I have never heard of him, Tory, lord help me. The second most widely read author in the UK and the seventh most widely read non-US author here. I wonder who compiled that statistic. But there's glory for you nonetheless.
Thanks to all for mentioning him - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett Scott On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Victoria Hughes <victo...@toryhughes.com>wrote: > Well, yes but have you read him? > Despite being an enormous fan I did not mention him until three others had > done so. > > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: > > Me thinks submissions are continuing to digress away from the Best Works > for a Literary Education goal. > Thanks > Robert C > > On 10/11/10 11:30 AM, Victoria Hughes wrote: > > Great to meet yet another Pratchett fan. > If you had to pick one Pratchett, which would it be? > I'd go for Thief of Time... > Tory > > On Oct 11, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Ted Carmichael wrote: > > *Soooo* difficult to find only ten. And I'm not sure what to do with the > "literature" requirement ... I like well-written stories that transcend > genre, but I wouldn't claim that is enough. And while I would recommend > *everything > *from, say, Terry Pratchett or P.G. Wodehouse, I've tried to pick typical > examples for the uninitiated. I've also tried for a broad, eclectic bunch. > > In no particular order: > > Candide; *Voltaire* > The Truth; *Pratchett (about writing, of course)* > Watership Down;* Adams* > Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves; *Wodehouse ("I marmaladed a slice of toast with > something of a flourish...")* > The Bonfire of the Vanities; *Tom Wolfe (A bit dated, perhaps, but he > does really nail character.)* > You Can't Go Home Again; *the other Tom Wolfe* > Batman: Year One; *Miller* > At the Sign of the Naked Waiter; *Herrick* > The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon; *King* > A Wizard of Earthsea; *Le Guin* > The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; *Haddon* > > Yes, these go to eleven. It's one louder. > > -Ted > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net>wrote: > >> Being here in Italy, Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose comes to mind. The >> translation is considered quite good, and it reads very well. >> >> ---- Owen >> >> >> I am an iPad, resistance is futile! >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Ted Carmichael, Ph.D. > Complex Systems Institute > Department of Software and Information Systems > College of Computing and Informatics > 310-A Woodward Hall > UNC Charlotte > Charlotte, NC 28223 > teds...@gmail.com > tdcar...@uncc.edu > Phone: 704-492-4902 > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ----------------------------------- > *Tory Hughes* > victo...@toryhughes.com > Tory Hughes <http://toryhughes.com/> website > Tory Hughes <http://www.facebook.com/tory.hughes1?ref=profile> facebook > ------------------------------------ > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ----------------------------------- > *Tory Hughes* > victo...@toryhughes.com > Tory Hughes <http://toryhughes.com/> website > Tory Hughes <http://www.facebook.com/tory.hughes1?ref=profile> facebook > ------------------------------------ > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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