Re: [LUG] OT: Terry Pratchett

[Rhia Knowles <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm waiting on Dad finishing Unseen Academicals as he was bought it for Xmas. Unfortunately the eyes arent what they were so im expecting it to take at least a month.

Between dad and I i think we own all of the main Discworld books. Not the Science of the discworld ones, they seem a little dry in comparison.

Favourite books have Death in them. And no, like many other's here, i cant choose which. Or the Feegles.

Only PTerry could get away with such a parody of the scots, and have the Grim Reaper fond of cats. And curry.

But, i think in these days of voice recognition and modifying computers for the disabled, i reckon he's gonna be with us for the long haul. Remember its not his memory in this version os Altziemers, its his perceptions of the world around him, e.g his sight. I think that will lead to more interesting parodies.

2009/12/14 Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Anthony Williams wrote:

Gordon Henderson wrote:

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009, John Williams wrote:

I am now climbing the walls till Christmas so I can unwrap
Unseen Academicals.

Fortunately my birthday was relatively recent ;-)

I'm about halfway through.

How do you feel it compares to his others? Though I thoroughly enjoyed it, it didn't seem quite as good as some of his older ones e.g. Thud, Monstrous Regiment, even the Wee Free Men/ Hat full of sky/ Wintersmith trilogy which was officially "for younger readers".

I'm still only half way through... It's been a bit slower than some of the others though, and I found some of the early stuff a bit hard to follow - almost as if I'd missed a book - but the pace seems to be stepping up now.

Gordon

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