Tag: Literature

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 33: Going Postal

Confidence trickster Moist Von Lipwig is rescued from being hanged by Lord Vetinari, Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. He has been saved because the Patrician has an offer for him. He wants Moist to restore the moribund Post Office to its former glory. Trouble is, the Post Office is facing some pretty stiff competition from the Clacks … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 33: Going Postal →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 32: A Hat Full Of Sky

Tiffany is eleven, two years older than she was when we first met her in The Wee Free Men. She’s heading off to her first job, apprenticing as a witch to the mysterious Miss Level. Recommended by Miss Tick, her mentor/advisor from that book, she leaves home for the first time, not quite ready for … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 32: A Hat Full Of Sky →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 31: Monstrous Regiment

Polly Perks cuts her hair and joins the army: she wants to find her brother Paul who joined a year ago but who hasn't been heard from for months. However, the war has been getting closer and her basic training becomes on-the-job as she and the other new recruits discover that they are just about … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 31: Monstrous Regiment →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 30: The Wee Free Men

After the success of The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents (2001) it was inevitable that Terry Pratchett would turn his hand to another Discworld novel for children. Although, given his turnover of books at this time, Maurice could have just been the advance guard for the Tiffany Aching novels that seemed to dominate the … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 30: The Wee Free Men →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 29: Night Watch

His Grace, Commander Samuel Vimes is pursuing Carcer, a cold-hearted killer. However, it’s also the eve of the birth of his first child and the 30th anniversary of the Glorious Revolution Of The Twenty-Fifth of May, a people’s uprising that happened during a brief period of turmoil in the city of Ankh-Morpork’s recent past. During … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 29: Night Watch →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 28: The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents

Way back in Reaper Man, mention was made of a fraudulent ridder of pests by the name of “The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents.” At the time, it was regarded as a humourous aside that riffed on the cynical nature of humanity via the legends of the Pied Piper, but it was a germ … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 28: The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 27: The Last Hero

Way back in 1990, Gollancz showcased the work of artist Josh Kirby with a book filled with his artwork and an accompanying short story by Terry Pratchett. Eric, as it was titled, was a lavish affair that showed off Kirby’s talents as an artist beyond his facility for cover pages. Like a lot of fans, … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 27: The Last Hero →

A Franchise Ian Likes One Entry Of: Highlander

Russel Nash appears to be a successful antiques dealer in New York in 1985. But when Brenda Wyatt, a forensics expert with the police, begins to investigate his possible role in a series of beheadings across the city, she uncovers the unbelievable possibility that Nash is in fact Connor MacLeod, a Scottish man nearly 470 … Continue reading A Franchise Ian Likes One Entry Of: Highlander →

The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 26: Thief Of Time

Susan Sto Helit, daughter of Mort and Ysabell, granddaughter of Death, has taken up a teaching position, discovering that she is rather good at it, too. She has achieved some degree of normality, and even her ability to manipulate reality has become something that she utilises with much less of the disdain and doubt that … Continue reading The Great Discworld Retrospective No. 26: Thief Of Time →