![]() The elves are short and smart and very productive, which is why they are the paper’s printers. When it goes off he is turned into dust and must imbibe a drop of blood in order to regain his form. The problem he faces as a vampire is centered on the flash of his camera. They are icons of the situation he is shooting. Otto has developed a fascination for what he terms “iconography” or pictures that are more than simply images. ![]() His photographer, for example, is a vampire named Otto. Some of these creatures are quite human, but others are trolls, dogs, elves, vampires-each displaying characteristics of its species and each with an agenda for life on Disc World. In doing so, he has to deal with a great variety of creatures, a variety for which Disc World is well known. Managing Editor William de-Worde tries to draw truth from situations and turn that truth into news. Thus, truth becomes a binding factor in the Ankh-Morpork Times, one of two major newspapers in the Disc World capitol. Throughout the book, “truth” is how we display it, and displaying it is one of the main jobs of journalism. Pratchett wrote the book nearly 20 years ago, and as with well-thought-out novels, its theme holds over time. The book is titled The Truth, and it, like many Americans today, wonders where that truth rests. The Pratchett work I just finished carries a theme that is quite close to one in our nation currently. They are supposed to show humor (which, indeed, they do), but these days they are also coming very close to a test of truth in our country. ![]() Sound a little bit like Trumpian America?Īuthor Terry Pratchett created it and has written many books in his Disc World series. Yes, and where is that you ask? Well, of course, it’s a flat world resting on the backs of four elephants standing on top of a gigantic turtle moving slowly through space. Have any of you readers ever been to Ankh-Morpork? Sounds like a craving for food, doesn’t it? But, no, it’s the capital of Disc World. I’m tossing up punchlines that were never there. Ankh Morpork – Terry Pratchett’s Disc World. ![]()
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