Terry Pratchett
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| Title | : | Strata |
| Author | : | Terry Pratchett |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 285 pages |
| Published | : | April 22nd 1988 by Corgi (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Humor |
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Strata is another early foray that Pratchett took in to Science Fiction before he rested himself firmly in to the loving arms of Fantasy. My views on this one are similar to that of his other sci-fi novel, The Dark Side of the Sun in that it isn't necessarily a good novel, let alone a good sci-fi story.The joy of this one is of course, once again, the fact that it pre-empts the Discworld so wonderfully. You can clearly see PTerry's mind cogs whirring and the imagination is startling. However, he isn't particularly adept at writing sci-fi: again, we have stuttering explanations and quite shoddy sci-fi elements where it feels like he was truly excited by this piece of technology but half-way through telling us about it he got a bit fed up.
The characters are similarly developed than in The Dark Side of the Sun, but there seems an edge to them here that you don't see in that one, but you do see in Discworld. We also have the wonderful camaraderie of a cosmopolitan world. The Disc has no aliens, but they all seem alien even on such a small world.
Again, I'd suggest you don't read this is you're not a fan of Terry Pratchett or obscure sci-fi. It's a little hard to swallow due to it's stuttering nature, but the imagination is undeniable. It's such a great thing to read if you love Discworld because here it is, set down at it's earliest incarnation and that is very exciting.
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| Original Title: | Strata |
| ISBN: | 0552133256 (ISBN13: 9780552133258) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Kin Arad, Marco Farfarer, Jago Jalo, Silver |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 9923 Users | 329 ReviewsAssess Based On Books Strata
Strata is another early foray that Pratchett took in to Science Fiction before he rested himself firmly in to the loving arms of Fantasy. My views on this one are similar to that of his other sci-fi novel, The Dark Side of the Sun in that it isn't necessarily a good novel, let alone a good sci-fi story.The joy of this one is of course, once again, the fact that it pre-empts the Discworld so wonderfully. You can clearly see PTerry's mind cogs whirring and the imagination is startling. However,Another early Pratchett, brimming with promise, full of creativity and ideas, haphazardly and incompletely realized. For the Pratchett aficionado, however, witnessing the birth of Discworld is priceless. As the story moves from sci-fi to fantasy, Pratchett obviously had more fun with the fantasy parts. And the rest is history...
I am not sure what to think of this book. It's one of his earliest, and you can tell. There is no real flow, the characters are intelligently written but I've had trouble to find interest in them, and it is over a little too fast. But one immediately knows that this book has been written by the great Terry Pratchett. It is intelligent, funny, obscure and there are so many great ideas. Definitely a great read for every fan of Terry Pratchett and/or wacky science fiction.
I thought I would love Terry Pratchett and because of this, I acquired a lot of his books. Turns out, I don't really like Terry Pratchett that much. I read enough of his books now to say I find his book fairly average and slightly dull. This book reminded me of Larry Niven's Ringworld, except the world is flat and not a ring, obviously. It had a mix of human and alien characters trotting around this unknown world, wondering how and why it was made. To be fair, this was better than Ringworld, but
Strata is another early foray that Pratchett took in to Science Fiction before he rested himself firmly in to the loving arms of Fantasy. My views on this one are similar to that of his other sci-fi novel, The Dark Side of the Sun in that it isn't necessarily a good novel, let alone a good sci-fi story.The joy of this one is of course, once again, the fact that it pre-empts the Discworld so wonderfully. You can clearly see PTerry's mind cogs whirring and the imagination is startling. However,
That's more like it! Reading Pratchett chronologically, I was disappointed by the first two books. They were funny, but chaotic and disjointed. Strata wraps all the chaos and absurdity into a story which successfully holds it together, and stays strong throughout.Through a set of circumstances, a human planet-builder meets up with two aliens. Without being given that much of a choice they find themselves at a place which really shouldn't exist. Strange stuff ensues.Strata does the wonderful
This is the first book by Terry Pratchet that I've read and thought that it's not particularly good. "The Dark Side of the Sun" was not that great either, but it had at least some sort of integrity and reliability of the described world. The world in "Strata" is overflown with details but they seem messy, they pop up whenever needed like deus ex machina. Luckily, most of the action takes place in the weird disc world which has its own rules and its reality seems more integral and consistent to
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