“Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying ‘Got rocks … Continue reading Men at Arms – Terry Pratchett
“…no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away… The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.” – Terry Pratchett Reaper Man is the next book in the … Continue reading Reaper Man – Terry Pratchett
“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it’s as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out … Continue reading Moving Pictures – Terry Pratchett
“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You’re wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people,but some of them are on opposite sides” – Lord Havelock … Continue reading Guards! Guards! – Terry Pratchett
“Tomorrow here is just like yesterday, warmed over” – Terry Pratchett While the last book on my Discworld revisit wasn’t one of my most favourites, the next novel certainly goes some way to redressing the situation. Pyramids takes place in … Continue reading Pyramids – Terry Pratchett
When we open a book, we dive in to a different world. We live the lives of the people contained in their pages, and we visit wondrous locations. Continue reading Discussion: The many lives, travels and adventures of a bookworm
Night spread across the Disc like plum jam, or possibly blackberry preserve. But there would be a morning. There would always be another morning. – Terry Pratchett The next book in my revisit of the epic Discworld series is Sourcery. … Continue reading Sourcery – Terry Pratchett
“YOU MUST LEARN THE COMPASSION PROPER TO YOUR TRADE” “And what’s that?” “A SHARP EDGE.” – Death Pratchett’s fourth book in the Discworld series sees us focus on another core character in the books – Death. Death is, as he describes … Continue reading Mort – Terry Pratchett
It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done. A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a halfbrick in the path of the bicycle of history. – Terry … Continue reading Equal Rites – Terry Pratchett
“I just want to go home! I want to go back to where—’ a trace of moisture appeared in Rincewind’s eye—‘to where there’s cobbles under your feet and some of the beer isn’t too bad and you can get quite … Continue reading The Light Fantastic – Terry Pratchett
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