The Truth: The 25th Discworld Novel
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10.05. wird nun endlich begonnen...
01.06. So lang hab ich noch NIE für ein Buch gebraucht - schon gar nicht für einen PRATCHETT!!! Zuerst mal bin ich gar nicht reingekommen. Woran es lag? Keine Ahnung. Ich kenne mich vielleicht auch mit dem Verlagswesen nicht so sehr aus, habe vielleicht die sonst so zahlreichen Anspielungen nicht verstanden. Dabei liebe ich den Vampir! Zum anderen fand ich den Rest der Charaktere wenig ansprechend. Oder es lag einfach daran, dass ich auch generell keine Zeit für (und dadurch auch keine rechte Lust auf) Bücher hatte. Soll es ja auch geben. Vielleicht gibt es auch einen Zusammenhang zwischen unseren paar Pfunden zuviel und dem Lesen - während der letzten 2-3 Wochen, in denen ich kaum gelesen habe, habe ich fast 4 Kilo abgenommen. Und ich dachte immer, Buchstaben wiegen nix. Aber vielleicht sind die ja doch aus Blei... *grübel*
Ach ja, sorry, dass der Eintrag nicht auf englisch ist, aber ich hab momentan nicht nur kaum Lust zu lesen, sondern auch keine auf schreiben.
Released 14 yrs ago (6/17/2009 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Bayern Germany
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Und wieder auf der Reise
Es war wieder einmal großartig, aber ich hab auch nicht wirklich etwas anderes erwartet. Vielen vielen Dank, ich hatte mächtig Spaß mit dem Buch.
PM geht an boagat betr. der Weiterreise...
Of all the Pratchett books I've ever read this is the one I liked second-best. (Then again, I haven't read all that many and this is the first one in English, so it's a bit of a skewed competition.) I spent a lot of the recent evenings reading in the park where by now I'm probably known as the Madly Giggling Book Woman. :)
Not entirely sure which part I liked best. My favourite characters were Gaspode and Sacharissa. Also, for some reason I really liked the City Watch and can't wait to hear more about them. (Um, make that, I literally couldn't wait, since I've already started listening to the audio files. He.) And I finally got to meet Vetinari whom I'd only heard about before. Um, nothing but good, of course. *coughs* In fact, I don't think I've ever spent any significant amount of time in Ankh-Morpork itself. Sure, I've passed through a couple of times but the books I've read all focused on other areas of the Discworld. I'm surprised to see it's a thriving city with such, ahem... enterprising citizens.
Misters Pin and Tulip got on my nerves after a while, as did Slant, of course. (I don't have much patience with lawyers, dead or alive, in any case.) That said, the funniest bit was courtesy of Mr. Tulip's propensity for swearing:
"It was an instrument for -ing young ladies!"
"My word, was it? I thought it was just a sort of early piano."
That doesn't really jive with everyone wondering what "-ing" might mean, but it certainly had me cackling wildly. One of the untranslateables, of course.
Also, I loved the cover. I had fun working out the identities of the depicted characters as the book progressed. :)
On the downside, after finally having seen the light I don't think I can go back to peacefully reading Pratchett in German... thanks for that. *grumbles*
No, really, thank you for sharing with me! :D
EDIT October 2017: Years later I bought a copy of my own and reread the book.
Released 13 yrs ago (8/6/2010 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Berlin Germany
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And thanks again for sharing this ring with me. Turned my reading world upside down, it did, and Pratchett is now definitely one of my favourite authors.
edit 21.09.10: enjoyed this one again (unlike Good Omens). Liked the idea about Ankh Morpork getting its own newspaper(s). And the way Pratchett puts it into place. Therefore 7 stars.
Released 13 yrs ago (9/21/2010 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Bremen Germany
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Released 13 yrs ago (10/13/2010 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Rheinland-Pfalz Germany
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Released 9 yrs ago (4/10/2015 UTC) at Bookcrossing Convention 2015 in Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom
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