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A review by rui_leite
A Blink of the Screen: Collected Shorter Fiction by Terry Pratchett
4.0
As with any short writings collection this has it's ups and downs. But for a Pratchett fan (not necessarily for a Discworld fan, though) this is actually quite interesting, as we get to see his progress from his early writings to latter stuff so well crafted as "The Sea And Little Fishes" (I really think it was not by coincidence that "A Blink of The Screen" ends with an "out-take" of that story - to me one of the best character based pieces Pratchett has ever written in any format).
This is a very effective way to see what has changed and what has remained very much constant since....well... Pratchett was 13 (and I have to say that "Hades Business" is not perfect, all right, but remarkably good for a 13 year old... better than some of the stuff I come up with right now, really.)
So, do read this if you are already a fan and are curious about the way many of the ideas that popped about in Pratchett's work came to be. If you're not... well... maybe you'll be better off reading something else. There are 30 something books with the man's name on the cover, for God's sake, I'm sure you'll be able to find at least one to your liking.
This is a very effective way to see what has changed and what has remained very much constant since....well... Pratchett was 13 (and I have to say that "Hades Business" is not perfect, all right, but remarkably good for a 13 year old... better than some of the stuff I come up with right now, really.)
So, do read this if you are already a fan and are curious about the way many of the ideas that popped about in Pratchett's work came to be. If you're not... well... maybe you'll be better off reading something else. There are 30 something books with the man's name on the cover, for God's sake, I'm sure you'll be able to find at least one to your liking.