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Originally Posted by robkelk
If I recall correctly, Pterry knew he didn't have too much longer left when he wrote Thud! The knowledge of one's own mortality tends to send writers into anvil-dropping mode.
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Yes, but he got over it. Mostly.
In which I mean further books in the series weren't so very anvilicious. And keep in mind
Thud! wasn't the first overly moralistically preachy novel...
Monstrous Regiment had a lot of moments where you could tell Pterry was throwing up his hands and shouting "But it's [CURRENT YEAR] why aren't we past this yet?!?!?!"