On a conference call with a friend of my middle discussing which #GNUTerryPratchett book to start with.
While Guards Guards was a good contender, we went with Wee Free Men.
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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
...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
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
"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
Not only did I wipe Lemmings from my hard disc, I overwrote it so's I couldn't get it back.
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett
Not only did I wipe Lemmings from my hard disc, I overwrote it so's I couldn't get it back.
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett
"All bastards are bastards, but some bastards is *bastards*."
Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
It's been 10 years.
I often wonder how Tiffany is doing?
What's young Sam up to?
What's Moist doing with his time?
Is Vetinari still going, or did he finally meet his match?
Most of all though, I miss the new words. The characters were my friends, the Discworld my hideaway.
I miss all of them, as well as their creator - even though I never met him.
Terry's words made me who I am today. They gave me the courage to ask questions, to stand up for what is right and have comforted me in my grief.
Thank you for your words Terry, they mean so much to so many. You live on in so many of us.
It's been 10 years.
I often wonder how Tiffany is doing?
What's young Sam up to?
What's Moist doing with his time?
Is Vetinari still going, or did he finally meet his match?
Most of all though, I miss the new words. The characters were my friends, the Discworld my hideaway.
I miss all of them, as well as their creator - even though I never met him.
Terry's words made me who I am today. They gave me the courage to ask questions, to stand up for what is right and have comforted me in my grief.
Thank you for your words Terry, they mean so much to so many. You live on in so many of us.
A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
Terry Pratchett, The Truth
Nacho reviewed Los Pequeños Hombres Libres by Terry Pratchett
A riotous, wise, and gripping junior Discworld novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning author and acknowledged …
Mundodisco con capítulos, el menos mejor
3 stars
Tal vez mi entrega menos favorita del Mundodisco hasta el momento posiblemente en buena medida porque es una novela que no pone nada fácil el traducirla. En la versión en español optan por hacer hablar a los Nac Mac Feegles en una especie de asturiano con toques gallegos que me sacaba constantemente de la historia. Y no creo que sea una mala decisión de traducción, simplemente me parece que no había solución buena. En general las novelas del Mundodisco más orientadas a un público juvenil las disfruto menos y esta no ha sido una excepción. Pero aun así sigue siendo una novela de Pratchett (#speakHisName) que siempre te deja una sensación calentita por dentro y te reconcilia un poco con el mundo.
In fact, no gods anywhere play chess. They prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
In fact, no gods anywhere play chess. They prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight to Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House.
His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things.
Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.
Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.
Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort
By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures