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Discworld - Featured in our book - The Art of Point-And-click Adventure Games
Crammed with stunning game imagery, concept art, and interviews with legendary designers, this beautiful volume is a feast for point-and-click adventure fans everywhere.
Reprints due 17th June, get a stock alert here: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/all-books/products/the-art-of-point-click-adventure-games
#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #pointandclick #discworld #bookstodon
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 7, Pyramids (1989)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8392…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #audience #listener #listening #response #retort
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 7, Pyramids (1989)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8392…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #audience #listener #listening #response #retort
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 7, Pyramids (1989)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8392…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #audience #listener #listening #response #retort
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 7, Pyramids (1989)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8392…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #audience #listener #listening #response #retort
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 7, Pyramids (1989)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8392…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #audience #listener #listening #response #retort
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
One of the hardest lessons of young Sam’s life had been finding out that the people in charge weren’t in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/6953…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #nightwatch #samvimes #vimes #behindthecurtain #bureaucracy #chaos #control #government #incharge #officials #planning #power #rulers #thinking
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Die Geschichten der Scheibenwelt haben mich gelehrt, ein halbwegs guter Mensch zu sein.
Deine Geschichten fehlen #TerryPrachett
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“… kingship was a bit like a grand piano - you could put a cover over it, but you could still see what shape it was underneath.”
Terry Pratchett; The Fifth Elephant
#Discworld #RoyalVisit #KingVersusFakeKing 👑 -
When Discworld meets Warhammer!
I am not saying, Ciaphas Cain is sharing a lot of personal traits with Rincewind, but there are similarities. Like the length they go to, to avoid heroism.
#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #ImperialGuard #CiaphasCain #Jurgen #Rincewind #Discworld #TheLuggage
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When Discworld meets Warhammer!
I am not saying, Ciaphas Cain is sharing a lot of personal traits with Rincewind, but there are similarities. Like the length they go to, to avoid heroism.
#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #ImperialGuard #CiaphasCain #Jurgen #Rincewind #Discworld #TheLuggage
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When Discworld meets Warhammer!
I am not saying, Ciaphas Cain is sharing a lot of personal traits with Rincewind, but there are similarities. Like the length they go to, to avoid heroism.
#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #ImperialGuard #CiaphasCain #Jurgen #Rincewind #Discworld #TheLuggage
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When Discworld meets Warhammer!
I am not saying, Ciaphas Cain is sharing a lot of personal traits with Rincewind, but there are similarities. Like the length they go to, to avoid heroism.
#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #ImperialGuard #CiaphasCain #Jurgen #Rincewind #Discworld #TheLuggage
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When Discworld meets Warhammer!
I am not saying, Ciaphas Cain is sharing a lot of personal traits with Rincewind, but there are similarities. Like the length they go to, to avoid heroism.
#Warhammer #Warhammer40k #ImperialGuard #CiaphasCain #Jurgen #Rincewind #Discworld #TheLuggage
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
Here’s some advice boy. Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch [Vimes] (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/3061…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #nightwatch #discworld #vimes #counterrevolution #cycleofviolence #government #history #instability #politicalinstability #politicalviolence #radical #revolution
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“‘It's a far, far better thing I do now than I have ever done before,’ said Nobby.
‘Right,’ said Sergeant Colon. They walked on in silence for a while and he added: ‘O’ course, that’s not difficult.'”
Terry Pratchett; Jingo
#Discworld #MelaniaPressConference #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinWarDistraction #LiarLiarPantsOnFire -
“‘You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.
'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
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“‘You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.
'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
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“‘You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.
'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
#Discworld #EasterEggSunday #RunningUpThatHill #TheEpsteinFiles 🥚🐣 -
“‘You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.
'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
#Discworld #EasterEggSunday #RunningUpThatHill #TheEpsteinFiles 🥚🐣 -
“‘You'd like Freedom, Truth, and Justice, wouldn't you, Comrade Sergeant?' said Reg encouragingly.
'I'd like a hard-boiled egg,' said Vimes, shaking the match out.”
