Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Slings and Arrows
He says in a statement on his own Web site that the series {Discworld} "started out as a parody of all the fantasy that was around in the big boom of the early '80s, then turned into a satire on just about everything, and even I don't know what it is now."

I'm not fond of fantasy either, but his parody/satire series is to fantasy what Don Quixote was to novels of chivalry. If you haven't read Pratchett, do yourself a favor and enjoy a great view of this world from a parallel world.

11 posted on 12/15/2007 9:41:37 AM PST by DeFault User
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: DeFault User

Read ‘em all. How can you not love a man that makes jokes about analog computers?

G-d be with him.


12 posted on 12/15/2007 9:51:40 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Bush is destroying the solar system:The ice caps on Mars are shrinking too." --Right_Wing_Madman)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson