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Arist posted:I actually kinda disagree, the lack of chapters makes a lot of the best Discworld novels extremely engrossing. I would sometimes read an entire book in a single sitting just because there was no good place to stop and I was that enraptured by the story. That's fair, it's definitely a matter of taste. I would find myself a bit tired towards the end for the same reason.
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sebmojo posted:Literally the only difference is they have chapters, which actually makes for a better read and i wish all his books did. boooo
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citybeatnik posted:The talk of dwarf bread reminded me of the Scone of Stone and the Low King's ax from The Fifth Elephant, both of which have colored my view of the Ship of Theseus problem to the point that I can't grok the opposing view. I'm not English or Scottish, so the whole Scone of Stone thing kinda went over my head, until I listened to David Mitchell's Unruly (a history of English monarchs) and he mentioned Scottish monarchs being crowned on the Stone of Scone. For 30 years I've been reading these drat books, and I am still constantly discovering new references, new jokes I didn't fully understand.
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Arist posted:I actually kinda disagree, the lack of chapters makes a lot of the best Discworld novels extremely engrossing. I would sometimes read an entire book in a single sitting just because there was no good place to stop and I was that enraptured by the story.
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A Life With Footnotes has already made me cry and I'm only about 90 minutes in to the audio book, so I'm sure this is going to go really well. But holy crap, I don't remember ever identifying with anyone as hard as I did with Terry when I listened to the section about him discovering the joy of reading and turning into a kid who was constantly reading all kinds of poo poo. Because that was 100% me, and I suspect 100% a lot of people in this thread. Rob really is quite a skilled writer himself, and his narration is able to inject a lot of warmth to the book. It really is fantastic so far.
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:A Life With Footnotes has already made me cry and I'm only about 90 minutes in to the audio book, so I'm sure this is going to go really well. But holy crap, I don't remember ever identifying with anyone as hard as I did with Terry when I listened to the section about him discovering the joy of reading and turning into a kid who was constantly reading all kinds of poo poo. Because that was 100% me, and I suspect 100% a lot of people in this thread. It's great all the way through. I can feel Terry on Rob's shoulder tsking when a sentence doesn't quite sit.
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There any more info on this? https://www.thebookseller.com/news/transworld-to-publish-lost-terry-pratchett-story-featuring-fan-artwork
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