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- From: nlc@vulcan.xtel.co.uk (Neil Cook)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
- Subject: Re: 'Truckers' sequel
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.125822.28436@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:58:22 GMT
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- In article <722172243snx@dktower.demon.co.uk>, ianp@dktower.demon.co.uk ("Ian Preece") writes:
- |> When I read "Trucker", etc, and again when I saw it on TV, I was struck
- |> by its similarity, in some ways, to "The Borrowers". Little people
- |> living under the floors, "Borrowing" from us Biggers, and so on.
- |>
- |> Now that "Borrowers" is on TV, too, I'm prompted to ask....
-
- Terry has posted about this some time ago. He said that he didn't like the Borrowers
- much cos they seemed to have no history, no culture of their own. They seemed to
- just exist for the purposes of the story or whatever. Having seen a couple of the
- borrowers episodes, I have to agree really. In the Truckers trilogy, once I realised
- what the nomes were, where they came from, what they had LOST, I felt really moved
- and was totally absorbed for three books. The borrowers are very like the nomes
- when they lived in the store... they were totally reliant on humans, and had
- forgotton how to do things for themselves.
-
- Also, notice the way the borrowers know about loads of sophisticated stuff like
- watches and clocks, but have never actually made anything themselves. (except out
- of other peoples stuff).
-
- |>
- |>
- |> Terry, were the "Borrowers" books an influence ? Did you get to sit
- |> through the Radio 4 (or, should I say, Home Service:-) readings as a
- |> child ?
- |>
- |> Regards,
- |> ianp
- |>
- |>
- |>
- |> -------------------------------------------------------
- |> Ian Preece ianp@dktower.demon.co.uk
- |>
- |> "The man who fell from grace into the sea..."
- |> -------------------------------------------------------
-
- Neil.
-