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Book challenge (backdated)
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 07:28 am24.
Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchett.
A reflection on holidays sparks a revolution in the counterweight continent and Rincewind is thrown in the middle of it.
Even though this was the first book I read in the Discworld series I did not read this one more than twice. Reading it now I can see why. The grey horde, much as I love the idea of aged heroes kicking butt, really make me extremely uncomfortable because of the "pillage, plunder and rape, hur hur hur"-aspects of it.. Rape is not funny. Killing is not funny, and in other novels, this seems to be clear to him as well.
A reflection on holidays sparks a revolution in the counterweight continent and Rincewind is thrown in the middle of it.
Even though this was the first book I read in the Discworld series I did not read this one more than twice. Reading it now I can see why. The grey horde, much as I love the idea of aged heroes kicking butt, really make me extremely uncomfortable because of the "pillage, plunder and rape, hur hur hur"-aspects of it.. Rape is not funny. Killing is not funny, and in other novels, this seems to be clear to him as well.
