* Danae al'Thor - 08/01/2011 09:24:59 AM 397 Views
Why not? Camilla - 08/01/2011 10:20:57 AM 790 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett Novo - 07/01/2011 08:21:46 PM 994 Views
I just finished Unseen Academicals yesterday! Darth_Katie - 07/01/2011 08:34:03 PM 863 Views
Thief of Time was pretty great beetnemesis - 08/01/2011 08:51:46 PM 1023 Views
Stupid iPhone predicative text. Spot the error *NM* DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 07/01/2011 09:31:55 PM 5113 Views
Good survey, thanks for posting. Legolas - 07/01/2011 09:55:39 PM 994 Views
I posted a review of it, but feel free to post another one. Camilla - 07/01/2011 10:12:00 PM 954 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 07/01/2011 10:43:56 PM 1076 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett Stephen - 07/01/2011 11:04:02 PM 874 Views
Humorous. But his underlying nihilism always leaves me somewhat disturbed after finishing a book.. Shannow - 08/01/2011 09:21:56 AM 1005 Views
Interesting DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 12:18:56 PM 951 Views
To me atheism = nihilism... Shannow - 08/01/2011 12:47:04 PM 885 Views
Ok, I fundamentally disagree with you, but I respect your opinion DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 12:49:54 PM 882 Views
Fair enough. However... Shannow - 08/01/2011 12:54:24 PM 914 Views
To quote the Angel line that is in the quotes here... Legolas - 08/01/2011 03:29:33 PM 820 Views
A lovely word confusion (not quite a paradox but I'm not sure what to call it) DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 05:38:38 PM 744 Views
I always loved that quote beetnemesis - 08/01/2011 09:04:07 PM 806 Views
re: Death Novo - 08/01/2011 01:33:10 PM 795 Views
That's exactly my point... Shannow - 08/01/2011 01:40:45 PM 1022 Views
Well. Novo - 08/01/2011 02:05:36 PM 924 Views
What nihilism? Camilla - 08/01/2011 04:28:59 PM 817 Views
To him, atheism = nihilism... Novo - 08/01/2011 05:06:28 PM 835 Views
Then he has misunderstood the concept. *NM* Camilla - 08/01/2011 10:22:04 PM 348 Views
not really a big fan random thoughts - 08/01/2011 04:25:33 PM 1098 Views
oops *NM* random thoughts - 08/01/2011 04:26:09 PM 368 Views
Re: not really a big fan Camilla - 12/01/2011 09:00:54 AM 873 Views
I read about half of it and seemed to be going nowhere random thoughts - 12/01/2011 02:12:28 PM 763 Views
A couple of new questions; DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 08/01/2011 06:03:15 PM 773 Views
Re: A couple of new questions; Stephen - 08/01/2011 06:19:18 PM 870 Views
Character development is almost a double edged sword beetnemesis - 08/01/2011 09:00:44 PM 793 Views
I agree. *NM* Camilla - 12/01/2011 02:58:16 PM 332 Views
Re: A couple of new questions; Camilla - 08/01/2011 10:53:32 PM 949 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett Ellestra - 12/01/2011 05:15:30 AM 1042 Views
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