Pratchett is a trustee on the Orangutang Foundation of the United Kingdom. He was I want to draw that because he attended sci-fi conventions in like the 60s and you mentioned you know Tolkien and and Gaiman sites see us Lewis a lot Narnia Like these are the wave of British authors that were like a generation or so removed from the early 20th century greats. Right. It sounds like Pratchett's work from what I've read about Discworld is very referential and satirical and prodigal of kind of fantasy tropes. After after maybe like 20 of the 40 books it's not always as explicitly satirical it just then you just start writing
Good Omens was written by a sort of science fiction supergroup, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It's one of those books where it's as fun to chew on the turns of phrase as it is to find out what happens, which is pretty amazing since it's literally about the end of the world.
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