- Taschenbuch: 360 Seiten
- Verlag: Corgi (19. Oktober 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0552154938
- ISBN-13: 978-0552154932
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,4 x 12,8 x 3,6 cm
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- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 163.948 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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“One of the most interesting and critically underrated novelists we have … The Folklore of Discworld — co-authored with the eminent folklorist Jacqueline Simpson — emphasizes his irreverence and drollery.”
— The Times
“Pratchett is, like Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, not just a great writer but also an original thinker … funny, exciting, lighthearted and, like all the best comedy, very serious.”
— Guardian
From the Hardcover edition.
— The Times
“Pratchett is, like Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift, not just a great writer but also an original thinker … funny, exciting, lighthearted and, like all the best comedy, very serious.”
— Guardian
From the Hardcover edition.
Kurzbeschreibung
Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth.
Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got here. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings, which on Earth are creatures of the imagination — like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods — are real, alive and, in some cases kicking, on the Disc.
In The Folklore of Discworld, Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.
From the Hardcover edition.
Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, and fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got here. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings, which on Earth are creatures of the imagination — like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods — are real, alive and, in some cases kicking, on the Disc.
In The Folklore of Discworld, Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected, celebrated and affectionately libelled in the uniquely imaginative universe of Discworld.
From the Hardcover edition.
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This is a nin-fiction-title by Terry Pratchett in collaboration with the foloklorist Jacqueline Simpson in which the two authors explain the most important figures and themes in Pratchett's discwolrd-novels and what their origins in our story-telling is.
For most fans a seperate chapter about Death and four chapters about witches should be reasons enough to buy this book. But you get more.
Seperate chapters to:
Cosmology & Gods
Dwarfs
Elves
Trolls
and
Heroes
Then you have chapters to curious beings (vampires, werewolves and zombies), "Beasties" (dragons and so forth), Lore, Legends and Truth, Customs and things kids like to tell - or listen to. Here we learn quite a bit about Santa Klaus.
All in all - and with the illustrations - a good buy with a helpful bibliography and a very helpful index.
For most fans a seperate chapter about Death and four chapters about witches should be reasons enough to buy this book. But you get more.
Seperate chapters to:
Cosmology & Gods
Dwarfs
Elves
Trolls
and
Heroes
Then you have chapters to curious beings (vampires, werewolves and zombies), "Beasties" (dragons and so forth), Lore, Legends and Truth, Customs and things kids like to tell - or listen to. Here we learn quite a bit about Santa Klaus.
All in all - and with the illustrations - a good buy with a helpful bibliography and a very helpful index.
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Folklore, ancient or modern, is one of the major foundation stones of the Discworld books. Human nature being another, one assumes. Discworld folklore is a trivia test among Discworld fans who will slyly ask one another [generally over a pint], if they can identify the origins of a certain figure or idea. With some slight discrepancies between UK and North American versions, such exchanges can become, well, spirited. "Elves or elfs?" is always good for starting an evening.
Pratchett and Simpson sort all this out - and much else besides - in this delightful work on matters folklorish. Typically, the prompt for the book was Pratchett chanting as he signed a previous release: "How many versions of the Magpie Song do you know?" A distinguished-looking lady gave the query a moment's thought and responded "about nineteen" Thus began the wonderful collaboration leading to FoD. It's typical also of the theme of the book. Discworld and Roundworld [Earth] are linked by the universal presence of narrativium, which Dimitri Mendeleev inexplicably omitted from the Periodic Table. Pratchett knows all about narrativium, carefully explaining how it drifts between universes, carrying ideas or stimulating new ones. Folklore on the Discworld compared to that of Earth may demonstrate strong similarities, or just vague likenesses that have been severely modified. The process is unhelpful, the authors note, in determining which world is the source of the story, which is sometimes a let-down.
The book's organisation is appropriate for what it must cover - it begins with the entire universe. From there it works its way through Dwarfs and Elves, giving us an interesting account of how the Elves, feared and despised on Discworld for their dark and evil ways, have somehow become transformed in modern times into charming little creatures who make toys for children. Drifting through space, narrativium must form some bizarre isotopes. The two witch types - those from Lancre and the Witches of the Chalk Downs are described. The Nac Mac Feegle are given a full chapter, which might be viewed as insufficient as you read it. Granny Aching truly deserves a book of her own. The chapter on Heroes is extensive, justifiably, when you discover the variety of Heroes Pratchett has introduced to us. Finally, almost as icing on a delicious cake, the authors provide a "Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading". Plan your book budget carefully.
