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- From: Onno.Meyer@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Onno Meyer)
- Subject: Re: Question about Guards!Guards!
- Organization: University of Oldenburg, Germany
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:51:09 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.095530.70@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
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- klaus@snarc.gold.sub.org (Klaus Weidner) writes:
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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.
-
- There was one line where the dragon spoke in Capitals. During the other
- parts of the conversation he spoke italics. I wondered if that capital
- sentence came from death, but it wouldn't make sense.
-
- >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
- >--
- >Klaus Weidner (klaus@snarc.gold.sub.org)
- >Internet: kweidner@physik.tu-muenchen.de | Fido: Klaus.Weidner@2:246/55.4
- >Illungshofstr. 21 / D-8000 Muenchen 40 / (089) 3599987
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