#gnu pterry

[hotsauceintheebag]

The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go. Which they won't do if they don't know about it. This explains why it is so important to shoot missionaries on sight.

Eric, Terry Prachett

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Average Ankh-Morporkian: I heard the Patrician is shredded. I heard he has a twelve pack. I've heard vampires swoon at his feet and Lady Margolotta founded the League of Temperance after the Patrician told her "Lips that touch ichor will never touch mine". I heard he fucked his way around the Hub on the Grand Sneer and our diplomacy is so successful because every leader on the Disc is at least a little bit in love with him.

Vetinari: sitting in an armchair in the Oblong Office with Wuffles lying across a lace antimacassar on his lap, absently alternating between sipping tea, petting Wuffles, and doing the crossword in front of the fire while wearing trifocals and muttering to himself gently about the clues.

[witchothebogfolk]

Favourite Characters 55/365

Rincewind, the eternal coward. It's not about where you're running to, but who or what you are running from!

I love Rincewind and his desire for a quiet life with potatoes nearby...

[unhappytogekiss]

Like yeah, you can quote Sam Vimes or Granny Weatherwax all you want but the Truth is another of my favourite underrated discworld books

Like the running ----ing joke with Mr Tulip is genuinely one of the funniest jokes in discworld and the one about his antique identification skills is a close second

I think about "The truth will make you fret" typo on a daily basis, and the fact that people only want olds and that the lie has gone round the world while the truth is still getting it's boots on. All the themes about journalistic integrity and the truth have only got more relevant as we've ventured further into the hellscape of social media.

This book was written in the year 2000! Facebook wasn't even a glint in the milkman's eye! You still needed to get your lies from the Daily Mail!

And we get another underrated female pratchett character in Sacharissa Cripslock, who remains normal looking and angry and flawed in a very human way. (most underrated casting from going postal is her as tamsin grieg imo)

I first read this book when I was about 12 and it's still sitting there rearranging my brain chemistry fifteen years later. It's always informed how I relate to the media.

That's the act of a genius. If I could write something even half as good as it; I'd die happy

[beardedmrbean]

[endofthestaff]

For Those who Wear Lillac, For Those who carry a towel, and for those who we remember:

“Dont put your trust in Revolutions, they always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions”

Happy 25th of May everyone

GNU Sir Pterry, oh the things you would’ve said about the world we live in right now.

[projectorthus]

IT’S FINALLY DONE!!

I am so deeply proud of this. Especially page three.

Had to give Mal a stupid little cape like he has on the cover. And had to make them hold hands because It’s Pride Month.

[seriouslurker]

I met SirPTerry on the book tour he did for Night Watch, back in 2002 at Waterstones in Birmingham. There's no great story about it, I was shy and he was charming.

Night Watch has since become my favourite, and I'm pleased of all the discworld books I have, it's my copy of Night Watch that's signed and dedicated to me.

Here's to doing the job that's in front of you.