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originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: 3danimator2014
I'd say that a guy who hasn't even read the books he is critiquing has no valid opinion on them, regardless of his experience.
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Not only were people commenting on how they enjoyed his work but so many were doing so with wonderfully personal recollections which echoed the next in offering that directly personal flavour as they recalled presents for birthdays or Christmas. It was incredibly touching viewing – the sense of deeply felt, personal loving loss was of someone who has been so very present in their lives was palpable.
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Because for us who lived in the same time there is something extraordinarily beautiful. There were no Pratchett books before him, after him there is unfettered access to his works, but we, those of us so very fortunate to have shared our time with him, we had to wait. There was, for us, a most outrageously wonderful anticipation! We had no choice but to hold in check a gentle yet effervescent excitement which strained so at its reigns. Delayed gratitude can be something which can truly be said to have a beauty of its own; awaiting a new book from Terry Pratchett was in itself an experience; that promise of what was to come. A fortune which no human who didn't have the wonderful luck to experience at the time – all those born before and all those born after that period in time - will ever experience in the same way.
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originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: Gemwolf
I'm guessing the blogger in question is American.
Many Americans don't understand the dry, dark or whimsical British humour, I'm not too familiar with Pratchett but I am very familiar with Douglas Adams.
"what's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water"
Brilliant.
originally posted by: grimfandango
originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
a reply to: Gemwolf
I'm guessing the blogger in question is American.
Many Americans don't understand the dry, dark or whimsical British humour, I'm not too familiar with Pratchett but I am very familiar with Douglas Adams.
"what's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water"
Brilliant.
I'm reading The Hitchhikers Guide at the moment. I do agree with the point about humour. British humour is understood by citizens of the UK, but strangely enough, we Australians also pick up on a lot of it as well. On the whole, I find American humour to be a little crass.