Musings on reading Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith
Title: Wintersmith Author: Terry Pratchett Publisher: HarperTempest, 2006. 323 pages. Source: Library I don't have the gall to review Terry Pratchett. But I'm happy to share the musings I've had while reading Wintersmith , the 3rd of the Tiffany Aching books. I'm happy to find there is one more. I shall savor the pleasure. I am a huge fan of Pratchett and his Discworld, and like to think about how he does it, whatever "it" may be. Here, in no particular order, are some thoughts engendered by Wintersmith . 1. Third Thoughts. Pratchett proved his genius when he came up with this one. We all know what Second Thoughts are. I'm going to eat a quart of ice cream. No, on second thoughts, that might not be a good idea. Third Thoughts stand outside the head and study it all, and probably argue with the first and second thoughts. Not everyone gets to have them, but I'm thinking that for a writer, Third Thoughts are the editor that can actually decide that the