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I think we should have a thread for sggestions for some easily accessible, classic entertainment that is uninfected by this crap.
posted 5 years ago by BrainJuice 5 years ago by BrainJuice +111 / -0

Stuff like Tolkien or C.S. Lewis are obvious, but other authors, movies, music, or entertainment might not be as well known.

So, how about a thread that lists some recommendations for things untouched by modern insanity?

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– TechParadox 27 points 5 years ago +27 / -0

If you dig fantasy with a comedy/satire bend, I would recommend the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett (RIP GNU TERRY - that'll make sense if you get into the books and his history). Basic upshot is the series starts out as a satire of fantasy tropes in general, but by the third book it starts to take on a life of its own.

It's a world where the land mass is a flat disc, resting on the back of four space-elephants, who are in turn standing on the back of a space sea-turtle that is called The Great A'Tuin. Magic exists (and is very volatile!), and the series opens with us following Rincewind, a middle-aged wizard that effectively failed out of the Unseen University (the wizard's school in Ankh-Morpork, the main city of the region and an analogue for London), inadvertently becoming a guide for the Disc's first tourist. Mayhem ensues.

Other books in the series focus on the guards of the city, the witches that live in the surrounding countryside, the anthropomorphic personification of DEATH (who is looking for an apprentice), and the usual assortment of dwarfs, trolls, vampires, werewolves, and other bits and bobs.

I can't recommend Pratchett's stuff strongly enough. The man had a way with words and a quick wit that will make even a hardened punster groan when they get the jokes.

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– Baron_Bubbles 4 points 5 years ago +4 / -0

One of the things I love about Pratchett is that all his characters are flawed. From the peasants to the gods.It makes for a very relatable and realistic world despite the high fantasy setting.

Also if you like Pratchett you'll probably also like Douglas Adams.

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