Hatrack River Forum: Terry Pratchett Chat on November 25

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Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

See www.asimovs.com.

Has anyone read Monstrous Regiment yet? Any opinions?

Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :

Woah ! I haven't read it (I can read in English but sometimes have some problems with the understanding of humour) but I like what Terry Pratchett writes... Hmmm... I expect that one with impatience !

Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :

I've never read a Pratchett book I didn't thoroughly enjoy. I hope I have that night off. Thanks for the heads-up, Stormy.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I liked Monstrous Regiment quite a bit, but I'm getting a little bit tired of his tendency to build entire subplots off of what were decent one-off jokes in an earlier book.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

My memory is so rotten, and I read his books at long enough intervals, that I guess I just don't notice that stuff. [Smile]

I'm just amazed that he can put out books that are consistently funny and amusing.

Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :

Better than Douglas Adams. After the second book in Hitchhiker's, it just seemed so repetitive.

Never noticed the joke-into-subplot thing. Could you give an example?

Monstrous Regiment was good. It had Vimes, and any book with Vimes is great.

Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :

The crunchy bits are what make it good.