#terry-pratchett — Public Fediverse posts
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In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. There is no such thing as moderately cautious. You are either very cautious, or you are dead. You might be walking around and breathing, but you’re dead, just the same.
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Attractive men were not in plentiful supply in Lancre, where licking your hand and smoothing your hair down before taking a girl out was considered swanky. (Carpe Jugulum)
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Greebo turned upon Granny Weatherwax a yellow-eyed stare of self-satisfied malevolence, such as cats always reserve for people who don’t like them, and purred. Greebo was possibly the only cat who could snigger in purr.
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There was considerable satisfaction in a clean kill. What there wasn't supposed to be was pleasure in a messy one.
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Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: Book 40 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: The Turtle moves.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/09/small-gods-by-terry-pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Photos https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/09/09/small-gods-by-terry-pratchett
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‘Nothing wrong with being self-assertive,’ said Nanny. ‘Self-asserting’s what witching’s all about.’
‘I never said there was anything wrong with it,’ said Granny. ‘I told her there was nothing wrong with it. You can be as self-assertive as you like, I said, just so long as you do what you’re told.’
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Books I've read. September '26
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Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett: Book 39 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: A Discworld look at stories, fairy tales, and what happens when someone is a little too intent on making sure they go just the way they should.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/27/witches-abroad-by-terry-pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Photos https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/27/witches-abroad-by-terry-pratchett
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There was a chorus of nervous laughs, such as there always is from people who owe their jobs and possibly their lives to the whim of the person who has just cracked the not very amusing line. (Small Gods)
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Noticed an amusingly anachronistic (albeit now outdated) reference in 'Mort' by #TerryPratchett today. 😉
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Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett: Book 38 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: It's easy to see why Death is a favorite character in the Discworld series.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/17/reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #Books #Photos https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/08/17/reaper-man-by-terry-pratchett
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It was an amazing phrase. It was practically magical all by itself. It just ... made things better. A shark’s got your leg? No worries. You’ve been stung by a jellyfish? No worries! You’re dead? She’ll be all right! No worries! (Last Continent)
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‘You’re a defeatist.’
‘Defeatist! That’s because I’m going to be defeated.’
‘You’re your own worst enemy, Rincewind,’ said the sword.
Rincewind looked up at the grinning men.
‘Bet?’ he said wearily.
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Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Metres, the Mile, the Marathon – he’d run them all. (Last Continent)
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‘Am I dyin’?’
YES.
‘Will I die?’
YES.
Granny Weatherwax thought this over. ‘But from your point of view, everyone is dying and everyone will die, right?’
YES.
‘So you aren’t actually bein’ a lot of help, strictly speakin’.’ (Carpe Jugulum) -
‘If you were a boy I’d say are you going to seek your fortune?’
‘Can’t girls seek their fortune?’
‘I think they’re supposed to seek a boy with a fortune.’
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@leeleedee One of the #Diskworld novels by #TerryPratchett features a clock in Vetinari's waiting room. It has been specially built to have an irregular tick in order to drive the waiting petitioners slightly insane.
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She'd long ago been resigned to the fact that people expected a bottle of something funny-coloured and sticky. It wasn't the medicine that did the trick though. It was, in a way, the spoon. (Maskerade)
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'Being alone isn't the same as not having other people around,' said Granny. (Lords and Ladies)
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… all books, everywhere, affect all other books. This is obvious: books inspire other books written in the future, and cite books written in the past. But the General Theory of L-Space suggests that, in that case, the contents of books as yet unwritten can be deduced from books now in existence. (Lords and Ladies)
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There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there a few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.
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Distillation of alcohol was illegal in Lancre. On the other hand, King Verence had long ago given up any idea of stopping a witch doing something she wanted to do, so merely required Nanny Ogg to keep her still somewhere it wasn’t obvious. She thoroughly approved of the prohibition, since this gave her an unchallenged market for her own product, known wherever men fell backwards into a ditch as ‘suicider.’ (Maskerade)
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Just because fate throws you together doesn’t mean fate’s got it right.
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…Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it’d save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful. (Lords and Ladies)
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[Hrun] spent a great deal of time in similar situations, seeking gold or demons or distressed virgins and relieving them respectively of their owners, their lives, and at least one cause of their distress.
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Humans Are Not Always Wrong.
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"This is it, he thought. This is where we've filled ourselves up with so many questions that they're starting to overflow and become answers."
#TerryPratchett was my most beloved author by far when I was a teenager, but I've re-read him only a few times over the last few decades. Unlike some of my other early literary faves, this one at least stands up very well for me. Not only is it endlessly quotable, but it is a well plotted mystery, with themes of gender and multiculturalism that don't feel dated, plus what's not to like about golems starting a worker's revolution? @bookstodon #bookstodon
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The sudden appearance of a naked woman always caused a rethink of anyone’s immediate plans.
(Jingo)