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    #41
    Originally posted by Unix View Post
    So what were his books about?, I always had him as a poor mans Tolkien who just kept pumping out books.
    I don't think you can compare them really, different types of book, apart from the odd elf or dwarf. I don't think Pratchett wrote about hobbits or a ring. Less singing to. He also had an ape that was a librarian, Tolkien missed a trick there.

    I can't be the only one that skipped the singing bits in Lord of the Rings.

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      #42
      https://www.goodreads.com/author/quo...erry_Pratchett

      will give you a flavour, if you don't laugh then this is for you :

      “If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you.”
      ― Terry Pratchett


      “I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
      ― Terry Pratchett
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #43
        Originally posted by woohoo View Post
        I don't think you can compare them really, different types of book, apart from the odd elf or dwarf. I don't think Pratchett wrote about hobbits or a ring. Less singing to. He also had an ape that was a librarian, Tolkien missed a trick there.

        I can't be the only one that skipped the singing bits in Lord of the Rings.
        yes but he did have 'Battle Bread'
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #44
          The closest I can think of is if Douglas Adams wrote fantasy. Nothing like Tolkein.

          But you're just trolling anyway.
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          I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
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            #45
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            https://www.goodreads.com/author/quo...erry_Pratchett

            will give you a flavour, if you don't laugh then this is for you :
            Nah doesn't work for me.

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              #46
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              The closest I can think of is if Douglas Adams wrote fantasy. Nothing like Tolkein.

              But you're just trolling anyway.
              So unless you love Terry Pratchett you are trolling???

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                #47
                Originally posted by Unix View Post
                I was right then, sounds awful and not funny.
                It's better than it sounds. He had a lovely way with language. He got it wrong a few times but was also great at poking fun at stereotypes.
                Does anyone remember the burning wheel rolling out of the (horse-drawn) coach crash?
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                  #48
                  Originally posted by vetran View Post
                  yes but he did have 'Battle Bread'
                  Too true but wasn't the battle bread wielded rather than eaten?

                  Battle Bread, hovis have missed a trick there to.

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                    #49
                    No!!

                    Very upset to hear this. Terry Pratchett has been a constant companion through most of my adult life.

                    V sad
                    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                      #50
                      I has the sad
                      Growing old is mandatory
                      Growing up is optional

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