Didactylos reviewed The Truth by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, part 25)
A more serious Discworld
IN particular some of the characters have somewhat altered in their behaviours and outlook....
Paperback, 392 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 15, 2009 by Plaza & Janes.
Acaba de nacer el Ankh-Morpork Times y la febre por la prensa se adueña de la caótica metrópolis del Mundodisco. La novela número 25 de la saga «Mundodisco» es una entretenida sátira sobre el mundo de la prensa y todo lo que le rodea. El poder del periodismo, la infuencia de la política sobre las noticias, las manipulaciones sobre el periodista, la necesidad de un respaldo económico, la prensa amarilla, la creación de opinión pública… Todos estos temas y mucho más dentro de una trama divertidísima y fresca en el más puro estilo Terry Pratchett. Una de las pocas novelas independientes de esta serie que se puede leer sin conocer las anteriores.
IN particular some of the characters have somewhat altered in their behaviours and outlook....
Una magnífica obra que habla sobre el periodismo, sobre qué es (o debería) ser el periodismo de verdad, como cuarto poder fiscalizador, sobre las fake news y sobre los poderosos en la sombra.
Todo esto con la sátira, gracia y saber hacer de Pratchett.
Not exactly sure of how it happened, William is now a newspaper writer and editor after experiencing first hand the first mechanical press. And since everything that is new evokes suspicion and excitement, William is suddenly a rising star for some people (specially people enjoying funny vegetables) and a moving target for others. The latter makes him a person of interest for the Watch.
This book seems to have been written for our current world filled with "fake news" and where science/facts can be believed or not as if they were a religion. Pratchett's writing is atemporal and the last 20 years did not make it lose its freshness at all. This book addresses facts, and how we see the truth as part of the public interest but how often it is not what the public is interested in. Lord Vetinari is always great at pointing the hard truths...