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I am currently rather enjoying my first read-through of the Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett. As of today, I am a stone's throw away from finishing Interesting Times and starting Maskerade (probably later tonight).
The quote below was the first quote that I deemed worthy of retaining for posterity, upon my first reading of The Colour of Magic.
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"His was the air of one who is unjustly put upon, who is dreaded and feared, yet who is the only friend of the poor and the best doctor for the mortally wounded....
Death, although exceptionally busy at all times, decided that He now had a hobby."
From: "The Colour of Magic" by Sir Terry Pratchett (1983)
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#discworld #colourofmagic #terrypratchett #sirterrypratchett #bookquotes #quotes #literaryquotes #reading #books #bookstodon #GNUTerryPratchett #death #rincewind #wizards
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I am currently rather enjoying my first read-through of the Discworld series by Sir Terry Pratchett. As of today, I am a stone's throw away from finishing Interesting Times and starting Maskerade (probably later tonight).
The quote below was the first quote that I deemed worthy of retaining for posterity, upon my first reading of The Colour of Magic.
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"His was the air of one who is unjustly put upon, who is dreaded and feared, yet who is the only friend of the poor and the best doctor for the mortally wounded....
Death, although exceptionally busy at all times, decided that He now had a hobby."
From: "The Colour of Magic" by Sir Terry Pratchett (1983)
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#discworld #colourofmagic #terrypratchett #sirterrypratchett #bookquotes #quotes #literaryquotes #reading #books #bookstodon #GNUTerryPratchett #death #rincewind #wizards
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Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
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Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.
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Eric by Terry Pratchett: Book 33 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: A shorter book, this is a relatively quick romp; not bad, but not a standout.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/26/eric-by-terry-pratchett
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Eric by Terry Pratchett: Book 33 of 2026: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: A shorter book, this is a relatively quick romp; not bad, but not a standout.
https://michaelhans.com/eclecticism/2026/07/26/eric-by-terry-pratchett
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“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
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“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”
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Buddy tried to look as inconspicuous as a human can look if he is accompanying a dwarf with a big horn, an ape, and a troll carrying a piano in a bag. (Soul Music)
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Buddy tried to look as inconspicuous as a human can look if he is accompanying a dwarf with a big horn, an ape, and a troll carrying a piano in a bag. (Soul Music)
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Today's Guest Spotlight is Professor David Lloyd! A long-time friend of Sir #TerryPratchett, David co-wrote the introduction and annotations to the Penguin Modern Classic edition of Night Watch along with Dr. Darryl Jones.
Sadly, David is unable to attend this year's #DiscworldConvention due to living in Fourecks, but will deliver a virtual session nonetheless.
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Today's Guest Spotlight is Professor David Lloyd! A long-time friend of Sir #TerryPratchett, David co-wrote the introduction and annotations to the Penguin Modern Classic edition of Night Watch along with Dr. Darryl Jones.
Sadly, David is unable to attend this year's #DiscworldConvention due to living in Fourecks, but will deliver a virtual session nonetheless.
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Finiquitado Pirómides, libro autoconclusivo de Terry Pratchett del Mundodisco.
Buenísimo ejercicio de buceo entre tradiciones, religiones y creencias. En algunos momentos se me hacía un poco cuesta arriba, pero me ha sorprendido por los giros que hay en cada libro (está dividido en 4). Teppic, aún sin ser un personaje muy interesante (creo que personajes como Dios o Maldito Bastardo se lo comen), hace bien su papel de presentarnos una ciudad fuera de lo conocido dentro del Mundodisco.
Las pirámides como centro energético, los pliegues del tiempo, los camellos (JAJAJA) y los constructores de pirámides han sido muy divertidos.
Sí que noto algunos saltos que para mi mente son demasiado complejos. Me explico: pasan tantas cosas tan jodidas en tan poco tiempo en todo lo referente al universo, los pliegues, los dioses, las desapariciones... que siento que me pierdo bastante. También he notado muchos paralelismos con las religiones y las tradiciones y cultura humanas "reales", y pienso que, al no tener ni puta idea de muchas de ellas, me he perdido parte del encanto.
Aún así, y como siempre me pasa desde que empecé con la saga, me gusta saber más sobre el universo y la vida fuera de Ankh-Morpork. Nada de magos en este libro, nada del gremio de ladrones, no hay dragones, sólo un paseíto por Ankh-Morpork y una entrada (muy guapa) del gremio de los asesinos.
¿Lo recomiendo? Sí.
¿Lo recomiendo para empezar? ¡No!De momento, la Guardia sigue entre el top, y tanto es así que al terminar, respiré, y me puse con Pies de Barro.
Algunos highlights que he subrayado:
"La gente necesitaba creer en dioses aunque sólo fuese por lo difícil que resultaba creer en las personas. Los dioses eran necesarios."
