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...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

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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.

Aerial ilustration in sepia colour of the city of Anhk-Morpork as described in the Discworls series from Terry Pratchett
Detail of some of the buildings on the aerial illustration of the City of Anhk-Morpork, showing the detailed buildings and places described on the Discworld novels.
Detail from the illustration of the city of Anhk-Morpork showing one of the tiles that compose the final image.

"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

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It turns out "my" shirt design was stolen and used by some US assholes who now sell a Rob Anybody t-shirt.
I can't do anything about that, except giving everybody the design for free - if it has to be out there, nobody should profit from it.
If you end up using it, please PLEASE donate to one of Pratchett's favorite charities or at least to somebody in need.
And add a line somewhere, maybe?

Edit: here's the SVG
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/slcpssbvoz1txzcbnup8i/hope-anybody-GTP.svg?rlkey=i0m9ln5otnac67uc9rgr5bjjp&st=5qwl623v&dl=0

SVG design for my Rob Anybody t-shirt. #GNUTerryPratchett

GNU Terry Pratchett. 10 years gone but never forgotten. Looking around this corner of the internet I see people starting their Discworld journeys for the first time. I see long time readers finding each other. I see friends who started as fellow fans. He changed so many lives. Thank you Terry. I'll raise a toast today on your birthday. A man is not dead while is name is still spoken, or until the ripples he left in the world fade.

'Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest and then I'll murmur agreement, not actually *say* anything, I'm not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard ...

But no-one said anything. The cowards, each man thought.'

On his birthday, sharing page 292 of my paperback edition of Terry Pratchett’s novel Guards! Guards! It includes the passage quoted in the toot. One of his many many wise observations that unfortunately remain wildly relevant, year after year, decade after decade after his death.

Where to start with: Terry Pratchett

With more than 75m copies of his books sold around the world, Terry Pratchett is one of the most loved British writers, best known for his comic fantasy novels set on a fictional planet, . Ten years on from the author’s death, and just before what would have been his 77th birthday, Pratchett’s biographer Marc Burrows has put together a guide to his hero’s work

https://www.dumptheguardian.com/books/2025/apr/25/where-to-start-with-terry-pratchett

It's been ten years since we lost Sir Terry Pratchett. He was a huge influence on my sense of humour, my writing style, and my outlook on life.

I am celebrating his life today by re-reading my first ever Discworld book.

(Ignore my soup, I'm also very hungry.)

Photo of a hand holding the Josh Kirby UK cover of Terry Pratchett Guards! Guards! (which features a red dragon breathing flame on some hapless watchmen). There is a yellow bowl of minestrone soup in the background.