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[flemmings]

Hmm. What to read when you're not reading Pratchett. Glen Cook and Barry Hughart I can see. But Robin Hobb, Barbara Hambly, and CJ Cherryh? I want some of what this guy is smoking, because maybe then Hobb and Hambly wouldn't read so flat-footed. "Our main criteria selection were books that were strong in: Worldbuilding, Characterization, and Language." 'And', guys, not 'or'. And as for Cherryh: the one thing Pratchett is *not*, ever, is obscure.

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[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

Some of us are fond of her, you heathen.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I can understand being fond of her. She's intelligent and intellectual and creates worlds and stories that suck you into their own reality. But she's not someone who writes in the Pratchett vein-- Pratchett may almost seem lightweight in comparison to her-- and I can't see her as an amazon suggestion: 'Those who enjoyed Unseen Academicals also bought Downbelow Station.'

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

'Those who enjoyed Unseen Academicals also bought Downbelow Station.'

An amazing notion. :O

Still laughing...

[chomiji]

De gustibus non est disputandum, and so on. Certainly Cherryh is one of the things I read when I'm not reading Pratchett.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Just, if what you want is something that reminds you of Pratchett-- more of the same sort of thing, as people read Heyer to get more of the Austen feel-- Cherryh isn't what I'd go to myself.

it is what it is

[mauvecloud.livejournal.com]

I realized long ago that I will not be able to "get" Cherryh or even Ursula K. Leguin (although I am able to enjoy the latter at least 75% of the time, reading the former is really a chore, and what is the point of reading someone for leisure when they are more difficult to understand than the sciency stuff I read for work?)

I guess I only "get" obvious writers like Pratchett. (That makes me feel bad. Like I ma sekrit Twilight fan or something ^^)

Re: it is what it is

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Cherryh is sometimes worth the slog to me, but that was a quarter century ago. Life is short, and I don't get my jollies from hacking away at a text. That indeed is what work reading is for.