As familiar as his novels always seem to me - even, these days, when I haven't read the particular one before - I haven't come across another writer who seems particularly similar or even comparable to Terry Pratchett...his style and setting are immediately recognisable and Ankh-Morpork in particular is these days thoroughly a familiar place. Unseen Academicals doesn't add anything substantial to the reader's knowledge of the city, its denizens or the wider Discworld, but it's more layers nonetheless, and as always enjoyable.
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