#ian baxter

[miamaimania]

"Animal Preserve" (1999) by Ian Baxter ◆ Plush toys sealed like specimens

[terrypratchettparadise]

"He was in charge in the absence of the senior members of the faculty. And, currently, this being the spring break, they were absent. And so were the students. The University was, therefore, running at near peak efficiency."

- Terry Pratchett, with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Globe (Science of Discworld 2)

[unouroborize]

Rebecca's Bagged Place, 2013 by IAIN BAXTER& / Adam Chodzko Photograph by Marcus J. Leith

[terrypratchettparadise]

"Rincewind was the least senior member of the faculty.  Indeed, the Archchancellor had made it clear that in seniority terms he ranked somewhat lower than the things that went ‘click’ in the woodwork.  He got no salary and had complete insecurity of tenure.  On the other hand, he got his laundry done free, a place at mealtimes and a bucket of coal a day.  He also had his own office, no one ever visited him and he was strictly forbidden from attempting to teach anything to anyone.  In academic terms, therefore, he considered himself pretty lucky."

- Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Globe (Science of Discworld 2)

[terrypratchettparadise]

"They were, after all, wizards.  That meant that if they saw something, they prodded it.  If it wobbled they prodded it some more.  If you built a guillotine, and then put a sign on it saying ‘Do Not Put Your Neck On This Block’, many wizards would never have to buy a hat again."

- Terry Pratchett, with Ian Baxter and Jack Cohen - The Science Of Discworld #1

[terrypratchettparadise]

"It's one of the Archchancellor's Big Ideas. He says that if the faculty gets to know one another better, they'll be a happier, more efficient team.'

'But they do know one another! They've known one another for ages! That's why they don't like one another very much! They won't stand for being turned into a happy and efficent team!"

- Terry Pratchett, with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Globe (Science of Discworld 2)

[terrypratchettparadise]

"There are some laws that are coded into the very nature of the universe, and one is: There Is Never Enough Shelf Space."

- Terry Pratchett, with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Globe (Science of Discworld 2)

[terrypratchettparadise]

"If intelligent beings are going to get along together without too much friction, it’s important to realise that other members of your species have an internal mental universe, which controls their actions in the same way that your own mind controls yours."

- Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen - The Globe (Science of Discworld 2)