When all the esoteric stuff gets too much for me ,I give my brain a holiday and read a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett .My favorite one is "Thief of time" Here is the blurb from the back cover:
Time is a resourse.Everyone knows it has to be managed.
And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History,who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted(like underwater-how much time does a codfish need?)to places like cities where there's never enough time.
But the construction of the world's first accurate clock starts a race against,well,time for Lu Tze and his apprentice
Lobsang Ludd.Because it will stop time.And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.
I find T P very funny and his clever device of setting his stories on the Discworld-not a spherical planet but a flat
world carried through space on the back of 4 huge elephants which stand on a even huger turtle-gives him the opportunity to address any issues whithout offending
anyone, he is talking about discworld not earth,but he still hold up a mirror for us.
I have often wondered if Terry has read some of the material on this site(Hi Terry ,if you are reading this,come in and say hallo)as there are some paralleles eg. Monks of history-Templars? or in "Lords and Ladies" the Elves
are evil hyperdimentionals with the power to "befuddle "the mind of their victims
TP has a way with words that reminds me of the Cassies
in how he uses puns and clues ( the name of the first
monk of history is Wen)
So if you are after something lighthearted funny and yet thought provocing - grab a Pratchett book RRR
Time is a resourse.Everyone knows it has to be managed.
And on Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History,who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted(like underwater-how much time does a codfish need?)to places like cities where there's never enough time.
But the construction of the world's first accurate clock starts a race against,well,time for Lu Tze and his apprentice
Lobsang Ludd.Because it will stop time.And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.
I find T P very funny and his clever device of setting his stories on the Discworld-not a spherical planet but a flat
world carried through space on the back of 4 huge elephants which stand on a even huger turtle-gives him the opportunity to address any issues whithout offending
anyone, he is talking about discworld not earth,but he still hold up a mirror for us.
I have often wondered if Terry has read some of the material on this site(Hi Terry ,if you are reading this,come in and say hallo)as there are some paralleles eg. Monks of history-Templars? or in "Lords and Ladies" the Elves
are evil hyperdimentionals with the power to "befuddle "the mind of their victims
TP has a way with words that reminds me of the Cassies
in how he uses puns and clues ( the name of the first
monk of history is Wen)
So if you are after something lighthearted funny and yet thought provocing - grab a Pratchett book RRR