Re: Writers who jumped the shark

Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On 26 Jun 2003 21:57:48 GMT, tomcatpolka@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
> >Has Terry Pratchett jumped the shark? I haven't read any of his stuff,
> >but I see he puts out a lot.
> 
> No, he hasn't.  His last couple have been among his very best.
> There've been weak books, but they've always been followed a book or
> two later by a return to form.
> 

even the weaker ones (IMO The Fifth Elephant and The 
Thief of time) are still well worth a read...and it's 
tough to find a general agreement on which are the weak 
books...so it may just be that he's "pu****ng the envelope 
a little"...I suspect that he's not written his best book 
as yet

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