Terrybot 2h ago

Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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SANEAlex16h ago

#GNUTerryPratchett Got a shout out today on #Radio4's "You're Dead To Me"(A comedy history series I’d recommend) referencing the #DiscWorld book #InterestingTimes and its references to the #RoundWorld Terracotta Army.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cshgzq

BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, The Terracotta Army

Join Greg Jenner in Ancient China to take a closer look at The Terracotta Army.

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Terrybot 1d ago

PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES *DO* PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED 'LIVING'.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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Show threadSANEAlex1d ago

@homeindorset

Well in my guise as a part-time fictional character & PageRunner IIRC I first appeared on #Discworld in Chapter 3, did you not read "Going Postal" ❓ 😜 if not I’d highly recommend it.

Of other people who seem to believe the Literature thing David Langford(The record holder for number of Hugo awards) of whom I once witnessed #GNUTerryPratchett calling him a B@st*rd‼️ ‼️ for a book he wrote despite this minor rivalry he wrote the introduction to "Terry Pratchett: Guilty Of Literature" so there is at least a quartet in the "Guilty Of Literature" camp & i may have met a few more in my travels.😜

SANEAlex1d ago

RE: https://toot.community/@blackwaterborn/116301239248308453

So it seems #GNUTerryPratchett should have got the Nobel Hat-trick

Obviously the Boots essay should have got the echognomics(If i have my Trob translation right😜 ) one.

The quoted post below by Drew shows he should have had the physics one.

And of course some of us more fanatical fans have also accused him of literature on occasions.

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Terrybot 2d ago

Azhural raised his staff. "It's fifteen hundred miles to Ankh-Morpork," he said. "We've got three hundred and sixty-three elephants, fifty carts of forage, the monsoon's about to break and we're wearing... we're wearing... sort of things, like glass, only dark... dark glass things on our eyes..."

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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Petra2d ago

I just realised that I can sum up my philosophy on behaviour by paraphrasing Granny Weatherwax:

Don't treat people as things.

It's that simple.

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Terrybot 3d ago

I AM DEATH, NOT TAXES. *I* TURN UP ONLY ONCE.

Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay

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Terrybot 4d ago

Perdita thought that not obeying rules was somehow *cool*. Agnes thought that rules like "Don't fall into this huge pit of spikes" were there for a purpose.

Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

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Michael Knudsen4d ago

'Lord?'

'If I am further vexed, you will recall that two people are due to be sacrificed. I may feel generous and increase the number.'

- Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic

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