The diplomatic thing for me to say is that if publishers are dressing up other authors as Terry Pratchett clones then they are doing a disservice to those authors. If they didn't dress them as clones but did something different, then those authors could be pioneering in a different sense.
Terry PratchettVeil, you see, if I vas to say something portentous like "zer dark eyes of zer mind" back home in Uberwald, zer would be a sudden crash of thunder,' said Otto. 'And if I vas to point at a castle on a towering crag and say "Yonder is . . . zer castle" a volf would be bound to howl mournfully.' He sighed. 'In zer old country, zer scenery is psychotropic and knows vot is expected of it. Here, alas, people just look at you in a funny vay.
Terry PratchettPeople don't like to say Fantasy they say Magic Realism which means Fantasy written by somebody I went to university with.
Terry PratchettThe space between the young readerโs eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril.โ
Terry PratchettDeath was standing behind a lectern, poring over a map. He looked at Mort as if he wasnโt entirely there. You haven't heard of the bayof mante, have you? He said. โNo, sir,โ said Mort. Famous shipwreck there. โWas there?โ there will be, said Death, if I can find the damn place.
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