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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Series ruining crappy chart deleted cause it's 100% wrong.
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No. Read the edit for the correct reason. And get over it.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So really, just edit your post, delete the chart, remove the link and be happy to read in written order.
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Boo hoo
. Supplicants are supposed to ask nicely. Again, get over it. And calm the frak down.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
That useless chart is a way to get many people to screw up what would otherwise be a very enjoyable series.
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The chart is NOT a reading order
(hint: a reading order would have a single sequence, like the one you're advocating). It's a
GUIDE, to help people figure out what sort of stories they might be interested in. I don't find every single "group" interesting. And I doubt that anyone but a hardcore fan would, either. At least this way, people can find
something that they find entertaining, instead of being put off by some random dude's
demand that they be "read in written order and be happy with it".
Pratchett's writing is good enough to supply enough context wherever necessary that the entire life history of a particular character is unnecessary to enjoy the story (of course, it enhances the enjoyment, but is far from
necessary). Only mediocre writers write so linearly that you
have to read it as written or miss huge parts of the plot. Pratchett is
definitely not mediocre. Any reader with a non-zero imagination can figure out the context quite easily.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
And one last comment on that chart... It's seriously way too large. I suggest you delete it just because it's too big. I have a 1600x1200 screen and it's even still too large. The laptop is 1280x800 and even worse. The iPad is 1204x768 and yet even worse still. So please delete it.
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You're belaboring the point. Excruciatingly so. My apologies for the large image. I was in two minds about embedding it (as the line accompanying it made clear). In retrospect, I should have just stuck with the link. Tom has removed the embedded image (with his usual grace. Thanks Tom
). Now how about stopping the multiple-post spamming? That's just as annoying, if not more so. 5 posts at once? Jeez. How abominably rude.