Björn recenserade Pyramids av Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #7)
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That’s how we survive infinity - we kill it by breaking it up into small bits.
Pratchett's Discworld engines are starting to purr like well-oiled... well, engines I suppose. Pyramids is all new characters, but they click so well (partly because, well, he has archetypes he likes) that it's hard to miss the regulars. The topic is religion and power, which is big ask, and Pratchett certainly will return to them with even sharper tools further along; but damnit, he's so funny and clever in how he uses his Ancient Egyptian setting that I don't mind the odd blunt force. I do wish we'd gotten a bit more of assassin school, but I guess in 1989 the Weird Fantasy School Setting wasn't as much of a trope as it would be post-That Scottish Woman.
It is amazing what people will obey, if a clear and confident voice is used.
That’s how we survive infinity - we kill it by breaking it up into small bits.
Pratchett's Discworld engines are starting to purr like well-oiled... well, engines I suppose. Pyramids is all new characters, but they click so well (partly because, well, he has archetypes he likes) that it's hard to miss the regulars. The topic is religion and power, which is big ask, and Pratchett certainly will return to them with even sharper tools further along; but damnit, he's so funny and clever in how he uses his Ancient Egyptian setting that I don't mind the odd blunt force. I do wish we'd gotten a bit more of assassin school, but I guess in 1989 the Weird Fantasy School Setting wasn't as much of a trope as it would be post-That Scottish Woman.
It is amazing what people will obey, if a clear and confident voice is used.