For those in North America who think this book might be too limited in scope to be worth the investment, think carefully of your own family ancestry. While much of the material is limited to the British Isles, no small part is derived from the rest of Europe and elsewhere. Those tales and legends your ancestors took on board ship to cross the Atlantic didn't go over the rail with breakfast at the first roll of the vessels on the high seas. Those stories survived to take root here and sprout new versions of themselves in the new environment. Go through this book and see if you can't find a few you recognise. Besides the bloody elves and the obese bloke with the demented laugh. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
Pratchett and Simpson sort all this out - and much else besides - in this delightful work on matters folklorish. Typically, the prompt for the book was Pratchett chanting as he signed a previous release: "How many versions of the Magpie Song do you know?" A distinguished-looking lady gave the query a moment's thought and responded "about nineteen" Thus began the wonderful collaboration leading to FoD. It's typical also of the theme of the book. Discworld and Roundworld [Earth] are linked by the universal presence of narrativium, which Dimitri Mendeleev inexplicably omitted from the Periodic Table. Pratchett knows all about narrativium, carefully explaining how it drifts between universes, carrying ideas or stimulating new ones. Folklore on the Discworld compared to that of Earth may demonstrate strong similarities, or just vague likenesses that have been severely modified. The process is unhelpful, the authors note, in determining which world is the source of the story, which is sometimes a let-down.
The book's organisation is appropriate for what it must cover - it begins with the entire universe. From there it works its way through Dwarfs and Elves, giving us an interesting account of how the Elves, feared and despised on Discworld for their dark and evil ways, have somehow become transformed in modern times into charming little creatures who make toys for children. Drifting through space, narrativium must form some bizarre isotopes. The two witch types - those from Lancre and the Witches of the Chalk Downs are described. The Nac Mac Feegle are given a full chapter, which might be viewed as insufficient as you read it. Granny Aching truly deserves a book of her own. The chapter on Heroes is extensive, justifiably, when you discover the variety of Heroes Pratchett has introduced to us. Finally, almost as icing on a delicious cake, the authors provide a "Bibliography and Suggestions for Further Reading". Plan your book budget carefully.
For those in North America who think this book might be too limited in scope to be worth the investment, think carefully of your own family ancestry. While much of the material is limited to the British Isles, no small part is derived from the rest of Europe and elsewhere. Those tales and legends your ancestors took on board ship to cross the Atlantic didn't go over the rail with breakfast at the first roll of the vessels on the high seas. Those stories survived to take root here and sprout new versions of themselves in the new environment. Go through this book and see if you can't find a few you recognise. Besides the bloody elves and the obese bloke with the demented laugh. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
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Schade, ich hatte mich auf "Folklore of Discworld" sehr gefreut. Aber nun, am Ende der insgesamt 16 Kapitel, bin ich doch reichlich enttäuscht. Pratchett erläutert unter der fiktiven Annahme, daß es zwischen der Scheibenwelt und der Erde eine transdimensionale Verbindung gibt, diverse Aspekte seiner Bücher, in denen er oft irdische (vor allem natürlich britische) Mythen, Märchen und Sagen verarbeitet hat.
Leider läßt das Buch nach etwa der Hälfte stark nach, die beiden Autoren lassen sich seitenweise über Weltanschauung aus, obwohl das eigentliche Thema (etwa "Heroes" oder "Beasties") noch gar nicht wirklich ausgearbeitet ist. Man erfährt auch kaum etwas Neues, da die meisten englischen Sagen, auf die Bezug genommen wird, dem deutschen Autor nicht geläufig sind. An sich kann man das Buch eher als Inspiration für den nächsten GB-Urlaub nehmen, denn für einen Pratchett-Fan gibt es praktisch nichts her, was man nicht auch via Google und aus den Büchern zusammenlesen kann. Ich hatte mir mehr erhofft.
Leider läßt das Buch nach etwa der Hälfte stark nach, die beiden Autoren lassen sich seitenweise über Weltanschauung aus, obwohl das eigentliche Thema (etwa "Heroes" oder "Beasties") noch gar nicht wirklich ausgearbeitet ist. Man erfährt auch kaum etwas Neues, da die meisten englischen Sagen, auf die Bezug genommen wird, dem deutschen Autor nicht geläufig sind. An sich kann man das Buch eher als Inspiration für den nächsten GB-Urlaub nehmen, denn für einen Pratchett-Fan gibt es praktisch nichts her, was man nicht auch via Google und aus den Büchern zusammenlesen kann. Ich hatte mir mehr erhofft.
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