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Only You Can Save Mankind
by Terry Pratchett
If not you, who else?
Many people who are worried about female role models love Terry Pratchett because he has a LOT of realistic female characters of varying ages and sizes. While I fiercely love his women, I think his male character are underrated as role-models, especially the hero of my childhood Johnny Maxwell, who is thoughtful, empathic and generally favours non-confrontative and clever approaches to his otherworldly problems.
In a world in which even well-read and scientifically oriented Hiccup from the book universe is turned into a standard action character when translated to the big screen, I miss heroes who are NOT action heroes. I think this book is Johnny Maxwell at his most action-prone, but there is no gratuity.
Thus, when I was sixteen and depressed and had lost all faith in human goodness Terry Pratchett's books gave me back the my will to live, love of life, and my faith in humanity. Here was someone who was writing funny Fantasy with a deeply ingrained respect for human dignity. This book was part of this and it made me feel so much better. It still has this effect on me, and I can't really put my fingers on why. I can see the shortcomings today, but it still has a shadow of that same impact it had back then.
Many people who are worried about female role models love Terry Pratchett because he has a LOT of realistic female characters of varying ages and sizes. While I fiercely love his women, I think his male character are underrated as role-models, especially the hero of my childhood Johnny Maxwell, who is thoughtful, empathic and generally favours non-confrontative and clever approaches to his otherworldly problems.
In a world in which even well-read and scientifically oriented Hiccup from the book universe is turned into a standard action character when translated to the big screen, I miss heroes who are NOT action heroes. I think this book is Johnny Maxwell at his most action-prone, but there is no gratuity.
Thus, when I was sixteen and depressed and had lost all faith in human goodness Terry Pratchett's books gave me back the my will to live, love of life, and my faith in humanity. Here was someone who was writing funny Fantasy with a deeply ingrained respect for human dignity. This book was part of this and it made me feel so much better. It still has this effect on me, and I can't really put my fingers on why. I can see the shortcomings today, but it still has a shadow of that same impact it had back then.