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Alternative Asian history, Rincewind's average spin doctoring and political strategist skills, teleportation, Cohen the barbarian, again Rincewind as always unwittingly McGuffining around, (view spoiler) [ revolutions eating themselves in the good, oldfashioned style of immediately turning into tyrannies or already (hide spoiler)] Leggi tutto

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Bruce Lee, Yun Fat Chow, David Carradine and Michelle Yeoh sit in an Italian pizza place in Queens and discuss Terry Pratchett’s 17th Discworld novel Interesting Times. Bruce Lee: Ok, first of all, David, why are you even here, you’re not Chinese. Carradine: Come on, you all know Leggi tutto

Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind #5), Terry Pratchett Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the seventeenth book in the Discworld series, set in the Aurient (a fictional analogue of the Orient). Two gods, Fate and the Lady, oppose each other in a game over Leggi tutto

Interesting Times or, When Cohen Established that Dynasty That Time or, Rincewind Gets a New Suit. I really enjoyed this Pratchett, being one of the few people who actually think that Rincewind is a likable anti-hero, or rather, a good runner. But sometimes even good runners get caught in the affairs of Leggi tutto

Fab fun, and more tomorrow So for once it really is tomorrow. Where to start with this book, many other people have mentioned it is a parody of China during the days of the warring Empire, blind obedience and huge multi layer civil service running the show. Add into Sir Terry's wonderful parody, a wi Leggi tutto

I'm going to just say right off the bat that the Rincewind novels are not my favorite. I realize that it is Discworld blasphemy, but hear me out. Out of the entire Discworld main character cast, Rincewind makes the fewest decisions and has no desires other than to flee from trouble. As sort of a For Leggi tutto

SPOILERS BELOW. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Okay. I'm going to have to say something controversial here. This book is downright horrible. I realize that's practically blasphemy, since it was written by Terry Pratchett (whose work I generally love). I know that Pratchett was a satirist. I am aware that it wa Leggi tutto

Hay una maldición.Dice:Ojalá vivas en tiempos interesantes. La quinta es la vencida, hasta ahora esta es la historia más sólida que leo del mundodisco sin dejar de ser graciosa, teniendo como protagonista a Rincewind el mago más cobarde que ha existido y que no importa que tanto trate de huir de Leggi tutto

This one seems to be have very mixed reviews here on Goodreads, but I loved it. I get the points about the insensitive aspects, but I thought they were deliberately done-- satire. Satire of the tropes and clichés to be more specific. Still, clearly not everyone read it that way and it's interesting Leggi tutto

The problem with Rincewind books is that I really like Rincewind, and Rincewind books tend to have more problematic elements than the other Discworld books, and also the most recycled. This is the worst culprit of Pratchett's rather casual racism (and also the overuse (see: any use at all) of rape j Leggi tutto