Tag Archives: Terry Pratchett

A Weekend of Reading to Change Your Literary Life

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

If you are like me, you have spent much of your adult life as a reader catching up on a severe lack of education. It is common that I am out with friends and when the topic of books comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, Charles Williams, Charlotte Brontë, Goethe, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Reading, Shakespeare, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, Virginia Woolf, William Morris | 40 Comments

Sean Astin, Stranger Things, and the Lord of the Rings on TV?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

There’s a “Bob” in Stranger Things 2. It was probably time for a Bob. Bob works at Radio Shack, which is its own kind of awesome. I don’t know yet where it’s going. It could be he is a Russian agent, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged IT, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, Sean Astin, Stranger Things, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, The Duffer Brothers, the Goonies, Wynona Ryder | 13 Comments

Wormwood Reborn? A Screwtapian Look at The Gates by John Connolly (A Little Hallowe’en Demonic Lit)

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the great perks as a university teacher is that I am constantly in conversation with students about good books. While this occasionally gets me into conversations about Twilight (which I did read, but only with great commitment to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dante, demons, Douglas Adams, fantasy, hell, John Connolly, Lemony Snicket, literature, Philip Pullman, Screwtape, Teaching, Terry Pratchett, The Gates, The Screwtape Letters, Twilight | 15 Comments

Stephen King on the Supernatural

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

On Tuesday I spent time thinking about my Stickin’ Huge Awesome Novel Winter Awesome Read (SHANWAR) read for 2017, Stephen King’s The Stand. As the snows of winter pen me in, I want a big, long, great book that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged 'Salem's Lot, Anne Rice, Bible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carpe Jugulum, Charlene Harris, Charles Williams, Dead Until Dark, fantasy, Science Fiction, Stephen King, Supernatural Fiction, Terry Pratchett, The Eyes of the Dragon, The Stand, Theology of Culture, True Blood, vampires, writing | 29 Comments

From the Mouths of Atheists: Faith Lessons from Terry Pratchett

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

In creating the Discworld, Terry Pratchett set for himself an interesting problem for an atheist of his era: he created a world where gods are a reality. From an artist’s perspective, this is no particular problem at all. Pratchett made what … Continue reading →