The Truth - Terry Pratchett

William de Worde is a want away member of the aristocracy. He has chosen a low key life away from his high born and relentlessly racist family. He eeks out a modest living writing letters of current events to notable members of society but finds himself forced into the strangely alluring and increasingly dangerous world of the newspaper. In short, William de Worde has been press ganged but is starting to enjoy it. 'A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.' "The Truth" is one of Terry Pratchett's lesser known Discworld novels. It is a novel that crept in under the radar and rarely appears on any favourite ...  Read the complete review

-- "There’s a rumour in the mountains… the Dwarves have learned how to turn lead into gold…" -- ---------- Ankh Morpork has never had a newspaper – people like William DeWorde are paid to write letters to important people containing little snippets of news and gossip. The Dwarves have invented moveable type, which is about to change all of that… and William becomes editor of The Times. But there are several problems with this – the Guilds are not happy, and a little thing called The Truth keeps getting in the way… Especially is this the case when Lord Vetinari (the Patrician) is accused of murder… but the ...  Read the complete review

THE MVW MONTHLY OBSERVER Bringing you news and reviews Issue 1 June 2002 Issue 2 Oct 2009 NEW NEWPAPER IN ANKH-MORPORK PROMISES TO TELL ONLY THE TRUTH Residents of Ankh Morpork today were introduced to 'The Ankh Morpork Times', a 2 penny newspaper which tells of current events. The editor William de Worde (31) has promised to tell only the truth, with stories based on fact and evidence, not Fiction, lies or hearsay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THEFT ON NONSUCH STREET A miscreant stole $200 worth of silver from H.Hogland and Son. Jwllers of Nonsuch St yesterday p.m. Mr Hogland (32) who was threatened ...  Read the complete review

Pratchett’s Discworld series has over the years become a bit of an institution and the fandom has grown with the books. Many will boast to have read all the novels and to be, as it were, on first name basis with all the characters. In order to satisfy the fans, it seems that Pratchett opted a long time ago to write specifically for them. The stories generally concern the most popular characters of the series, Rincewind, the City Watch, the Lancre Witches or Death, and although the stories retain their Discworld traits, they tend to be lighter in quality. So what did the twenty-fifth novel bring to the readers? The Disc is a flat world, resting on the back ...  Read the complete review

Don't expect an inspired opinion. Maybe it's my fault, maybe it's just not a very interesting book (by Discworld standards, which are high, according to those of us who have to read every Discworld novel.) I certainly enjoyed it anyway. However, it doesn't do much to engage you beyond a first reading. If you've read any other Discworld books, you'll know what to expect. If you haven't, you may enjoy it more, as it won't seem formulaic and you won't notice that it lacks the extra depth and almost painful funniness of the best of Discworld. Here, Terry Pratchett is commenting on the press. So he doesn't really raise ...  Read the complete review