{"id":731,"date":"2011-11-22T12:39:15","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T12:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=731"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:38:49","slug":"pratchett_06-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2011\/11\/pratchett_06-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratchett, Terry: (06) Wyrd Sisters<\/cite>, (07) Pyramids<\/cite> (re-read)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s kind of a mixed blessing that Wyrd Sisters<\/cite><\/strong> was up next in the Discworld re-read. On one hand, it’s the first of the Discworld books that I felt like I would wholeheartedly recommend as a starting place for someone new, so it was welcome reading. On the other, I read it in the hospital while recovering from the birth of our second child<\/a> by C-section (who is currently asleep across my left arm and lap as I type on my netbook perched on my knees), which means I was not in any state to note anything useful about it other than “hey, that was good.”<\/p>\n

(I had thought that I also read a Witches book, Lords and Ladies<\/cite>, when in the hospital after our first child, but on checking the relevant entry<\/a>, I only brought it with, and did not re-read until we were home.)<\/p>\n

In a sign that I am still not fully adjusted, I’d completely forgotten that I re-read Pyramids<\/cite><\/strong>, the next book in the series, also relatively recently<\/a>, until I checked the index looking for the link above. Beyond what I said there, what I noticed this time is the extent to which Pyramids<\/cite> is a precursor to Small Gods<\/cite>, what with the gods walking around and the parody of classical Greece—I think some of the philosopher jokes may even reappear. Which is interesting from a series-development perspective, but unfortunately Pyramids<\/cite> does not do well by the comparison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s kind of a mixed blessing that Wyrd Sisters was up next in the Discworld re-read. On one hand, it’s the first of the Discworld books that I felt like I would wholeheartedly recommend as a starting place for someone new, so it was welcome reading. On the other, I read it in the hospital … <\/p>\n

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