How Terry Pratchett’s First Novel Went From Tolkien Homage To Parody

And it is not quite the same book.

instead of Be off!.

In the 1971 original, Bane and Shenda are clear parallels to Aragorn and Arwen.

Unless you are a tone-deaf snarg.

With the addition of that footnote, what was once an homage toTolkienhas become a parody.

The young readers then werent like you in lots of ways Pratchett told his young audience.