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Re: Unseen Academicals again

Susan Fox — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:45:15 GMT

... I never quite figured out Pepe's species. Not quite a Dwarf was he? But dangerous, and what? Feeling uncomfortably clueless, Susan [Not Death]

Re: Unseen Academicals again

dicconf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:27 GMT

... Yes, I was referring to Pepe. Consider: Pepe, effortless fashion sense, and silver. And the theme of one redeeming character that shows any given species

Unseen Academicals

bobswife — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:25:25 GMT

Am reading UA at the mo, but only in small fits and spurts as am waaaay behind on my nanowrimo word count. So I will probably have to abstain from visits to

Re: Unseen Academicals again

Susan Fox — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:46:26 GMT

Now I'm really intrigued. There were some surprising new characters this round. Pepe? I never entirely figured him out. Susan [Not Death]

Unseen Academicals again

dicconf — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:55:45 GMT

Not to spoil anything, and it took me a couple of weeks of thinking to notice it (so I'm slow...), but IMO there's a real stunner in UA. It's one of the

Re: "the sweet pinkness of its roes"

dicconf — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:34:35 GMT

... [versus the actual printed version, "the sweet pinkness of its roes."] ... But it isn't a nac mac Feegle talking. It's Lord Vetinari. =Tamar

Re: Digest Number 1792

christopher.boote@... — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:37:11 GMT

... When asked once before where a particularly emotive quote came from, Terry looked embarrassed, shuffled his feet and said "Look, I'm a writer.

Re: "the sweet pinkness of its roes"

rob mccolley — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:10:35 GMT

It is absolutely not a typo. It's akin to "wool of sheeps." ... From: dicconf Subject: [The Mended Drum] Re: "the sweet pinkness of its

Re: "the sweet pinkness of its roes"

dicconf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:48:38 GMT

... ... I think it's deliberate, not a typo. Roe is indeed a mass of eggs, but - I'm probably wrong here - I think fish are like most other living

Re: "the sweet pinkness of its roes"

Deb Terry — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:20:03 GMT

I found a lot of typos in my copy too Rob, I think there are printers errors because I'm finding them in a lot of commercially produced books these days. As

"the sweet pinkness of its roes"

rob mccolley — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:18:34 GMT

In the American version, page 229, of Unseen Academicals; I find a scene among the most poignant in all of Pterrydom: Vetinari's recounting of the otter and

Re: Terry Pratchett on barking dogs

dicconf — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:52:30 GMT

... Maybe because nobody has an ancient Agatean cannon (the "barking dog" - Interesting Times) to shoot at them. =Tamar

Re: Terry Pratchett on barking dogs

Joe Cope — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:41:53 GMT

I let my dog off the leash on the beach, but he's well trained and I keep him away from other people/dogs.

Re: Terry Pratchett on barking dogs

egonga85 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:37:06 GMT

A bit off topic, but why do people think that leash laws "don't count" on beaches? I can be standing there quietly, throwing pebbles into the water and

Re: Unseen Academicals - annotations? analysis?

notlikeacat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:50:27 GMT

I agree that there is more than football going (gloing) on. I downloaded the Audible version on Saturday and I am listening a second time already. I'll reserve