Terry Pratchett; Night Watch
#Discworld #EasterEggSunday #RunningUpThatHill #TheEpsteinFiles 🥚🐣 -
A quotation from Terry Pratchett
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that’d still be keeping his feet dry in ten years’ time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 15, Men at Arms (1993)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8319…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #vimes #advantage #boots #investment #poverty #quality #rich #savings #spending #wealth
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“THERE IS NO JUSTICE, THERE’S JUST US”
Terry Pratchett; Reaper Man
#Discworld #IsraeliDeathPenalty #Knesset #StateAuthorisedMurder #WarCrimes 😐 -
“…even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works.…”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
#Discworld #TyrantTrump #TrumpsOilRants #TheEpsteinWar -
“…even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works.…”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
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“…even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works.…”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
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“…even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works.…”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
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“…even the post of Tyrant has been somewhat redefined by the incumbent Lord Vetinari, as the only form of democracy that works.…”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
We who think we are about to die will laugh at anything.
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 29, Night Watch (2002)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/2978…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #samvimes #danger #death #defiance #desperation #gallowshumor #humor #laughter #mortality #nothingtolose #threat
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“‘There's a limit to the power of a spring, no matter how tightly one winds it.’”
Terry Pratchett; Men at Arms
#Discworld #SpringEquinox #SunShineySpring ☀️🌷😎 -
What a gift to all of us! A gift to myself tonight, lay down on my warm bed with a comfy sweater and pillows, stretch out and really listen to long agos I really miss and am glad to visit again. #SirTerry #PTerry #Prachett #Discworld #Thud #Snuff https://allovertheplace.ca/@mcourcel/116242190012219796
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“When I am old I shall wear midnight.”
Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight
#Discworld #Dunblane #NeverGrowingOld #Snowdrops #AlwaysRemember 💙 -
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Hoy celebramos una triste pero a la vez bonita efeméride. Porque es el día en que recordamos su nombre... Y su obra #TerryPratchett.
"La frase 'Alguien debería hacer algo' no era, por sí sola, útil. La gente que la usaba nunca añadía la coletilla 'y ese alguien soy yo'".
Susan, Papá Puerco
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A Sense of Doubt blog post-4040 - Did Alzheimer's Affect Terry Pratchett's Discworld? https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-4040-did.html #Discworld #Alzheimers #writing #GreatBooks #TerryPratchett
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“‘Too many lies and there’s no truth to go back to.'”
Terry Pratchett; Monstrous Regiment
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Kleiner Tip für nebenbei, falls noch nicht bekannt.
Pratchett hat eine Kurzgeschichte mit der Stadtwache als "public domain" freigegeben.
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Also, this book follows directly on from Wyrd Sisters and both books use as a viewpoint character a king who dies and becomes a ghost, both of whom are rather thick in life but find greater clarity of thought in death.
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#Discworld re-read: Book 7, Pyramids.
Now's here a reference I didn't get the first time.
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“‘Don't trust the cannibal just 'cos he's usin' a knife and fork.'”
Terry Pratchett; Carpe Jugulum
#Discworld #Cannabalism #AbhorrenceNormalised #TheEpsteinFiles #TheEpsteinClass -
A quotation from Terry Pratchett
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.*
* This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny noises in attics, and mowing lawns can eventually reduce even the strongest constitution.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8226…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #eric #amazons #battleofthesexes #chores #genderroles #household #males #masculinity #men #trope #women #jungle
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.*
* This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny noises in attics, and mowing lawns can eventually reduce even the strongest constitution.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8226…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #eric #amazons #battleofthesexes #chores #genderroles #household #males #masculinity #men #trope #women #jungle
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.*
* This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny noises in attics, and mowing lawns can eventually reduce even the strongest constitution.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8226…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #eric #amazons #battleofthesexes #chores #genderroles #household #males #masculinity #men #trope #women #jungle
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A quotation from Terry Pratchett
In the jungles of central Klatch there are, indeed, lost kingdoms of mysterious Amazonian princesses who capture male explorers for specifically masculine duties. These are indeed rigorous and exhausting and the luckless victims do not last long.*
* This is because wiring plugs, putting up shelves, sorting out the funny noises in attics, and mowing lawns can eventually reduce even the strongest constitution.Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) English author
Discworld No. 9, Eric (1990)More about this quote: wist.info/pratchett-terry/8226…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #terrypratchett #discworld #eric #amazons #battleofthesexes #chores #genderroles #household #males #masculinity #men #trope #women #jungle