Jan 11 2009
Pratchett’s World
For those of you who don’t know, Terry Pratchett is the Jonathan Swift of our age, though given a sharper satirical edge (if you can believe that) and liken to Tolkien in his mythology, though the trolls all work for the establishment and help run the bureaucracy as opposed to dissembling the establishment and other peoples chest cavities.
An interesting fact pertaining to Pratchett: He is the most popular author of our time behind Rowling and all her wizardly drivel. I say “drivel” because I really don’t see the appeal in all that time locked, medieval, wizard, witch, and elf business, say for Tolkien and Pratchett. The reason I enjoy the latter is that it takes a subject that most people are so serious about and adds a sense of humor and wit unequaled in our modern world. And now I’m rambling and repeating myself, so I should just shut up and roll the clip.
