The Truth: (Discworld Novel 25) (Discworld Novels)

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Be careful. People like to be told what they already know. Remember that. They get uncomfortable when you tell them new things. New things ... well, new things aren’t what they expect.” If we don’t make an effort all they’ll get is silly ... stories about talking dogs and Elves Ate My Gerbil, so don’t give me lectures on what’s important and what’s not, understand? ... and I might add, about humorous vegetables! When William de Worde needs to meet Gaspode (Deep Bone) he tells Sachrissa that he is "going to see a dog about a man" a play on the line, "going to see a man about a dog" which is a euphemism for taking a piss. When William de Worde meets with the civic leaders, Mr. Slant says that "Mr. Scrope has sent a note...It appears he is ill". William's response is to say, "Was it signed by his mother." A reference to schools requiring a note for absence signed by parent or guardian so that the student couldn't just be faking it (which obviously Mr. Scrope is doing). I'm ambivalent on the Industrial Revolution series. I think they have their ups and downs. The ups are mostly associated with Moist von Lipwig and show the organic development of their particular innovation out of the actual Discworld and Moist's ingenuity. This one isn't quite that, with much of the Ankh-Morpork Times coming together magically like the newspaper industry in our world, and William's particular set of journalistic ethics just appearing out of nowhere. It's not quite Moving Pictures-level of magical insertion, and some of it does make sense, but it does so at a fast pace to get out of the way of the story and the thematic elements.

You will find it very hard to print that," said Mr. Carney, ignoring the lawyer's frantic hand signals, "with no damn press!" William de Worde had sent a periodical newsletter to influential people all over the Discworld for some time, employing wood engravers to set the words to paper. But when industrious movable type setter dwarf Goodmountain and crew provide an inexpensive and efficient way to mass produce the letter on a daily basis, the Ankh-Morpork Times is born. An ethical journalist, de Worde has a proclivity for investigating stories—a nasty habit that soon creates powerful enemies eager to stop his presses. And what better way than to start the Inquirer, a titillating (well, what else would it be?) tabloid that conveniently interchanges what's real for what sells. Character assassination. What a wonderful idea. Ordinary assassination only works once, but this one works every day.” Realising that the job is much harder than their employers had initially suggested, the New Firm decides to skip town.The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork Times, struggling scribe William de Worde's upper-crust newsletter turned Discworld's first paper of record. It was this fear that drove him to put up on the wall of his office a large picture of WH Smith’s book-pulping machine. It was there, he said, to remind him to write a better book. je najlepše od svega, setila sam se Brehtove izjave o politici... da se ona tiče svih nas. Da nemamo pravo da kažemo "politika me ne zanima"... jer politika, to je cena hleba, cena mesa u prodavnici, to je nešto od čega zavise životi običnih, malih ljudi, koji kažu "politika me ne zanima"... koji kažu "za sve su to dođoši krivi"... koji kažu "politika je dosadna, ima li nečeg smešnog u novinama?"... Meanwhile, a conspiracy is afoot in the city to depose the Patrician, Lord Vetinari. The wealthy and powerful (but anonymous) Committee to Unelect the Patrician hire Mr. Pin and Mr.

Here’s the former press officer of the Central Electricity Generating Board, South Western Region, with his name in lights – Terry Pratchett at the peak of his powers. People like to be told what they already know. Remember that. They get uncomfortable when you tell them new things. New things…well, new things aren’t what they expect. They like to know that, say, a dog will bite a man. That is what dogs do. They don’t want to know that a man bites a dog, because the world is not supposed to happen like that. In short, what people think they want is news, but what they really crave is olds" He left it a bit late, of course, and he would think about that ruefully near the end, when time was running out and we were losing him at 100mph. Infinity plus described it as an "excellently plotted tale of mystery and murder" and "an hilarious take on the newspaper business", its only fault being that the book's title was "descriptive" but insufficiently "fun". [3]

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The Disorganiser which reveals Lord De Worde. Nixon originally denied the allegations he faced but was exposed after taped conversations were discovered, revealing him to be in charge. And of course the myriad "expletive deleted" euphemism of the Nixon transcripts finds its Discworld home in the frequent recourse to " -ing".... Deep Bone says, "Could be, could be, could very well be". This line is a parallel to the lines from the Monty Pythons "Candid Photography (Nudge Nudge Wink Wink)" sketch. Pratchett uses another reference to Monty Pythons when they are reviewing the "dogs" being delivered to the newspaper office and have to point out to the owners that some are cats and one is a parrot. And of course I had, this was a fun re-visit to Sir Terry’s 25th Discworld book, something of a standalone but in the Industrial Revolution sub-canon.