I’ve been revisiting Monstrous Regiment one of my top few discworld stories. And I just love these misfit soldiers with genders so much. He so perfectly captures the discomfort of not quite fitting but not wanting to make a stand and stand out.
I've loved Discworld since university, picking up the first few books as they were published, while I was a postgrad student. When I emigrated from England to California in '99, my collection of Discworld novels were among the few possessions I took with me! I still occasionally wear my very old alt.fan.pratchett T shirt: on one side is Death at a computer asking "HOW DO YOU TURN OFF CAPS LOCK?" and on the other side is the Librarian at a computer with "ook" on every key and the screen covered in "ook! ook! ook!" text. Wherever I've introduced Americans to Pratchett, I've always done it through the witches' series of novels -- the "gateway drug" to full-on addiction to Discworld!
I’ve been revisiting Monstrous Regiment one of my top few discworld stories. And I just love these misfit soldiers with genders so much. He so perfectly captures the discomfort of not quite fitting but not wanting to make a stand and stand out.
The witches were always my favorite, too. Made me a bit misty there at the end!
I've loved Discworld since university, picking up the first few books as they were published, while I was a postgrad student. When I emigrated from England to California in '99, my collection of Discworld novels were among the few possessions I took with me! I still occasionally wear my very old alt.fan.pratchett T shirt: on one side is Death at a computer asking "HOW DO YOU TURN OFF CAPS LOCK?" and on the other side is the Librarian at a computer with "ook" on every key and the screen covered in "ook! ook! ook!" text. Wherever I've introduced Americans to Pratchett, I've always done it through the witches' series of novels -- the "gateway drug" to full-on addiction to Discworld!