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| Nation |
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| Has no UU faculty in it, or hedgehogs, or even Dibbler!!! It's driving me mad!!!!! |
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| Total Votes : 7 |
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 Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:16 pm
Man, I think the whole reason Nation wasn't a DW book was because the world being round was integral to the plot. Okay, yes, not exactly a comedy, but I totally ate it up. This is the official thread in which to squee (or not so squee) about pTerry's latest literary gem.
As I said in another thread here, I find it interesting to note how, after their collaboration on Good Omens, Neil Gaiman's works got progressively lighter in mood and Terry Pratchett's works got increasingly philosophical and deep. I can't say I'm sorry in either case - the resulting titles have been, by and large, some of my all-time favorites.
Any road, here's to Nation, the only book I've run across anywhere that can establish an entire cultural subtext with a one-page intro. So well-written, I briefly considered establishing Imoism.
Cheers, Mr. Pratchett. You've done it again.
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:30 am
It was a bit slow to get into the flow, if you know what I mean. Good, other than that, but it took a bit too long to get interesting
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:11 pm
See, I was hooked right from the single-page cosmology, so I can't agree with you. Also, the mutiny and similar were a lovely touch. I need to look up a picture of a pantaloon bird, just so I can figure out what such an ungainly creature looks like really. The description is riotously compelling, I think.
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:10 pm
In a technical sense, it's spot on. His descriptions are just as vivi and interesting as ever, and the wolrd is great. But I just didn't get fully hooked till later
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Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:24 pm
Fair enough. I think I might have been a bit more involved had the story led off with Mau instead of yon plague, but then the timing would have been off.
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Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:53 pm
You know, I just *finally* caught, on my most recent read-through, that Daphne's only 13? And isn't there for more than a couple of months? She seemed somehow older, and it seemed like a lot more time passed. Of course, in busy times, that is how things tend to feel - all piled up, like. But still. Weird. I kept picturing Emma Watson, who is decidedly nowhere near 13.
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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:07 pm
Aye, but she still looks decidedly kid-like.
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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:03 am
I feel bad, I still need to read Nation. =s
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