Pratchett's novels are definitely mind candy. He gets in some good satirical digs at contemporary society, but basically the novels are just plain fun to read: lots of word play and general goofiness, good humored mocking of various sword-and-sorcery and/or fantasy cliches -- one of his characters is Cohen the Barbarian, a geriatric hero who answers a question none of us ever thought to ask (What happens if heroes survive to AARP age?). In the real world, they go into politics and become governor of California; in Discworld, they drink a lot of soup because their teeth are gone.
Slight digression. I love the illustration of Discworld and wish I knew who to credit, but it was an anonymous image found through Google.
Cohen the Barbarian. Love it. The only Sci-Fi I ever read was Conan. I even have the two movies starring Ah-nold.
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ReplyDeleteI tried to like Pratchett and I made it through a couple of his novels. But over all, meh. He's not for me.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of Terry Pratchett. Read a lot of Dana Fuller Ross though.
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The Hichhiker books are the only Sci-Fi I have ead - eacept for some of the old classics. I must check out this guy...
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