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
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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Re: 
- 07/01/2011 05:58:54 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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Re: A couple of new questions;
- 08/01/2011 06:19:18 PM
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