Talk:The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

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This synopsis is huge! If nobody wants to trim it down, I'll try myself. Didactylos 09:01, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

That's no synopsis, that's a re-telling! Katzenjammer 20:51, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

What exactly makes this a children/young adult book? Is it simpler in plot than Pratchett's other stuff, or less bawdy, less violent, less clever? It's an interesting approach, combining YA and grownup titles in the same series. Anyone know if it was Pratchett's idea or his publishers'? Boris B 06:59, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

The writing style is slightly different, the books are shorter and it tends to focus on younger characters instead of the adult characters featured in regular Discworld books. That's what I've noticed, anyway. -- Annie D 07:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Near the ending of the book, I notice that the main character uses a trombone to call out a single rat as a challenge to the rat piper, and 'presses the keys'. A trombone doesn't have keys - artistic license? Perhaps it was a valve trombone. Just commenting. 24.87.23.220 06:40, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

• I'm hoping the synopsis hasn't been massive since way back in 2005, but I just trimmed it down. It's still kind of big, but better than nothing. -- 2ReinreB2 (talk) 17:50, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

Making Terry Pratchett a Featured Article

This is a call to arms to make the Terry Pratchett article a Featured Article. It will greatly help the cause if all the side articles that link from it are of a reasonable standard. Terry Pratchett has around 40 side articles (ie the ones relating to his work) - I don't think they are all expected to be GA (Good Article) standard for TP to become featured, but certain basic elements will be looked at for sure.

A full list of the sub articles is here on the TP talk page: I'm posting this comment on the talk pages of each article on the list. Editors reading may also like to help with the TP article too?

The main issue, especially with smaller articles, is often a finding reasonable amount of citations, and prose can sometimes be a little POV too. Coverage of the topic is probably less important, but of course it needs to be reasonably good. --Matt Lewis (talk) 14:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

(Maurice debut)

I'm currently re-reading Reaper Man, in which Pratchett refers to "Mr so-called Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents!" (page 98 in my edition). Does anybody know if this is the first reference to Amazing Maurice etc., and if so, is it worth mentioning in the article? Worldbeing (talk) 00:54, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

All I know is that that's now in the article.

(I have moved this note down from the top of the page with a heading.) -P64 2012-07-28

Sources

Regarding the CILIP Carnegie Medal, beside the retrospective citation that is now referenced in the article [ref name=medal2001], contemporary press releases are available online.

• [ref name=prdir2002] "Press releases for the 2001 Awards, presented in 2002". Press Desk. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-28.[/ref]

Three releases feature Pratchett and The Amazing Maurice

"Terry Pratchett wins Carnegie Medal

"Background on Terry Pratchett and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

"Speech by Terry Pratchett winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal [speech text]

The earlier announcement of shortlists may also be valuable here.

2001/2002 is the first year of the press release archive. Dates (dd month yyyy) are provided beginning 2002/2003.

--P64 (talk) 19:17, 28 July 2012 (UTC)