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jvowles.
( Sorry, who are they talking about here? )
jvowles.( Sorry, who are they talking about here? )
Oct. 1st, 2008
Was browsing in Waterstones today...
Oct. 1st, 2008 08:42 pm...I've been resisting (more or less) peeking at Nation, because I don't want to spoil it[1], but The Illustrated Wee Free Men came out this week, and I thought "Well, I already know the story, so spoilers don't really apply". I was planning on getting it for my neice for Christmas[2], and now I'm not sure I can wait that long.
There are Feegles interlaced in the text (sometimes stealing words). There's fold-out pages. There are bits where signage and writing is in the illustrations rather than the text. There's the court transcript of the events leading to a certain lawyer being turned into a toad (and we learn his name is Mr Natter, which is a wonderful name for a toad who's actually a lawyer). And the illustrations themselves are brilliant.
I may have to order this one from the library as well.
[1]It's on order from the library. If I go around buying the autumn Pratchett, my entire Christmas list is thrown into disarray.
[2]Pending her mother's approval, which I'm pretty confident about.
There are Feegles interlaced in the text (sometimes stealing words). There's fold-out pages. There are bits where signage and writing is in the illustrations rather than the text. There's the court transcript of the events leading to a certain lawyer being turned into a toad (and we learn his name is Mr Natter, which is a wonderful name for a toad who's actually a lawyer). And the illustrations themselves are brilliant.
I may have to order this one from the library as well.
[1]It's on order from the library. If I go around buying the autumn Pratchett, my entire Christmas list is thrown into disarray.
[2]Pending her mother's approval, which I'm pretty confident about.