"Ser realmente estúpido es algo que sólo está al alcance de un ser humano".
"Los soldados entusiastas sin batallas que les distraigan no tardan en aburrirse y empiezan a concebir ideas muy peligrosas".
""El problema con los dioses es que en cuanto un número suficiente de personas empieza a creer en ellos tienen la molesta costumbre de hacerse reales, y lo que empieza a existir en ese momento no es lo que se había pretendido originalmente".
#libros #books #bookstodon #mundodisco #terrypratchett #librostodon
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Finiquitado Pirómides, libro autoconclusivo de Terry Pratchett del Mundodisco.
Buenísimo ejercicio de buceo entre tradiciones, religiones y creencias. En algunos momentos se me hacía un poco cuesta arriba, pero me ha sorprendido por los giros que hay en cada libro (está dividido en 4). Teppic, aún sin ser un personaje muy interesante (creo que personajes como Dios o Maldito Bastardo se lo comen), hace bien su papel de presentarnos una ciudad fuera de lo conocido dentro del Mundodisco.
Las pirámides como centro energético, los pliegues del tiempo, los camellos (JAJAJA) y los constructores de pirámides han sido muy divertidos.
Sí que noto algunos saltos que para mi mente son demasiado complejos. Me explico: pasan tantas cosas tan jodidas en tan poco tiempo en todo lo referente al universo, los pliegues, los dioses, las desapariciones... que siento que me pierdo bastante. También he notado muchos paralelismos con las religiones y las tradiciones y cultura humanas "reales", y pienso que, al no tener ni puta idea de muchas de ellas, me he perdido parte del encanto.
Aún así, y como siempre me pasa desde que empecé con la saga, me gusta saber más sobre el universo y la vida fuera de Ankh-Morpork. Nada de magos en este libro, nada del gremio de ladrones, no hay dragones, sólo un paseíto por Ankh-Morpork y una entrada (muy guapa) del gremio de los asesinos.
¿Lo recomiendo? Sí.
¿Lo recomiendo para empezar? ¡No!De momento, la Guardia sigue entre el top, y tanto es así que al terminar, respiré, y me puse con Pies de Barro.
Algunos highlights que he subrayado:
"La gente necesitaba creer en dioses aunque sólo fuese por lo difícil que resultaba creer en las personas. Los dioses eran necesarios."
"Ser realmente estúpido es algo que sólo está al alcance de un ser humano".
"Los soldados entusiastas sin batallas que les distraigan no tardan en aburrirse y empiezan a concebir ideas muy peligrosas".
""El problema con los dioses es que en cuanto un número suficiente de personas empieza a creer en ellos tienen la molesta costumbre de hacerse reales, y lo que empieza a existir en ese momento no es lo que se había pretendido originalmente".
#libros #books #bookstodon #mundodisco #terrypratchett #librostodon
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Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. 7
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Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. 7
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So, as I've been reading the #discworld series for the first time (in publication order), I've been collecting quotes I found particularly amusing or significant or interesting or thoughtful... I'm wondering if it would be cool if I were to begin posting these short quotes/passages to Mastodon? Would people enjoy that? Would it get more people to want to read Discworld? Would it be a proper way to honor the genius of #terrypratchett ?
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So, as I've been reading the #discworld series for the first time (in publication order), I've been collecting quotes I found particularly amusing or significant or interesting or thoughtful... I'm wondering if it would be cool if I were to begin posting these short quotes/passages to Mastodon? Would people enjoy that? Would it get more people to want to read Discworld? Would it be a proper way to honor the genius of #terrypratchett ?
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Het heeft wat tijd nodig gehad, maar nu eindelijk uit. Een aanrader, die je laat blijven nadenken als het boek al uit is.
De verhalen vertellende aap (dat zijn wij), memeplex, de liegende mens (wat we kunnen omdat we verhalen bedenken). Natuurlijk ook elven, bananen en Rincewind.
En een oneindige bibliotheek.
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‘Gytha, is there anything in the whole world you can’t make sound grubby?’
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‘Gytha, is there anything in the whole world you can’t make sound grubby?’
‘Not found it yet, Esme,’ said Nanny brightly. (Maskerade) -
Today is our last Charity Spotlight! The third charity we will be raising money for at the #DiscworldConvention is... @transactualuk!
Run by trans people, for trans people, TransActual works for a UK (and a world) where all trans people can live safely, in dignity and with access to the healthcare they need.
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Today is our last Charity Spotlight! The third charity we will be raising money for at the #DiscworldConvention is... @transactualuk!
Run by trans people, for trans people, TransActual works for a UK (and a world) where all trans people can live safely, in dignity and with access to the healthcare they need.
