Terry Pratchett (was: Smell of Cabbage)

[ecceq]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Haggridd" 
<jkusalavagemd at y...> wrote:
> 
> I haven't read any authoritative analysis, but for me the 
> insurrection in "Nightwatch" evoked the Paris commune of 1825, 
which 
> is the historical context for Les Miserables.  Sam, Reg Shoe, Nobby 
> and even vetenaria are the communards.  It is a loose association.  
> Jean Valjean, Javert, Fantine, Cosette, etc. have no analogues in 
> "Nightwatch", IMO.

The first Discworld novel I read was Mort 10-years-ago and it remains 
my favourite simply because I'd never read anything remotely like it 
before and it was a really exciting discovery ... however good the 
other books in the series are, I'll obviously never be able 
experience that 'discovery' again.  

The thing I enjoy doing now is 'discovering' Pratchett's many many 
literary, historical and cultural referencies, from the heavy parody 
of Leiber and Lovecraft in the 'Colour of Magic,' to the Operatic 
titles word search of Maserade to my favourite Mort quote and 
parodying of quautum physics with "The only thing known to go faster 
than light is monarchy..." 

Discworld will, itellectually speaking, never be much more than a 
light to middle-brow read, but what jolly good satisfying fun they 
are!

Ecce-Q: looking for a love of Shakespeare and rock-opera in 
Pratchett's works.