false 2855034 23 34491 book 1 10 2008 Nation total:1957|5:770|4:753|3:352|2:63|1:19| 1957 8063 3457 600 3 9 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 02:19:46 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 08:33:24 -0800 2008
"Nation" is a story set in a parallel universe to ours, b...more...]]> 5 11 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 06:03:35 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 06:37:40 -0700 2008
I am, and have been for years, of the opinion that Pratchett is the best writer there is. He continually serves up pitch perfect depictions of spectacular characters who are both wonderfully inventive, and at th...more...]]> 5 6 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 15:50:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 18:47:25 -0700 2008
This alternate history takes place in a time when the redcoats ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 04:36:19 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:38:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 11:29:05 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 20:43:53 -0700 2008 4 2 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 01:00:52 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 01:03:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 06:40:48 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 16:54:00 -0800 2008 Terry Pratchett is very angry.

At first glance, it looks like Pratchett has combined the descriptions from Simon Winchester's Krakatoa and the Indonesian tsunami with the central question of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel (i.e. why do the Europeans have all the stuff and pacific...more...]]> 4 2 false true Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 16:41:17 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 16:41:48 -0700 2008
SPOILERS!!!!

I make no...more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:19:42 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 20:56:54 -0800 2009 It is entirely unfair that every book of yours I read increases my estimation for you. At some point, you will no longer be able to live up to my expectations, and on that day I am probably going to cry.
Sincerely, Cait, who is kind of thinking about getting a hermit...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 17:25:12 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 16:16:06 -0800 2008 Nation could be his legacy. It captures his ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 07:55:38 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:12:46 -0800 2008 1
Mau is a young boy/man, who was on his way back to his tiny island after his coming-of-age trial and discovers his Nation - everyone - has been swept away by a huge tidal wave. Daphne is a young...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 04:59:04 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 08:26:24 -0800 2008
It was n...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:38:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:45:47 -0800 2009
In a way, I would like to see more about the world where this to...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 12:27:47 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 22:01:39 -0700 2008
He does it well, and with greater grace than I can explain without spoilers. Just read it because I told you so, okay?]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 09:05:47 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:40:40 -0800 2009 Nation. The book's themes of loss and grief -- the good kind and the self-destructive kind -- and history and memory just wound themselves around my brai...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 23:09:03 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 23:17:22 -0700 2008 Once more...]]> 0 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:14:20 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:17:03 -0700 2008
What seems to start out like a typical "native legends" story of course has the Pratchett twist, and even though I worried that he's now re...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 16:47:09 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 07:29:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 16:43:27 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 00:41:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 01 18:59:50 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:27:01 -0800 2008 1
This is a more serious novel. The language is even a little more formal. Pratchett drew me right into the story and I fell in love with the characters. Mau...more...]]>