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Thud! (UK)

Pratchett, Terry
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fantasy urban fantasy/comedy fantasy past tense third limited POV ~450 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

tense gritty absurdist

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 70
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 75%
seriouscomedic
Romance 10%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count112,452
Page count~450 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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