“It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.”
Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards!
#Discworld #StGeorgesDay #Dragons #ScorchedEarth

Rob Wilkins put up 3 signed copies of "Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes" for auction (https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/128726/auctions/181179/auction_items/6158640), with the proceeds going to Genre Creators for Trans Rights in the UK & SA (https://www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans)

h/t Rhianna Pratchett

"If we find a cat I'm going to kick it!"

Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“‘NOTHING IS FINAL. NOTHING IS ABSOLUTE. EXCEPT ME, OF COURSE.’”
Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
#Discworld #PopeFrancis #DeathOfAPope

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military manoeuvres, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

The City Watch takes action
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Strange how my mind works

Woke up in the middle of the night pondering who would make a good actress to play Granny Weatherwax in a Terry #Pratchett's #discworld film about his cast of Witches

Answer : Tilda Swinton

The Last Continent finished!

I had a good time, even if I must have missed a few references to Australia. Beginning a bit slow to get going and end a bit chaotic to understand.

I've almost run out of room to put the books away

Honestly should I become a figure of authority or in a position of power, I will absolutely make "Please, do not allow me to detain you." to be my perfectly normal conversation ender.

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colours. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
Terry Pratchett; A Hat Full of Sky
#Discworld #EasterMonday

"All holy piety in public, and all peeled grapes and self-indulgence in private."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“I want to eat chocolates in a great big room where the world is a different place.”
Terry Pratchett; Monstrous Regiment
#Discworld #EasterEggSunday #HappyEaster

Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

I'm just about to dive into the #Discworld thingy, starting with The Colour Of Magic. Wish me luck!

/ @Bern

“Cats are like witches. They don’t fight to kill, but to win. There is a difference. There’s no point in killing an opponent. That way, they won’t know they’ve lost, and to be real winner you have to have an opponent who is beaten and knows it.”
Terry Pratchett; Witches Abroad
#Discworld #Cattitude #Caturday #HappyCaturday #CatsOfMastadon

Have they found Octarine?

#GNUTerryPratchett #discworld

Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/18/scientists-claim-to-have-found-colour-no-one-has-seen-before

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.

Terry defending his solution to the Monty Hall problem.
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Dear Scientists, #TerryPratchett already discovered this. It's called #Octarine

https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/scientists-hijacked-the-human-eye-to-get-it-to-see-a-brand-new-color-its-called-olo