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Terry Pratchett’s The Fifth Elephant

Terry Pratchett’s latest Discworld novel, The Fifth Elephant, presents something of a thorny problem for the reviewer. As much as the dedicated Pratchettian (such as myself) may wish to rush into reading the story, the book itself demands attention, and … Continue reading

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Soul Music

“I like it. It’s just a movie that stands there and keeps punching.” So sayeth Stephen King in regards to the film adaptation of his novel Cujo, proof positive that authors may not be the last word when it comes … Continue reading

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Wyrd Sisters

Soul Music is longer. Soul Music has better extras. Soul Music has a better cover. Soul Music has more music, and some of it isn’t bad at all. That being said, Wyrd Sisters is a far more successful adaptation of … Continue reading

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Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather

Don’t look now, but Terry Pratchett has gotten serious on us. Technically speaking, that’s not quite true – there are still plenty of laughs to be found in Hogfather, the semi-current installment in Pratchett’s Discworld series. (The US and UK … Continue reading

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Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn’s Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature

It has been said, with some justification, that dissecting a joke is much like dissecting a frog. One may figure out what makes the subject tick, but the end result is inevitably a dead frog. Unfortunately, the “respectable” literary establishment … Continue reading

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Steeleye Span’s Wintersmith

It would be easy to say that a collaboration between Steeleye Span and Terry Pratchett was always inevitable, given their respective histories and their proclaimed admiration of each other’s work.  It may be an example of retrospective inevitability now that … Continue reading

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