Nation

September 30th, 2008 - 16:08 | 4 comments

Terry Pratchett’s latest sounds good:

Nation is the story of two children: Ermintrude may just be the Queen of England now that a plague has struck down most of the royal family. Mau is the last survivor of the Nation, a tribal people living on a south-seas island that has been destroyed by a tsunami. They are both lost and adrift in the wake of terrible tragedy, flung together on the island of Nation. They both are blessed with doubt about the theologies of their ancestors — and denied its succour. Together, they discover science, and use it to weld together their people and save them from despair and evil external forces.

I’ve never got into the Discworld novels, but his Johnny Maxwell series is still a favourite. He’s also firmly on the side of rationality, and it sounds like the above may have something to say in that regard. I’ll keep an eye out.

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4 Responses to “Nation”

1 Ben Sep 30th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

Saying “I’ve never got into the Discworld novels” is clearly inviting a deluge of “oh, you have to read ‘x’” comments so I’ll get in early - if you haven’t already read them, try Moving Pictures, Small Gods and Reaper Man. That last one especially is just fantastic, I think I’ve bought it three times now because of my tendency to lend it, with force if necessary, to friends who say they’ve never ‘got’ Pratchett.
2 Nods Sep 30th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

*resists urge*
3 Andrew Oct 1st, 2008 at 12:57 am

Nothing against the Discworld books, I’ve just never really tried them. They’re a bit like the Wheel of Time series - they sound great, but I look at the shelf and see months of my life disappearing Thanks for the recommendations - I think there’s a copy of Moving Pictures floating about, so I’ll give that a go.
4 Lil Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm

But they will be happy months =D I second Reaper Man - it’s the one that got me started on the series =) I think Moving Pictures will be a good one to read too!

Actually, I shall solve the problem of the deluge by recommending that you read them all =)

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