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Sir Terry Pratchett DrJacJacMcScrumptious Send a noteboard - 07/01/2011 05:42:34 PM
Just finished reading I Shall Wear Midnight, and I will post a review in the next couple of days as I can't see that anybody else has. But first, I wanted to ask a few questions about what you think of Sir Terry.

1) have you read any Terry Pratchett?

2) if so was it Discworld or something else or both? How many books?

3) what is your overall opinion of Pratchett's writing?

4) which are your favourite arc of books by TP? (e.g Tiffany Aching, Vimes, Strata, the truckers etc.)

5) have you noticed a change in his style or quality since his diagnosis with Alzheimers?

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?

8) do you also think this is his best work?

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?

10) have you read I Shall Wear Midnight? What did you think?

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?

12) have you seen any of the tv sealskins of his works? How do you think they compare to the novels?

I may post more questions later

Thanks for playing,

Jac xx :)
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.
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Sir Terry Pratchett - 07/01/2011 05:42:34 PM 1199 Views
I'm torn between my love of Pterry and my inherent laziness. - 07/01/2011 05:55:25 PM 752 Views
Why do think you don't like unseen academicals as much as the others? *NM* - 08/01/2011 05:41:30 PM 354 Views
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Re: Packaging. *NM* - 08/01/2011 08:52:14 PM 293 Views
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Heh. I forgot Good Omens. - 07/01/2011 10:15:01 PM 763 Views
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Re: Sir Terry Pratchett - 07/01/2011 08:21:46 PM 910 Views
I just finished Unseen Academicals yesterday! - 07/01/2011 08:34:03 PM 783 Views
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Stupid iPhone predicative text. Spot the error *NM* - 07/01/2011 09:31:55 PM 5085 Views
Good survey, thanks for posting. - 07/01/2011 09:55:39 PM 912 Views
I posted a review of it, but feel free to post another one. - 07/01/2011 10:12:00 PM 874 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett - 07/01/2011 10:43:56 PM 998 Views
Re: Sir Terry Pratchett - 07/01/2011 11:04:02 PM 803 Views
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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 665 Views
I always loved that quote - 08/01/2011 09:04:07 PM 731 Views
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That's exactly my point... - 08/01/2011 01:40:45 PM 939 Views
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Then he has misunderstood the concept. *NM* - 08/01/2011 10:22:04 PM 317 Views
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oops *NM* - 08/01/2011 04:26:09 PM 341 Views
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