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scoradh

take a chance tonight

Dec 17, 2008 23:03

Nation, by Terry Pratchett

I wondered where Terry Pratchett was going after Making Money. I'm glad he went here.

( Still into cats. )

book glomp 2008, inside of a dog it's too dark to read

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20thcenturyvole December 18 2008, 03:24:03 UTC

Nation! *glomps* I won't get to read it until Christmas (oh, why couldn't I have asked the parents to get me something else and bought it myself?), but I am greatly looking forward to it. I love his stealth-philosophy - there's no better feeling than finishing a Pratchett and sitting there with your brain fizzing for an hour afterwards.

scoradh December 18 2008, 13:00:46 UTC

I love him because he's the first writer who really made me think ... and I haven't stopped since. &pterry;

aldehyde December 18 2008, 03:34:52 UTC

NATION! i haven't read it yet but am looking forward to it. pratchett is the greatest philosopher of my time, i think. he's just genius!

scoradh December 18 2008, 13:01:24 UTC

I absolutely agree! I think we'll be reading about him in histories of philosophy in the not-too-distant future.

meritjubet December 18 2008, 07:45:06 UTC

My love for Pratchett will never die. His books are ones that I can reread again and again and find the same things funny. But also find new things to laugh at each read. I do love a dry, witty tone :) his work, while the genre is usually fantasy/comedy, covers so many themes and ideas and expresses them so well.

scoradh December 18 2008, 13:02:59 UTC

I've got to the point where I know my favourites off by heart, and rereading them is like revisiting a place that retains everything I love about it no matter how old it gets. He's a great humanist - as in, he really believes in humanity. It's inspiring.

jehnt December 18 2008, 09:31:01 UTC

Oh, I love Pterry tons too. I want to read this book SO BADLY now. Will have to go to the store to get it asap!

scoradh December 18 2008, 13:03:31 UTC

DO!! and tell me what you think. Guess who I want to be when I grow up?

sarahtales December 19 2008, 00:18:11 UTC

Oh, I loved Nation - I loved the love story too, but then I am a big, big sap, and smiled until my face hurt at Mau's last line to Daphne.

I so hope Pratchett gets the chance to write many more books like this. Many more books period. *anxious face*

scoradh December 21 2008, 17:23:10 UTC

The funny thing is! I ADORE Doomed Romance, and would prefer it to the prosaic dullness (imo) of Happily Ever Afters any day. I just felt he signposted it a little too much. But it's hardly the worst thing I've ever said about a book. :P

When I found out I sobbed down the phone to my mom, who was sympathetic but baffled. I kind of wish I didn't know so much about diseases...