{"id":65,"date":"2005-04-05T22:15:20","date_gmt":"2005-04-06T02:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=65"},"modified":"2021-06-06T06:46:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T10:46:49","slug":"jingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/65","title":{"rendered":"Jingo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jingo<\/a><\/em> (1997) Terry Pratchett<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What surprised me most about this book was that it was written in 1997. <\/p>\n

A new island has risen between Ankh Morpork and Klatch, and war seems to be the only way to determine who really owns the island. <\/p>\n

Jingo features Commander Samuel Vimes and the Watch, including Sgt Colon and Corporal Nobbs, Captain Carrot and Angua, and Sgt Detrius. There are some others of course, but I have to admit that those are my favorites.<\/p>\n

Well, because it is submersed<\/i> in a marine<\/i> environment “I’ve always called it the Going-Under-the-Water-Safely Device,” said Leonard, behind him. “But usually I just call it the Boat.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think what I like best about Terry Pratchett is that he gets to be political, but funny at the same time. I mean just look at the title:<\/p>\n

Main Entry: jin\u00b7go\u00b7ism
\nPronunciation: ‘ji[ng]-(“)gO-“i-z&m
\nFunction: noun<\/em>
\n: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course now that I look at it, that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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