Wade/Briala on Nostr: I'm still on my re-read of the #Discworld novels. Last night I finished "The Truth". ...
I'm still on my re-read of the #Discworld novels. Last night I finished "The Truth".
I have no idea how hard or easy Terry found writing different novels, but this one was on fire from the start. By this point, Terry has started to let Ankh-Morpork develop over novels, instead of staying static. In this novel, the residents are introduced to moveable type printing and newspapers.
It also introduces us to a new recurring character, William de Worde. I think Terry might've really enjoyed creating William, because he's a connoisseur of words - just like Terry would've been. William is also, to quote him directly: "My family is rich. I'm not." This becomes a contrasting point later when he confronts his father because the elder de Worde is incredibly speciest, referring to a vampire as "it". But William has been working with dwarves and said vampire and has no concerns.
Terry has remarked that by about this point it was getting harder to set Discworld stories in Ankh-Morpork because the Watch is there. In this novel, the Watch is an important element, and it's kind of interesting seeing them operate more-or-less normally in the city when they're not the story's protagonists.
We also see more of Vetinari and his interactions with William de Worde are new and interesting because we haven't had a POV character like William before.
"The Truth" is one of my favourite Discworld novels. And newspapers are a welcome addition to Ankh-Morpork, a city now even more removed from what it was like in "The Colour Of Magic".
I have no idea how hard or easy Terry found writing different novels, but this one was on fire from the start. By this point, Terry has started to let Ankh-Morpork develop over novels, instead of staying static. In this novel, the residents are introduced to moveable type printing and newspapers.
It also introduces us to a new recurring character, William de Worde. I think Terry might've really enjoyed creating William, because he's a connoisseur of words - just like Terry would've been. William is also, to quote him directly: "My family is rich. I'm not." This becomes a contrasting point later when he confronts his father because the elder de Worde is incredibly speciest, referring to a vampire as "it". But William has been working with dwarves and said vampire and has no concerns.
Terry has remarked that by about this point it was getting harder to set Discworld stories in Ankh-Morpork because the Watch is there. In this novel, the Watch is an important element, and it's kind of interesting seeing them operate more-or-less normally in the city when they're not the story's protagonists.
We also see more of Vetinari and his interactions with William de Worde are new and interesting because we haven't had a POV character like William before.
"The Truth" is one of my favourite Discworld novels. And newspapers are a welcome addition to Ankh-Morpork, a city now even more removed from what it was like in "The Colour Of Magic".