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- From: klaus@snarc.gold.sub.org (Klaus Weidner)
- Subject: Re: Question about Guards!Guards!
- References: <1992Dec21.094816.18091@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:50:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.094816.18091@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE> Onno.Meyer@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Onno Meyer) writes:
- >I've just read the german translation of G!G! and was surprised
- >to read the dragon speaking in capital letters. I always assumed
- >only death does this.
-
- I checked my english copy - the dragon speaks in italics and Death in
- CAPITALS. I think it is quite a nice touch that Death is instantly
- recognizable - remember the scene where the Brothers were talking and
- he enters the conversation, with nobody knowing what was going on.
-
- What the dragon does is different, `It wasn't telepathy. [...] This
- was like hearing a voice in your body.' (G!G!, pg. 226). I guess
- nobody could mistake her for a human.
-
- I think that the german translation doesn't do justice to Terry's
- style. I read the german version of `Pyramids' a year ago and wasn't
- very impressed by the book, but I loved the english ones I read later
- on.
-
- chow, Klaus
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