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neadodsTerry Pratchett has come in #1 in the SFX list of top 100 authors. I don't agree with the whole list -- Rowling should not be higher than Bradbury! -- but I like that rank, I really do.
Lovely interview of Pratchett by Gaiman I agree completely that Pratchett evolved from parodist to comic novelist to satirist. I'm amused and bemused that Pratchett has been made an honorary Brownie "for writing a proper girl in a book" (Tiffany Aching, easily my favorite Discworld character).
Pratchett himself has a quote that explains why I love his later books so much (and equally why I disdain the earlier ones): "people will think [it] is ostensibly about [one thing], and then will turn out to be about something else, which you could see all the time but didn't notice. That's the best kind of story.'"
Yes. It is.
All of these links from Gaiman's blog. And while I'm talking about it, Neil Gaiman has beautiful daughters. The shot of Maddy looking pensive should be on a book cover. Also, check out the tags on the post labeled "Maddy may have already blogged this."
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Following the recommendation that's all over the f-list: The Life Cycle of the Cracking Mosh Toad by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lordshiva, a Doctor Who/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover, wherein the Doctor needs to readjust one of Anya's money-making propositions.
She slapped the table top. “Stop! Stop being glib! I have had it up to here with glibness, flippancy, and the excessive use of post-modern irony!”
“Sorry. Sorry.”
“I happen to know that Time Lords don’t exist, okay? Gone the way of the dodo and the cracking mosh toad. It was all the talk in Arashmahaar a few years back. Rifts in the continuum suddenly appearing. Gateways to dimensions thrown open all over the place, worlds without shrimp – a freaking dirigible crashed into the executive abattoir! Everyone was buzzing about opportunities for advancement and conquest. Because no more Time Lords lording it over the rest of the universe, or the many dimensions of hell, or the circles, levels, and transcendent states of being therein. Blew themselves clean out of temporal continuity. Ding Dong the witch is dead. Except we replaced the word ‘witch’ with ‘arrogant assholes who think they’re better than us.’ There were lots of theme parties as I recall.”
His face, a mask of reserve for most of her speech, perked right up at the mention of parties.
Possibly not worksafe if you work at a very conservative company, but otherwise nothing short of fantabulous.
Lovely interview of Pratchett by Gaiman I agree completely that Pratchett evolved from parodist to comic novelist to satirist. I'm amused and bemused that Pratchett has been made an honorary Brownie "for writing a proper girl in a book" (Tiffany Aching, easily my favorite Discworld character).
Pratchett himself has a quote that explains why I love his later books so much (and equally why I disdain the earlier ones): "people will think [it] is ostensibly about [one thing], and then will turn out to be about something else, which you could see all the time but didn't notice. That's the best kind of story.'"
Yes. It is.
All of these links from Gaiman's blog. And while I'm talking about it, Neil Gaiman has beautiful daughters. The shot of Maddy looking pensive should be on a book cover. Also, check out the tags on the post labeled "Maddy may have already blogged this."
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Following the recommendation that's all over the f-list: The Life Cycle of the Cracking Mosh Toad by
lordshiva, a Doctor Who/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover, wherein the Doctor needs to readjust one of Anya's money-making propositions.She slapped the table top. “Stop! Stop being glib! I have had it up to here with glibness, flippancy, and the excessive use of post-modern irony!”
“Sorry. Sorry.”
“I happen to know that Time Lords don’t exist, okay? Gone the way of the dodo and the cracking mosh toad. It was all the talk in Arashmahaar a few years back. Rifts in the continuum suddenly appearing. Gateways to dimensions thrown open all over the place, worlds without shrimp – a freaking dirigible crashed into the executive abattoir! Everyone was buzzing about opportunities for advancement and conquest. Because no more Time Lords lording it over the rest of the universe, or the many dimensions of hell, or the circles, levels, and transcendent states of being therein. Blew themselves clean out of temporal continuity. Ding Dong the witch is dead. Except we replaced the word ‘witch’ with ‘arrogant assholes who think they’re better than us.’ There were lots of theme parties as I recall.”
His face, a mask of reserve for most of her speech, perked right up at the mention of parties.
Possibly not worksafe if you work at a very conservative company, but otherwise nothing short of fantabulous.
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Date: 2008-06-19 04:53 am (UTC)Shall go and read the interview - thanks for the link.
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Date: 2008-06-19 05:44 pm (UTC)Hee! And yes, that's a fantastic picture of Maddy in the other post.
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Date: 2008-06-21 10:59 am (UTC)On the subject of Pratchett, have you seen this (http://controversy.wearscience.com/design/turtle/)? I'm quite fond of the scarab beetle one too.
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Date: 2008-06-22 03:35 pm (UTC)