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Petra

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.

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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.

#GNUTerryPratchett
#SpeakHisName

Terrybot :pratchett:

A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

Terry Pratchett, The Truth

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Nacho reviewed Los Pequeños Hombres Libres by Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett: Los Pequeños Hombres Libres (Paperback, 2017, Debolsillo, DEBOLSILLO)

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.

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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

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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

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Terrybot :pratchett:

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

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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort

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I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.

Death addresses his new apprentice
Terry Pratchett, Mort

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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

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There are *no* inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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"I'm vice-president of Throwing Out People Mr Dibbler Doesn't like the Face of."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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"I'm vice-president of Throwing Out People Mr Dibbler Doesn't like the Face of."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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Terrybot :pratchett:

Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent protection.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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"Why bother with such a big stone arch?"
"It's just showing off. There's probably a sticker on the back saying 'My Other Grave Is A Porch'".

Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

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"Why bother with such a big stone arch?"
"It's just showing off. There's probably a sticker on the back saying 'My Other Grave Is A Porch'".

Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

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Terrybot :pratchett:

The sergeant put on the poker face which has been handed down from NCO to NCO ever since one protoamphibian told another, lower ranking protoamphibian to muster a squad of newts and Take That Beach.

Terry Pratchett, Eric

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Terrybot :pratchett:

You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was
"but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was
"but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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Terrybot :pratchett:

I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC (I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were *sure* it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!'). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC (I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were *sure* it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!'). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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Terrybot :pratchett:

Experience has taught me that you feel better on a flight if you avoid chicken fat in plastic sauce.

The joys of travelling the world by plane
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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