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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Having never read Austen, I don't feel qualified to talk about any depth or messages in her works.
But I do know that many people deride anything non-"literary" as lacking sufficient messages and depth for whatever desperate urge they have to receive messages/depth.
I hope you aren't one of those people. And equally, I hope you realize or will come to discover, that Pterry was in fact quite skilled in that regard.
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...and then the zombie had the hiccups, 'cause the brains went down the wrong way! 
No: But I know good literature when I read it.
Now: Back to my story, see!
...and then the little space craft sailed into the byways of the galaxy's uttermost regions, the only thing visible the little flicker of the engines [sic] turbo jets as it wnet [sic] into hyperdrive...."
That Austen gal never wrote like that!
First person:
That's all I'm saying.
Second person:
But you didn't say anything.
First person:
That's what I'm saying! [cue laugh track.]
