Pratchett and Wolfe
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 11 Dec 2001
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Tony Ellis — 11 Dec 2001, 17:31
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Russell Wodell:
> "Brutha, with his photographic memory, and the role of torture in the world
> echoes Gene Wolfe's _The Book of the New Sun_ (1980-83) sequence."
> This certainly never occurred to me when reading "Small Gods," Pratchett's
> most sustained attack on organized religion, especially the Catholic
> Inquisition, and I don't remember Pratchett ever mentioning Wolfe in ay
> context whatsoever.
Well, Pratchett does subtitle it "The Book of the New Son"... :-)
What I've always wondered is whether it was intended as an actual Up Yours to TBOTNS, or simply as a skit on it. Pratchett has spoofed plenty of other SF novels, but always affectionately. Here, it's hard to tell whether the attack is aimed solely at organised religion, or also at writers who attempt to justify it.
In any case, it's not his happiest book, and certainly my least favourite.
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Russell Wodell:
>"Brutha, with his photographic memory, and the role of torture in the
world
>echoes Gene Wolfe's _The Book of the New Sun_ (1980-83)
sequence."
>This certainly never occurred to me when reading "Small
Gods," Pratchett's
>most sustained attack on organized religion,
especially the Catholic
>Inquisition, and I don't remember Pratchett ever
mentioning Wolfe in ay
>context whatsoever.
Well, Pratchett does subtitle it "The Book of the
New Son"... :-)
What I've always wondered is whether it was
intended as an actual Up Yours to TBOTNS, or simply as a skit on it.
Pratchett has spoofed plenty of other SF novels, but always affectionately.
Here, it's hard to tell whether the attack is aimed solely at organised
religion, or also at writers who attempt to justify it.
In any case, it's not his
happiest book, and certainly my least
favourite.
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