{"id":753,"date":"2013-05-26T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=753"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:35:19","slug":"pratchett_terry_16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2013\/05\/pratchett_terry_16\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratchett, Terry: (23) Carpe Jugulum<\/cite> (re-read)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am seeing how many airport-drafted Discworld re-read entries I can put up before my panel on Discworld and gender in twenty-five minutes! <\/p>\n

I picked up the Discworld re-read with Carpe Jugulum<\/cite><\/strong>, which is actually skipping two books. I feel a little bad about skipping Jingo<\/cite>, but I did re-read it relatively recently<\/a> and I just couldn’t face it being anvilicious about nationalism. Also it seemed to be less relevant to the gender panel. <\/p>\n

(I also skipped The Last Continent<\/cite>, but I feel no guilt about that.) <\/p>\n

So, Carpe Jugulum<\/cite>. This time around I think I might actually like it better than Lords and Ladies<\/cite>, which feels like heresy, but the subject matter is of more interest to me than the Shakespeare subplot in L&L<\/cite>, and I really love the way the witches refuse to be shoehorned into roles and Oats and all the Crowning Moments of Awesome. I’ve tended to think of this<\/a> as the weaker shadow of L&L<\/cite>, and maybe objectively that is the case, but I just enjoyed it more. <\/p>\n

(However, unless you have seen it done, I would not recommend following Magrat’s example and carrying a 14-day-old baby on your back. I am sure there are cultures where this is commonplace and that have devised ways to do it safely, but me, I’d want that young a baby on my front where I can see what their floppy little neck and great big head are doing.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am seeing how many airport-drafted Discworld re-read entries I can put up before my panel on Discworld and gender in twenty-five minutes! I picked up the Discworld re-read with Carpe Jugulum, which is actually skipping two books. I feel a little bad about skipping Jingo, but I did re-read it relatively recently and I … <\/p>\n

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