Thank you, Jeeves
by P. G. Wodehouse · first published 1934
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2015–2023first – last mentioned
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Carry On, Jeeves is chronologically the first book where Jeeves appears. Any of these are good starts, though: The Inimitable Jeeves Thank You, Jeeves The Code of the Woosters
on “PG Wodehouse secures redemption as British Library acquires priceless archive” ↗…apparently. Full list (why can't amazon show me the read dates of my kindle books?!): - Ancillary Sword - The Magician's Land - The Three Body Problem (incomplete) - Libriomancer, Codex Born, Unbound - Thank You, Jeeves - Omon Ra (incomplete) - Stations of the Tide - 1Q84 (staggeringly incomplete) - The Desert Spear (incomplete) - The Lost Fleet: {Dauntless,Fearless,Courageous} (third one incomplete) - Superintelligence…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗…a breather from the non-fiction work I read. After a serious day with dry technical work, it's incredibly pleasant to read Wodehouse and retire into the night. As the back cover of my current book, Thank You, Jeeves, says: "Wodehouse always lifts your spirits, no matter how high they happen to be already."
on “Just Read the Book Already” ↗It’s all done posthumously without the author’s permission. This is in April: [..]A note in the reissue of Thank You, Jeeves explained that publishers 'sought to edit, minimally, words that we regard as unacceptable to present-day readers'. The warning adds that the changes ‘do not affect the story’ of the novel, which is…
on “PG Wodehouse novels given blanket trigger warning over ‘outdated’ language” ↗