Terry Pratchett's Ethical Worlds

Essays on Identity and Narrative in Discworld and Beyond

By: Kristin Noone (Editor), Emily Lavin Leveret (Editor)

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Paperback | 18 August 2020

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156 Pages

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Terry Pratchett''s writing celebrates the possibilities opened up by inventiveness and imagination. It constructs an ethical stance that values informed and self-aware choices, knowledge of the world in which one makes those choices, the importance of play and humor in crafting a compassionate worldview, and acts of continuous self-examination and creation. This collection of essays uses inventiveness and creation as a thematic core to combine normally disparate themes, such as science fiction studies, the effect of collaborative writing and shared authorship, steampunk aesthetics, productive modes of "ownership," intertextuality, neomedievalism and colonialism, adaptations into other media, linguistics and rhetorics, and coming of age as an act of free will. In all Pratchett''s constructed worlds and narratives--from Discworld, to the science-fictional flat planet of Strata, from a parody of Conan the Barbarian''s Cimmeria to the comedically apocalyptic Good Omens--questions of identity, community, and the relations between self and other are constantly examined, debated, and reshaped. Pratchett''s worlds thus become ethical worlds: fantasies in which language always matters, stories resonate with the past and the future, and choices emphasize the importance of compassion and creation.

Industry Reviews

"An illuminating-and, honestly, just plain fun to read-addition to the growing body of scholarly work on Pratchett's oeuvre...readers will find highly-enjoyable pieces...a delight to read. Its ambitious project and often complex topics are bolstered by contributors' obvious enjoyment of the texts themselves...accessible and exciting, one of those uncommon works of scholarship that I would also pick up on a rare day off just to enjoy seeing rich new perspectives on a favorite fantasy world...well worth a read...those interested in examinations of the fantasy genre...will appreciate the collection's focus...[and] value its thoughtful revisitation of a gentle giant in the genre."-SFRA Review

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