Quick book note: Monstrous Regiment

[redbird]

I just read Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment. It's a good book, and I like Polly and Maledict and Sgt. Jackrum, but I'm wondering whether it's me or Pratchett who's changed: I only laughed out loud once, and that was at one of the footnotes.

This time out, we get a religion that's stupid even by Discworld standards, with a god whose list of Abominations includes the color blue, leading his followers to try not to look at the sky. Vimes and Angua turn up, briefly, but I get a feeling Pratchett may be tired of Ankh-Morpork.

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[nolly.livejournal.com]

Pratchett. When he was talking about this book at the local signing for it, he mentioned that having the established world and fan base and all allows him to write some more serious books now -- still humor, but humor with a point, not just fluff. Something like that; I'm paraphrasing badly.