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    Quote Originally Posted by Pinocchio View Post
    Yeah, here is the interesting part, have anyone though about seeing him an ESI/ISFj?

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    Like Tolkien, another Fi type but Delta, Pratchett's innovation doesn't stand imagining new endeavours humanity goes in following alternate needs, or following an evolution based on realistic causality, but he's mixing, in sensible harmony different well known, universal and functioning ones. He makes a lot of cultural references to established elements in science, business, philosophy, belief, discovery and he himself sees his work only in conjunction with existing works and themes.
    I agree on Fi-valuing, or rather Fi-ego, but I'd lean towards Delta NF. For many reasons, not the least being an emphasis of over . It's not so much references to as a "warped" image of reality, yet without more cynical qualities of caricature/satire, although not entirely devoid of them. The fantastic aspects of the world aren't really that contextual, and neither is humour - it's elements, concepts or objects, such as Hex. In comparison, there's relatively little plot; I laughed at "after a few books, I discovered the joy of plot" line - so true, never heard this one before but that's almost exactly how I described the series several times. You can take many of them out-of-context and they're still funny. That being said, there are a few distinctly Ni perspectives in the books, especially later ones, which lead me to believe author is at least familiar with it. Could point towards HA - giving characters qualities one aspires to - but also strong id elements.

    Value-wise, I'd definitely say Delta over other quadras, though the characters seem to be of many types, which probably points to author's good understanding of people in general rather than anything socionics related. (Of course, it'd hardly be surprising in a Fi-type representative who lived for a while).

    BTW I use this exact quote (and others) occasionally. As do many other people. I'm fairly certain he's got fans of all types. Some quotes tend to get quoted oftener since they are more quotable.
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