Tag Archives: Discworld

Farewell Terry Pratchett

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

To say that I’m a fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld is an understatement. Among the humorous fantasy writers, Terry Pratchett has pride of place. At his right and left hand are Douglas Adams in sheer satiric glory, and Neil Gaiman, … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged Death, Discworld, Douglas Adams, fantasy, Fictional Universes, fictional worlds, Multiverse, Neil Gaiman, Reaper Man, speculative fiction, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, threshold | 26 Comments

The 7 Least Popular Posts (That I Still Think Were Pretty Good)

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s fun to make “Best of” lists, like my “7 Super Awesome Posts of 2014.” The poison ivy of the WordPress statistics forest, however, is that you also know what posts were almost completely ignored. Some of these least viewed … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Andrew Garfield, art, Banality of Evil, Charles Williams, creation, creation care, Discworld, evil, Hannah Arendt, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, Terry Pratchett, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf | 5 Comments

A Level of Hell that Dante Forgot: A Note from Discworld

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Terry Pratchett is about as weird and wonderful an author as I could ever want. A master world-builder, he trades in irony, parody, and satire the way the TV show Glee trades in stereotypes. And yet, despite the constant self-degradation … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Dante, Discworld, fantasy, Faust, Fictional Universes, Glee, Goethe, hell, intertextuality, Terry Pratchett, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters | 30 Comments

The Banality of Evil: A Thought by Terry Pratchett

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

“The Banality of Evil” is a phrase by Hannah Arendt in her book, Eichmann in Jerusalem. The idea emerged out of the aftermath of WWII, as the public slowly came to consciousness about the Holocaust. There were Nazi hunters in … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Banality of Evil, Discworld, evil, good, Guards! Guards!, Hannah Arendt, holocaust, Nazism, Terry Pratchett, theology, WWII | 24 Comments

Chance, Providence, and a Third Option: A Walter Mitty Reflection

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

It was my son’s night to pick our family film, and of all the superhero, gang-busting, technicolour films he could have chosen, he picked The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Granted, Ben Stiller is on our nine-year-old’s radar as a … Continue reading →