The Bromeliad Trilogy

[Mixa]

That. Was. The last. Straw. First you say my avatar is frightful, then abnormal and finally cross-eyed!!

Ok, let's better bury the hatchet and continue talking about the trilogy.

The Thing is a really interesting and useful literary device. It allows the Nomes to learn about themselves and to explain the world around them. But it doesn't give the whole thing away straight off - because it is "thinking". So while that is going on, the Nomes try to do things for themselves, with hilarious results.

In many ways I think the Toad in the Tiffany books serves a similar purpose and a literary device.

Oh! I've never thought this about the Thing before... But makes sense. Anyway I think the Toad can't hold a candle to the Thing... The latter is one-off!

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