It was really interesting to see which parts of the story you simply translated into the new time period (like the Bentley being a hell-horse and Pestilence and Pollution both being around) and which parts changed the shape of the story altogether (like the drama around Crowley's nap, and almost six thousand years being not /quite/ long enough).
I especially laughed at "Yours associate", tartan actually being stylish, "All the Queen's favorite hits", and Bentley's (un)lucky horseshoe. Anathema's modern ideas were also a good way to ground the time period, and took me back to my days learning about Industrial London. :D
And I learned lots of new words, like skilamalink and podsnappery!
Lastly, I'd like to commend you on the tone—there were certain lines in particular that were so reminiscent of the book, and particularly those parts with Terry Pratchett's influence, I think. Because of that tone, the story was able to preserve some of the unique humor of the book, even while the events transpired quite differently.
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Date: 2020-12-14 12:40 am (UTC)It was really interesting to see which parts of the story you simply translated into the new time period (like the Bentley being a hell-horse and Pestilence and Pollution both being around) and which parts changed the shape of the story altogether (like the drama around Crowley's nap, and almost six thousand years being not /quite/ long enough).
I especially laughed at "Yours associate", tartan actually being stylish, "All the Queen's favorite hits", and Bentley's (un)lucky horseshoe. Anathema's modern ideas were also a good way to ground the time period, and took me back to my days learning about Industrial London. :D
And I learned lots of new words, like skilamalink and podsnappery!
Lastly, I'd like to commend you on the tone—there were certain lines in particular that were so reminiscent of the book, and particularly those parts with Terry Pratchett's influence, I think. Because of that tone, the story was able to preserve some of the unique humor of the book, even while the events transpired quite differently.