> > Tell me, are all of his books like this? Perhaps I just read some of the Discworld books where the comedy aspects were at their weakest?
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> I got the latest Discworld book (Pratchett's 25th!!), "The Truth," for Christmas, and thouroughly enjoyed it. Like, "Feet of Clay" and "Men at Arms," which I also liked, "The Truth" concerns itself primarally with political intrigue in Ankh-Morpork, although Vimes and the rest of the Watch are demoted to supporting cast this time.
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> Bal "A lie can get around the world before the truth has got its boots on" anthalus

Having just returned from a wedding in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, I found myself in the unenviable position of one who has no reading material for a plane trip.

So there, in the gift shop that sells hats shaped like giant wedges of cheese*, I decided upon another Pratchett book, _The Fifth Elephant_. It is rather good. I've rather enjoyed the first half of the book so far, although it's obviously part of a series of books: references to Sybil aren't readily apparent until a few pages after that character is mentioned, nor is the relationship between Carrot and Angua. The first part of the book reminds me of the writing style employed in _Good Omens_ rather than _Equal Rites_.

I look forward to finishing the book.

As an aside, what year is it? How many years has it been since World War Two? Haven't all the adventure novels featuring escaped Nazi scientists as antagonists been written? Are airport bookstores the only place these books are sold?

-Faux "* For our Gentle Readers who are not from North America, one of Wisconsin's exports is cheese. Green Bay, Wisconsin, is home to an American football team called the Packers. Their fans wear these silly foam cheese wedge hats. Unlike normal people, they take pride in calling themselves 'Cheeseheads'. I'm just glad they chose cheese instead of, oh, meat." Pas