tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post5591372686640651784..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Terry Pratchett and a slip in my reading, wading towards bookseller reviews, a ramble from the bookshop.Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-41776880951874013142016-03-02T22:07:33.543+00:002016-03-02T22:07:33.543+00:00Yep Dave there is certainly a Pratchett shaped hol...Yep Dave there is certainly a Pratchett shaped hole in the universe that I can't describe Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-51167280377691407632016-03-02T16:17:27.468+00:002016-03-02T16:17:27.468+00:00Terry makes a shape in literature that is practica...Terry makes a shape in literature that is practically impossible to describe. There are elements of Tom Sharpe (Porterhouse Blue for the Wizards), Fritz Leiber (Colour of Magic regularly nods to Swords and Deviltry) and lots of the best of Avram Davidson and GK Chesterton. For all that, he's very much a creature on his own. I always felt very sorry for Tom Holt, whose early work was brilliantly stunted by the publishers' choosing to do Josh Kirby covers and in doing so performing a terrible disservice to his own vision. People often forget Tom, but Flying Dutch, Overtime and Ye Gods were all brilliant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09785214752404385048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-2730624654066019052016-02-24T19:30:43.189+00:002016-02-24T19:30:43.189+00:00Don start with one of the others, if you know some...Don start with one of the others, if you know some of the Just William stories you cold try Good Omens, but you may do better to start with the children's series which is a trilogy that has to be read in the order Truckers, Diggers and Wings. I should also point out that the radio adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is available on Radio 4 Extra and just typing Neverwhere into google will do the trick for that.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-17508453342540586762016-02-24T17:52:47.553+00:002016-02-24T17:52:47.553+00:00And for that I am thankful. I have tried reading D...And for that I am thankful. I have tried reading Discworld and gave up but Tom Sharpe and Wodehouse are easier reading for my small brainDon Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.com