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[yuuago]

One thing I love about Pratchett's work is that he has such a way with words, he's able to describe fictional settings in a way that makes them feel real, or if not real, then vivid in such a way that someone reading might instantly realize, "Oh, I know of a place like that". I love this kind of thing.

I came across this description of Ankh-Morpork while reading Mort, and it is just so - well, so Ankh-Morpork, really. It's nice. Especially since settings are so important to me. I find it hard to get invested in a place if I can't get a sense of it, if I can't feel like it's somewhere that could actually exist, even if it doesn't.

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Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just that a city with a million inhabitants and no sewers is rather robust for poets, who prefer daffodils and no wonder. So let's just say that Ankh-Morpork is as full of life as an old cheese on a hot day, as loud as a curse in a cathedral, as bright as an oil slick, as colourful as a bruise and as full of activity, industry, bustle, and sheer exuberant busyness as a dead dog on a termite mound.

Comments

[yohjideranged]

Agree with you 100% on Pratchett's use of words and the way he described things. I remember when reading many of his books set in or around Ankh-Morpork that I could almost smell the place! :)

[sarnath]

His descriptions are the best. I love them more than his footnotes, even!

I've been thinking about doing a reread myself, it's been a long time since I read the first ones. I just love immersing myself in his world. But it's also sad now that I know the story is ended, that there can be no more. Though I suppose I should be happy with the riches he left us, he did manage to write quite a lot!

[dhampyresa]

I love how Ankh-Morpork is a character in its own right in these books.