Also she leant me Good Omens, and I will say that I think that it clearly shows that even Terry Pratchett had to mature his talent before it was as amazing as it currently it is.
You've never read that before? That's probably the third Pratchett book I've ever read, following Wyrd Sisters and Lords and Ladies (the library was pretty limited on their Pratchett collection back then).
It's also Neil Gaiman's first foray into novel-writing, so there'll be some questionable moments in the story. And they have very similar styles, probably mostly due to them having that dry British sense of humour, but if you've read enough of them individually, you can tell who wrote which scene and stuff like that.
I think 2 or 3 Discworld books are dedicated to Neil Gaiman.
And I dunno about Terry maturing his talent around G.O. 1991 is around a time when he's been writing Discworld for about a decade, and he's been a published writer since late 60's-mid 70's, so he's had plenty of time to totally develop himself and take himself and the series more seriously as a writer.
Have you read his pre-Discworld sci-fi works like Strata and The Dark Side of the Sun, where the Discworldian ideas were very much in PTerry's conscious, where the first images of Discworld were just coming to be?
Have you read the Discworld series in order in which they were published? That is the best way to see how far PTerry has come, how his writing has become more serious with less puns but still retaining his Voice as a writer and originator of the books, and retaining the tone of the multiverse he's created. It's beyond amazing.
Gosh, it's been so long since I gushed on PTerry. Sorry that you had to bear some of it.
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Date: 2004-07-12 11:31 am (UTC)Also she leant me Good Omens, and I will say that I think that it clearly shows that even Terry Pratchett had to mature his talent before it was as amazing as it currently it is.
You've never read that before?
That's probably the third Pratchett book I've ever read, following Wyrd Sisters and Lords and Ladies (the library was pretty limited on their Pratchett collection back then).
It's also Neil Gaiman's first foray into novel-writing, so there'll be some questionable moments in the story. And they have very similar styles, probably mostly due to them having that dry British sense of humour, but if you've read enough of them individually, you can tell who wrote which scene and stuff like that.
I think 2 or 3 Discworld books are dedicated to Neil Gaiman.
And I dunno about Terry maturing his talent around G.O. 1991 is around a time when he's been writing Discworld for about a decade, and he's been a published writer since late 60's-mid 70's, so he's had plenty of time to totally develop himself and take himself and the series more seriously as a writer.
Have you read his pre-Discworld sci-fi works like Strata and The Dark Side of the Sun, where the Discworldian ideas were very much in PTerry's conscious, where the first images of Discworld were just coming to be?
Have you read the Discworld series in order in which they were published? That is the best way to see how far PTerry has come, how his writing has become more serious with less puns but still retaining his Voice as a writer and originator of the books, and retaining the tone of the multiverse he's created. It's beyond amazing.
Gosh, it's been so long since I gushed on PTerry. Sorry that you had to bear some of it.