People who used magic without knowing what they were doing usually came to a sticky end. All over the entire room, sometimes.
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
#discworld
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#writersCoffeeClub 27th of October: recommend a book that had an impact on your prose.
Not a single book, but an anthology. The Orcs: First Blood series is told from the point of view of orcs. Looking back, I think my attempts to portray more traditionally 'evil' species (orcs, snake-people, etc) in a more nuanced light comes from this.
The other contender is Night Watch from the #discworld books. Does PTerry need any further explanation?
#writersCoffeeClub 27th of October: recommend a book that had an impact on your prose.
Not a single book, but an anthology. The Orcs: First Blood series is told from the point of view of orcs. Looking back, I think my attempts to portray more traditionally 'evil' species (orcs, snake-people, etc) in a more nuanced light comes from this.
The other contender is Night Watch from the #discworld books. Does PTerry need any further explanation?
Death paused. YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE, he said, THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE?
‘Yes. Yes, of course.’
Death nodded. IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #GNUTerryPratchett #DiscDeath #SmallGods
Then Tak looked upon the stone and it was trying to come alive, and Tak smiled, and wrote All things strive.
And for the service the stone had given, he fashioned it into the first Troll, and delighted in the life that came unbidden.
Terry Pratchett, Thud!
...He hated the very idea of the world being divided into the shaved and the shavers. Or those who wore the shiny boots and those who cleaned the mud off them. Every time he saw Willikins the butler fold his, Vimes's, clothes, he suppressed a terrible urge to kick the butler's shiny backside as an affront to the dignity of man.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
...He hated the very idea of the world being divided into the shaved and the shavers. Or those who wore the shiny boots and those who cleaned the mud off them. Every time he saw Willikins the butler fold his, Vimes's, clothes, he suppressed a terrible urge to kick the butler's shiny backside as an affront to the dignity of man.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
"He's going to go totally Librarian-poo."
Terry Pratchett, The Truth
"He's going to go totally Librarian-poo."
Terry Pratchett, The Truth
For my 2nd full #TinyGlade I’ve had a crack at the Unseen University from #Discworld
I enjoyed the process a lot and learned a fair bit about Tiny Glade in the process. I still couldn’t pull off the Octiron Gate or the clock tower but I think that would be tricky even for someone with superior TG skills (although someone on YouTube made Minas Tirith so maybe not).
"The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett is a guide to resisting tyranny disguised as a YA book.
The Queen of the Elves is an unquestioned authoritiy figure in her world, but she doesn't accept responsibility. She makes everyone entertain her, and discards them (terminally) if they displease her. Nothing in her world is real, because she has no imagination. She steals from other worlds and doesn't care for anything once she's gotten what she wants. You don't grow old there, not quickly, anyway, because nothing grows, learns, builds, or even imagines anything new. They're there to convince the Queen that she's somehow all-powerful as well as carefree, fun, and infallible.
The Queen of the Elves is a malignant narcissist, like all tyrants. As usual, Terry Pratchett was preparing us for the worst of the real world, and he somehow made it fun. #Discworld #Pratchett
"The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett is a guide to resisting tyranny disguised as a YA book.
The Queen of the Elves is an unquestioned authoritiy figure in her world, but she doesn't accept responsibility. She makes everyone entertain her, and discards them (terminally) if they displease her. Nothing in her world is real, because she has no imagination. She steals from other worlds and doesn't care for anything once she's gotten what she wants. You don't grow old there, not quickly, anyway, because nothing grows, learns, builds, or even imagines anything new. They're there to convince the Queen that she's somehow all-powerful as well as carefree, fun, and infallible.
The Queen of the Elves is a malignant narcissist, like all tyrants. As usual, Terry Pratchett was preparing us for the worst of the real world, and he somehow made it fun. #Discworld #Pratchett
I am late to the party, by around 40 years.
But I have recently delved into Terry Pratchett's Discworld and although I'm only 2 books into this 41 book epic, I feel this is becoming a new obsession.
The world building in these books is wonderful. And I've never sat and giggled to myself as much when reading. These books are weird and wonderful and very silly in the best way.
Can we please appreciate Josh Kirby's original artwork for the series and how sick his designs are. The attention to detail is 🔥
#discworld #terrypratchett #thelightfantastic #readersofmastodon #joshkirby
I am late to the party, by around 40 years.
But I have recently delved into Terry Pratchett's Discworld and although I'm only 2 books into this 41 book epic, I feel this is becoming a new obsession.
The world building in these books is wonderful. And I've never sat and giggled to myself as much when reading. These books are weird and wonderful and very silly in the best way.
Can we please appreciate Josh Kirby's original artwork for the series and how sick his designs are. The attention to detail is 🔥
#discworld #terrypratchett #thelightfantastic #readersofmastodon #joshkirby
Happy National Rum Day!
What rum-based cocktail is somewhat infamous on the Disc? Who loves to drink it?
(And why is bananananananananana so hard to stop?)
Happy National Rum Day!
What rum-based cocktail is somewhat infamous on the Disc? Who loves to drink it?
(And why is bananananananananana so hard to stop?)
Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Terry Pratchett, Strata
Death was Nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Terry Pratchett, Strata
Years ago I bought an interactive map & guide to Anhk-Morpork, very impressive, with both a map and an aerial view up to the last detail. The app never updated and soon become incompatible, big loss. I dismantled it and recovered the 23766 tiles of 256x256 pixels each that composed the two images. I've been slowly rebuilding the aerial one into a giant 24064 x 16896 px image. Already 3/4 done. I intend to print a great poster for my studio. Detail is insane. #GNUTerryPratchett #DiscWorld
Years ago I bought an interactive map & guide to Anhk-Morpork, very impressive, with both a map and an aerial view up to the last detail. The app never updated and soon become incompatible, big loss. I dismantled it and recovered the 23766 tiles of 256x256 pixels each that composed the two images. I've been slowly rebuilding the aerial one into a giant 24064 x 16896 px image. Already 3/4 done. I intend to print a great poster for my studio. Detail is insane. #GNUTerryPratchett #DiscWorld
"You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage."
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
"You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage."
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
Terry Pratchett; Maskerade
#Discworld #GrannysAgainstGenocide #ReverendSueArrested