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Terry Pratchett Could Save the World (21st Century Perspectives on British Literature and Society)

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Tongue
English
Leaves
159
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This monograph contends that attending to Pratchett’s work could help to save our world. It draws attention to the astonishing capacity of Pratchett’s novels to inspire and argues that Pratchett’s fantasy novels directly address many of the most significant challenges people in the world face: the explosion of weapons technology; the myriad issues involved in the envelopment of human life by corporatized information technology; the destructive human inattention to, and interactions with, the Earth and its life forms; and the problem of devalued labor. Paradoxically, it is Pratchett’s choice of fantasy that lets him address the reality of major issues that humanity and the rest of life confront now. Pratchett’s novels show us how to better understand and confront the problems the world is contending with. The book will interest both scholars and fans.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Terry Pratchett—Fantasy, Science Fiction, the Human, and the Earth
Notes
1 Men at Arms: Terry Pratchett Takes On Gun Control
Divided and Undivided Worlds
The Novelty of the Gun
The Destructive Power of the Gonne
Hybrid Issues
Notes
2 Going Postal: The Internet Arrives
Work and Workers
Two Conmen, Maybe Three, At Least One With a Conscience
The Power of Words and Angry Words
Notes
3 The Truth: Journalism, Fake News, and Community
The Technological Shift and Its Implications
Fake News
Different Kinds of News
The Press and the Police, and the Limits of Both
Prejudice
The Truth
Notes
4 Feet of Clay: Work and Workers
What Are People Worth?
What Are Golems Worth?
Resistance and Solidarity at Work
Kings, Aristocracy, and Voice
The Animals and Work
Notes
Coda: Terry Pratchett—“Creaturely Life” and the Earth
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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