April 2012
28 posts
Many feel they are called to the priesthood, but what they really hear is an...
– Small Gods, Terry Pratchett. (via reverse-mermaid)
Sir Terry Pratchett
thebooshislooseandalittlebitraw:
Happy Birthday and thank you for changing the literary world, not only firmly establishing comedy books, but the whole fantasy genre has been improved severely thanks to you your insight, description and knowledge of both the working mind and it’s history is astounding we thank you, as fans and as loyal readers and we remember
Mr Shine, Him diamond
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Look at him. Scrawny, like most wizards and clad in a dark red robe on which a...
– Rincewind.
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
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Why Gandalf Never Married by Terry Pratchett →
thelspace:
This talk was given in 1985, after Colour of Magic was printed but before The Light Fantastic and Equal Rites.
It’s about the differences between the ways men and women of magic are portrayed in fantasy lit and it’s, of course, great because it’s Terry Pratchett speaking.
Oh, yes. The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that...
– The Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett)
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never...
– Lords and Ladies (via esmereldaweatherwax)
There should be a word for the microscopic spark of hope that you dare not...
– Terry Pratchett, Mort (via youphoria)
Once a moderately jolly wizard camped by a dried-up waterhole under the shade of...
– The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (It’s a parody of the Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda, just as the novel is a parody of Australia. The Last Continent made me laugh so hard, from start to finish)
The point is, you’ll never know. You’ve gone past. So there’s no use thinking...
– Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies (via youphoria)
In fact most people on the Disc were currently in a state of mind normally...
– The Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett)
She was just in time to hear the beginning of an angry scream, and then Mrs...
– I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett (via fabricatidiempvnc)
Rincewind knew what orgasms were, of course, he’d had a few in his time,...
– The Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett)
meltingpenguins:
Rincewind dreamcast
Hands down.
The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and...
– The Light Fantastic (Terry Pratchett)
History always has a few tricks up its frayed sleeve. It’s been around a long...
– Mort, Terry Pratchett (via turtleshellofsolitude)
Sometimes everyone has to know the monster is dead, and remember, so that they...
– Anges Nitt, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (via irememberdelight)
‘Mercy’s a fine thing, but judgin’ comes first. Otherwise you don’t know what...
– Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (via irememberdelight)