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:That would be my preference; I was hoping for more opinions. Where among the influences would you stop? Wodehouse? Shakespeare? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 01:56, 28 April 2007 (CEST) | :That would be my preference; I was hoping for more opinions. Where among the influences would you stop? Wodehouse? Shakespeare? --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] 01:56, 28 April 2007 (CEST) | ||
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Anyway, I'm pretty sure he never collaborated with Terry Pratchett. See also Tom Holt. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 14:00, 6 July 2016 (UTC) | |||
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Terry Pratchett once said that writing was the most fun you could have with your clothes on. [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/douglas-adams-note-to-self-reveals-author-found-writing-torture?utm_source=pocket-newtab Douglas Adams] seemed to differ. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 22:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC) | |||
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Erm...we have a page of reading suggestions; I'm not sure we should expand the Discworld & Pratchett Wiki to literature in general. --Old Dickens 16:02, 27 April 2007 (CEST)
Accepted, but Pratchett and Adams have often been compared as if they share exactly the same literary territory.
A short article demonstrating the similarities and the differencves between their approaches to humorous fiction seemed to be apposite.
Sahould this be moved to Reading suggestions as a brief introduction to Adams as a absurdist comic writer in similar vein to TP?
- That would be my preference; I was hoping for more opinions. Where among the influences would you stop? Wodehouse? Shakespeare? --Old Dickens 01:56, 28 April 2007 (CEST)
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Anyway, I'm pretty sure he never collaborated with Terry Pratchett. See also Tom Holt. --Old Dickens (talk) 14:00, 6 July 2016 (UTC)
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Terry Pratchett once said that writing was the most fun you could have with your clothes on. Douglas Adams seemed to differ. --Old Dickens (talk) 22:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)