espresso_addict: I seem to recall what I didn't like in the earlier books (I think I read Colour of Magic & Mort) was the fact that they felt more like short stories expanded to novel length, and the characters were caricatures. There's an element of that about Going Postal, but the character of Moist felt more rounded, and he developed through the novel. The Watch certainly seem to generate the bulk of the fanfiction these days, which tends to suggest rounder characters.
Hmm, what fantasy do I enjoy... Tolkien obviously; Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea series; Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series; lots of Diana Wynne Jones, especially the early novels; Neil Gaiman's American Gods & Neverwhere; and probably lots more that I'm blanking on.
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Date: 2012-10-07 06:09 pm (UTC)I seem to recall what I didn't like in the earlier books (I think I read
Colour of Magic & Mort) was the fact that they felt more
like short stories expanded to novel length, and the characters were
caricatures. There's an element of that about Going Postal, but
the character of Moist felt more rounded, and he developed through the
novel. The Watch certainly seem to generate the bulk of the fanfiction
these days, which tends to suggest rounder characters.
Hmm, what fantasy do I enjoy... Tolkien obviously; Ursula Le Guin's
Earthsea series; Susan Cooper's Dark is Rising series; lots
of Diana Wynne Jones, especially the early novels; Neil Gaiman's
American Gods & Neverwhere; and probably lots more that I'm
blanking on.