Re: Highlights and Lowlights - June 2024

In article <v68vve$3adt2$1@dont-email.me>,
Michael F. Stemper <michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:

On 04/07/2024 08.13, Tony Nance wrote:

On 7/2/24 10:11 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Most agree that the first few written aren't as good as later ones PTerry
was learning his craft.

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...I found this to be the case for me as well. Combined with the

facts that I need to read humor novels differently (can't read too many
pages at once), and space them out pretty far apart, here I am only
finishing my 9th Discworld book.[2]
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Back in the early 1990s, I heard (right here in rasw) about this amazingly
funny British author. Not Adams, but Pratchett. I eventually got around to
picking up a couple of his books, and found that they were, for me at least,
mildly amusing.
>
Watching the occasional Pratchett thread, I got the impression that it was
only his early work that was hilarious. I haven't encountered any of it on
the shelves yet, although I do keep half an eye peeled. Now, I'm seeing
folks say that his early work wasn't that good.
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So, what's the verdict? Are his early works funny but not very good? Are his
recent works as funny as he gets? Something else altogether?
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The books improve in most respects until Pratchett's embuggerance
really sets in, after which he did a far better job of maintaining
quality than most authors would as their brain was turning into
candy floss.

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