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…her clients had money, which was useful, but they also paid in respect, and that was a rock-hard currency.
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…her clients had money, which was useful, but they also paid in respect, and that was a rock-hard currency.
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Yes folks, it's that time you've all been waiting for... The #DiscworldConvention Programme and App are now LIVE!
(No-one is more pleased or astounded by this than our tireless Programme team.)
Also in today's #Newsletter:
- How to volunteer
- Unofficial events
- Signing sessions
- What the heck IS a Hedgehog Party, anyway?dwcon.org/301
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Yes folks, it's that time you've all been waiting for... The #DiscworldConvention Programme and App are now LIVE!
(No-one is more pleased or astounded by this than our tireless Programme team.)
Also in today's #Newsletter:
- How to volunteer
- Unofficial events
- Signing sessions
- What the heck IS a Hedgehog Party, anyway?dwcon.org/301
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Igneous had always found the general denial was more reliable than the specific refutation. (Feet of Clay)
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Igneous had always found the general denial was more reliable than the specific refutation. (Feet of Clay)
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It wasn’t that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.
There had been plenty of singers whose high notes could smash a glass, but Nanny’s high C could clean it. (Lords and Ladies) -
It wasn’t that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.
There had been plenty of singers whose high notes could smash a glass, but Nanny’s high C could clean it. (Lords and Ladies) -
Nanny Ogg sent a number of cards home to her family, not a single one of which got back before she did. This is traditional, and happens everywhere in the universe.
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Nanny Ogg sent a number of cards home to her family, not a single one of which got back before she did. This is traditional, and happens everywhere in the universe.
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‘You mean they hate water?’ said Twoflower.
‘No, that wouldn’t work,’ said Rincewind. ‘Hate is an attracting force, just like love. They really loathe it, the very idea of it revolts them.’
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‘You mean they hate water?’ said Twoflower.
‘No, that wouldn’t work,’ said Rincewind. ‘Hate is an attracting force, just like love. They really loathe it, the very idea of it revolts them.’
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It's National Wine and Cheese Day!
What is the name of the sentient cheese accidentally created by Tiffany Aching, who first appears in #Wintersmith?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #Wintersmith #InternationalDay #NationalWineAndCheeseDay
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It's National Wine and Cheese Day!
What is the name of the sentient cheese accidentally created by Tiffany Aching, who first appears in #Wintersmith?
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #Wintersmith #InternationalDay #NationalWineAndCheeseDay
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‘The price for being the best is always…having to be the best.’ (Lords and Ladies)
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‘The price for being the best is always…having to be the best.’ (Lords and Ladies)
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Just two weeks today, the #DiscworldConvention will be in FULL SWING! :O
As such, today's #Newsletter is full of guidance for a safe and fun Convention (which doesn't get hotel furniture covered in body paint). Give it a read!
dwcon.org/299
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Death began to feel that he wouldn’t understand people as long as he lived.
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Death began to feel that he wouldn’t understand people as long as he lived.
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For more than a thousand years the kings along the Djel had, with extreme diplomacy, exquisite manners and the footwork of a centipede on adrenaline, kept the peace along the whole widdershins side of the continent.
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For more than a thousand years the kings along the Djel had, with extreme diplomacy, exquisite manners and the footwork of a centipede on adrenaline, kept the peace along the whole widdershins side of the continent.
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I recently read all Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, very enjoyable. Especially loved the wee free men, the 6 inch high Mac Nac Feegle. When they are worried they all yell, 'oh waily waily', a fantastic phrase which we now find ourselves using all the time. Miss Terry Pratchett very much. #TerryPratchett
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I recently read all Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books, very enjoyable. Especially loved the wee free men, the 6 inch high Mac Nac Feegle. When they are worried they all yell, 'oh waily waily', a fantastic phrase which we now find ourselves using all the time. Miss Terry Pratchett very much. #TerryPratchett
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She’d never, ever asked for anything in return. And the trouble with not asking for anything in return was that sometimes you didn’t get it. (Carpe Jugulum)
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She’d never, ever asked for anything in return. And the trouble with not asking for anything in return was that sometimes you didn’t get it. (Carpe Jugulum)
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And he was pretty sure that there was no way you could get a cross between a human and a sheep. If there was, people would definitely have found out by now, especially in the more isolated rural districts. (Last Continent)
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And he was pretty sure that there was no way you could get a cross between a human and a sheep. If there was, people would definitely have found out by now, especially in the more isolated rural districts. (Last Continent)
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‘You’re dead,’ he said.
Keli waited. She couldn’t think of any suitable reply. ‘I’m not’ lacked a certain style, while ‘Is it serious?’ seemed somehow too frivolous.
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Oook ook ook? Oooook ook? Oook ook eeek!
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