Okay So This Is A Big Deal

Okay so this is a big deal

Sir Terry Pratchett's Night Watch to become Penguin Classic | Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett's iconic Discworld novel Night Watch, featuring Commander Sam Vimes, to be published as a Penguin Classic.

To me, and to a significant subset of Sir Terry's fans (including most of you who've found this by the tags), his writing is serious commentary on the human condition - politics, prejudice, self-control, revenge vs. justice, religion, idealism, faith in people vs. cynicism, and more - dressed up with fantasy settings and a hefty leavening of humor to make it fun to read. And it is WILDLY fun to read, actual laugh-out-loud or at least a snicker averaging about every page.

But there's this common idea among the "important literature" people that fun and funny books are not also worthwhile or important in the same way.

This is a Discworld book being released WITH ACADEMIC COMMENTARY and AS A PENGUIN CLASSIC. That's a HUGE amount of recognition.

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7 months ago

As great as Ego's speech is at the end of Ratatouille, he's wrong. That whole thing about, "Now I know that when Gusteau said, 'Anyone can cook', he didn't mean anyone can be a great artist, but that a great artist can come from anywhere."

Like, that's true, but it's not really the point he's making. Gusteau's not saying anyone can be a great artist. But he is saying, "Anyone can cook." It says nothing about greatness. It's encouragement to beginners, saying that you don't need to be anyone special or have any special level of talent. You--yes, you--can follow these instructions and in the end, you will have cooked something, and that's a good thing to do.

It's still a great metaphor for the creativity, and cooking is a particularly fitting illustration. Not everyone will be a great chef, but everyone needs food, and you deserve to know how to cook at least something for yourself. In the same lines, not everyone will be a great artist, but everyone can draw some kind of picture. Not everyone is a great musician, but everyone should sing. The fact that you're not the next Shakespeare shouldn't bar you from the joy of writing poetry. You're not going to win any literary awards, but you should still write stories. The act of creation is something that anyone can do, and it's something everyone should do, because it feeds you. Greatness doesn't need to enter into it at all.

1 year ago

Isn't that like, just being a vtuber

Need a sugar daddy but we don't have sex and I don't send nudes I just say "hi" and receive 1000 dolalrs


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4 months ago

Some truths about the publishing industry because I certainly got blindsided when going in. Now I'm so broken by this industry I struggle to encourage aspiring writers lmao

1 year ago

It ain't like everyone is living in a car-centric society where learning how to drive is a requirement.

"have you learned how to drive yet" i have the spirit of friendship in my heart. the joy of lifes little things in my soul. the whimsy of magic. the beautiful enjoyment of nature. the answer is no though


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11 months ago

Before I heal does anyone like emotionally unavailable women

8 months ago

Oh no! Your homosexual situationship didn't work out! You have four options to proceed:

Graduate from murder cop to puppet fascist

Become a pit fighter and descend into alchaholism

Emerge from your chrysalis to become twink Jesus

Compromise your principles and age 20 years


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4 months ago

one of my worst writing sins is abusing my power to create compound words. i cannot write the sentence "The sun shone as bright as honey that afternoon." no. that's boring. "The sun was honey-bright that afternoon" however? yes. that sentence is dope as fuck. i do not care if "honey-bright" is a word in the english dictionary. i do not care if the sentence is grammatically correct. i will not change. i will not correct my erred ways. the laws of the english language are mine.

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