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# Am I the only person who thinks Terry Pratchett is a shit-awful author who isn't actually funny?
I should mention that I read more than a couple of his books before reaching this conclusion.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:50, archived)
# I'd guess you'd be in the minority when it comes to people who have read the books.
Most people who I know that have love him, but it's all subjective, innit?

Who do you like then? Don't say Tom Clancy.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:51, archived)
# I liked the one he did with Neil Gamain
Good Omens.
(Pachey, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:53, archived)
# I haven't read that one yet, I must admit.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:55, archived)
# At the moment I'm re-reading fight club because the only other books in my house that aren't in boxes are all in made-up languages.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:54, archived)
# Read the Illuminatus! Trilogy.
That'll keep you busy for a while.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:56, archived)
# I have a copy of
the dangerous book for boys on order. I'm looking forward to its arrival.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:58, archived)
# Oooooh
I want to read that.

can I be an honourary boy? I'm rather good at it.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:01, archived)
# Sure.
Just don't get too good at it or it'll put some of the real boys off.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan https://twitter.com/VomitingLarry, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:09, archived)
# you have every right to think so offcourse.
but so do we.

and that is that.
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Johnson, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:52, archived)
# I met him once and he was very nice in a big-hatted nice sort of way
but I've never read any of his books
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:53, archived)
# I would have thought so.
Many people consider much of my reading material quite highbrow and inaccessible yet even I love to have a spot of escapism with Pratchett now and again. It allows for you to be a schoolboy again without any of the embarrassment.

Some people think Stephen King is a literary genius. I happen to think he's a one trick pony who has no idea how to end a story. Personal tastes may vary.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:56, archived)
# Stephen King likes stories ending with explosions or big fires.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 14:57, archived)
# i agree on the stephen king bit.
i liked the kubrick version of the shining infinitly better than the stephen king version, and if the movie is better than the book it means something right?
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Johnson, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:08, archived)
# Have you read The Green Mile or The Shawshank Redemption?
Apart from these two, I'd agree. Total shite.
(I helped save b3ta! fuscous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:20, archived)
# No, I totally agree
I've read quite a few, thinking with so many fans there must be something there. I'm can count the things I found funny on one hand. In my opinion he's a poor man's Douglas Adams.
(I helped save b3ta! fuscous, Fri 15 Jun 2007, 15:17, archived)