We very quickly pop in to see Nanny Ogg as a mysterious stranger with a curious way of time keeping demands she comes quickly to help with a birth. Here, he begins to observe something that is becoming clear. Which if you never looked at any piece of Discworld art ever, at least look at the detail of this beautiful work here. But there is a lot of time spent with two new characters that similar to The Truth, really shows Pratchett’s talents in dissecting the more complicated aspects of humanity. This is very clearly from the beginning a story following the exploits of Death, his attempts to save humanity from the Auditors of Reality and Susan unwillingly dragged into said attempts. And that will only be the start of everyone’s problems. Everyone knows it has to be managed.Īnd on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it’s wasted (like underwater – how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there’s never enough time.īut the construction of the world’s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Christmas 2022 actually! And you may be wondering, what is the literal personification of dying and his grand daughter up to this time? Well let’s chat about that. Welcome back to the Discworld Project! So it has been a while since we checked in with my precious faves Death and Susan. ‘There is no doubt that being human is incredibly difficult and cannot be mastered in one lifetime.’
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |