Opinion on Unseen Academicals
Rocky Frisco
UA and post an opinion. This is a one-way communication, since I'm not
reading the group.
I just finished reading Unseen Academicals and I utterly loved the
book. It's now one of my favorites and will remain so. Any cretin that
says Terry should stop writing should stop breathing. His work just
keeps getting better and better.
-Rocky Frisco
Where two or three humans are gathered together, there is a conspiracy.
Lawrence Leichtman
Rocky Frisco <rockn...@gmail.com> wrote:
I wish that Sir Terry would never quit writing but his body may have a
greater say on that. I too utterly enjoyed UA and agree that it may be
his best story ever.
Bob Larter
> I'm posting this to complete something unfinished. I said I would read
> UA and post an opinion. This is a one-way communication, since I'm not
> reading the group.
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> I just finished reading Unseen Academicals and I utterly loved the book.
> It's now one of my favorites and will remain so. Any cretin that says
> Terry should stop writing should stop breathing. His work just keeps
> getting better and better.
I've finally gotten to read it myself, & to be honest, I don't think
it's one of his better efforts.
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I felt that it was a bit patchy (especially the switch from UU playing
the other university to playing the town team), & some of the
characterisations were a tad flat, eg; Vimes didn't seem his usual self
at all. Mind you, I still managed to finish it in one sitting.
My suspicion is that dictating it interfered with his (usually
excellent) self-editing.
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Daibhid Ceanaideach
> Rocky Frisco wrote:
>> I'm posting this to complete something unfinished. I said I would
>> read UA and post an opinion. This is a one-way communication, since
>> I'm not reading the group.
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>> I just finished reading Unseen Academicals and I utterly loved the
>> book. It's now one of my favorites and will remain so. Any cretin
>> that says Terry should stop writing should stop breathing. His work
>> just keeps getting better and better.
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> I've finally gotten to read it myself, & to be honest, I don't think
> it's one of his better efforts.
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> I felt that it was a bit patchy (especially the switch from UU
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Yeah. And the thing was, playing the town team made *more* sense than
playing Brazeneck, given that from the Patrician's perspective the point
was to get everyone to accept the new rules and from the wizards'
perspective the point was that if they didn't play *in the A-M football
competition* they'd lose the cheeseboard. Maybe he should have removed
the idea of a "wizards derby" altogether, although it did play up the
rivalry between the two colleges.
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> characterisations were a tad flat, eg; Vimes didn't seem his usual
> self at all.
That often happens when major characters are relegated to support,
though. It happened to Vimes in The Truth as well.
> Mind you, I still managed to finish it in one sitting.
Oh, yeah. There's no such thing as a Pratchett book I dislike, there's
just ones I like more than others. This one is midrange, IMO, which puts
it comfortably above most things I read.
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Dave
"All those with psychokinesis, raise my hand."
The Room With No Doors, Kate Orman
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> I felt that it was a bit patchy (especially the switch from UU playing
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It did give an opportunity to keep the ex-dean involved as an impartial
referee (having both and interest in the wizards winning and losing) and
thus a way of making sure no magic was used on the pitch.
> characterisations were a tad flat, eg; Vimes didn't seem his usual
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When The Truth came out, someone here said that this was the Vimes everyone
not involved in the watch experienced: just a hard copper. I think it's
normal that he would be used that way when he is just a side character.