So true. Especially the similes! "Lady Ramkin's bosom rose and fell like an empire" is still one of my favourite-ever lines of English literature.
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this is such a key part of Discworld’s appeal

science fiction and fantasy, often unfairly, have a reputation as genres where prose takes a back seat to story and worldbuilding

Pratchett is one of the great wordsmiths of the English language, and if you love words you’ll find something there

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