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The last Discworld books
May. 5th, 2023 09:09 pm(Due notice: I'm reactivating this solely because I want somewhere to post random fandom thoughts, and LJ is still Russian.)
I just reread the Tiffany Aching books, and realised how strongly "I Shall Wear Midnight" was written to be the *last* Tiffany book. Sir Pterry absolutely did not expect to write another. He wraps up her entire emotional plotline and gives her a proper sendoff.
... and then he didn't die as soon as he expected, and wrote (most of) "The Shepherd's Crown". And that's good! And it's a shame it wasn't quite finished - the biggest gap is that we spend far less time actually in Tiffany's head than in her other books. But ultimately, it was an *extra* book - one he never expected to write at all.
(Same goes for "Snuff", by the way - I'm pretty sure "Raising Steam" was intended to be The End Of Discworld, and then... he was still going, so he gave us another wonderful Vimes book.)
I just reread the Tiffany Aching books, and realised how strongly "I Shall Wear Midnight" was written to be the *last* Tiffany book. Sir Pterry absolutely did not expect to write another. He wraps up her entire emotional plotline and gives her a proper sendoff.
... and then he didn't die as soon as he expected, and wrote (most of) "The Shepherd's Crown". And that's good! And it's a shame it wasn't quite finished - the biggest gap is that we spend far less time actually in Tiffany's head than in her other books. But ultimately, it was an *extra* book - one he never expected to write at all.
(Same goes for "Snuff", by the way - I'm pretty sure "Raising Steam" was intended to be The End Of Discworld, and then... he was still going, so he gave us another wonderful Vimes book.)
