Thank you, Marc, for the recommendations. The number of Pratchett
novels on the shelf at the store was daunting. I did read The Thief
of Time and enjoyed it. The Death of rats, really.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Nov 5, 2005, at 3:01 PM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
>
>> Winsor Crosby wrote:
>> I saw [Hitchhikers Guide...] too, out of curiosity. I had not read
>> it.
>
> In light of what you say about Pratchett, I highly recommend them.
>
>> So I had no comparison. I did not care that much for it. Mildly
>> amusing, but pointless, I think, unless it reminded you of the
>> more intense experience of reading it at a young age.
>
> Yes, that's about how it felt for me. I actually liked the earlier
> BBC TV series far more (the low "Doctor Who"-production values added
> to the experience there for me, though I think I've heard somewhere
> that Douglas Adams didn't care for that aspect, and had been
> wanting a big budget for some time). In the movie, Marvin's voice,
> as Moose says, was perfect, and Zaphod was pretty good too. I enjoyed
> the movie, but more as an adjunct to the books and TV series (but,
> alas, I've not heard the original radio broadcast).
>
>
>> I recently discovered Terry Pratchett through my 20 something
>> nephew.
>> Very amusing and entertaining. His collaboration with Neil Gaiman on
>> Good Omens is a hoot. The image of Crowley, the demon, racing in the
>> night across London in his flaming 1926 Bentley to save the world
>> from the Final Judgment, will be forever burned in my imagination.
>
> A favourite quote from 'Good Omens'...
>
> "Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three
> impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and
> that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide."
>
> It tickles me pink.
>
> My favourite Pratchett books (all Discworld) are probably...
>
> 'Small Gods'
>
> ""Chain letters," said the Tyrant. "The Chain Letter to the
> Ephebians.
> Forget Your Gods. Be Subjugated. Learn to Fear. Do not break the
> chain -- the last people who did woke up one morning to find fifty
> thousand armed men on their lawn.""
>
> 'Hogfather', about which Terry wrote:
>
> ""Let's see, now...in Hogfather there are a number of stabbings,
> someone's killed by a man made of knives, someone's killed by
> the dark, and someone just been killed by a wardrobe. It's a book
> about the magic of childhood. You can tell.""
>
> 'Montsrous Regiment'
>
> "The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be
> preferred
> to those who think they've found it" and
>
> "When in doubt, kick 'em in the nadgers and scarper."
>
> and 'Night Watch'
>
> "The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away
> from the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be
> called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up
> against things."
> (...which is actually a darker and more sentimental book than the
> above indicates...but, then, his books often are).
>
> To bring this to photography, Pratchett has, I think, two decent
> photographic references in his Discworld books - the first is the
> construction of Twoflower's camera in the first books ('The Colour of
> Magic' and 'The Light Fantastic'), and then reformed-Vampire
> photojournalist in 'The Truth' (a nifty story about the media and
> the powers that be). Both (cameras and photographers) play
> significant roles.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
> Sydney, Oz
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