The "I shall wear midnight" thread
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Re: i shall wear midnight
i have spent 40 odd years breaking the bottom of my hard boiled egg shells so that witches could not use them as boats. this is the first time i have found anyone else who has heard of this
It's the first time I'd heard of it.
Wouldn't it be easier to open the egg at the big end? A very Swiftian thing to do.
Welcome to the site, bishthefish!
bishthefish said:
i have spent 40 odd years breaking the bottom of my hard boiled egg shells so that witches could not use them as boats. this is the first time i have found anyone else who has heard of this
Wouldn't it be easier to open the egg at the big end? A very Swiftian thing to do.
Welcome to the site, bishthefish!
Just finished reading it - and am very surprised that it went straight into my top5 Discworld novels (I'm a Guards/Vime orientated fan). As Tiffany is getting older (though witches are born old, or get to be born old very quickly) I think she is easier for TP to describe. I do not think there is anything particularly "Young Adult" about the book, either; Death, both of old age and violence to the unborn, are major issues at the beginning of the book, and there is the casual acceptance of loss of virginity at the end. There is no major silly character, either. This seems to be one of the most grown up Discworld novels I have read.
Ayup All...
Long time no post !
Hi to all of you. Sorry I haven't been around for such a long while.
TBH, I'd fallen a lot out of love for Terry, (and can't even start to finish Unseen Academicals), BUT I've just finished 'I shall wear Midnight', and have to say that I loved it. Again, TBH, I wasn't the Biggest Tiffany Aching fan, but am now inspired to re-visit her books and get re-aquainted...
ISWM has got the odd bit that made my Heart sigh, and my eyes run, But I don't like what Terry did to Esk, who, IMO, deserved at least another story of her own, before appearing here in this Weird form... I'd have thought she was way too 'Unfufilled' to be cast the way she was.
Also, there seems to be a lot less 'Laugh out Louds' than before. Is this what one gets in a So-Called 'Teen' Book ? (As this book seems quite serious), And just what IS a 'Teen' book ?
I really miss the Bellylaughs I get from Terrys earlier Books...
Still, 8 out of Ten, though. It'll be nice to Re-Read...
See you around.
Long time no post !
Hi to all of you. Sorry I haven't been around for such a long while.
TBH, I'd fallen a lot out of love for Terry, (and can't even start to finish Unseen Academicals), BUT I've just finished 'I shall wear Midnight', and have to say that I loved it. Again, TBH, I wasn't the Biggest Tiffany Aching fan, but am now inspired to re-visit her books and get re-aquainted...
ISWM has got the odd bit that made my Heart sigh, and my eyes run, But I don't like what Terry did to Esk, who, IMO, deserved at least another story of her own, before appearing here in this Weird form... I'd have thought she was way too 'Unfufilled' to be cast the way she was.
Also, there seems to be a lot less 'Laugh out Louds' than before. Is this what one gets in a So-Called 'Teen' Book ? (As this book seems quite serious), And just what IS a 'Teen' book ?
I really miss the Bellylaughs I get from Terrys earlier Books...
Still, 8 out of Ten, though.
It'll be nice to Re-Read...See you around.
I'm not reading any comments at in this thread, but am just posting to say that I it FINALLY went on sale in the U.S. and I FINALLY got my copy of the book today (from the library. Sorry PTerry). Amazingly enough, less than 8 people in the entire metro Boston area had it on reserve so I got mine right away. The U.S. cover is just as bad in person as it is in the promo pictures.
Am going to light into this thing like a dwarf onto rat.
J-I-B
Am going to light into this thing like a dwarf onto rat.
J-I-B
