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Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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- "My granny says that dying is like going to sleep," Mort added, a shade hopefully.
- I WOULDN'T KNOW. I HAVE DONE NEITHER.
Terry Pratchett, Mort
- "My granny says that dying is like going to sleep," Mort added, a shade hopefully.
- I WOULDN'T KNOW. I HAVE DONE NEITHER.
Terry Pratchett, Mort
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Terry Pratchett’s on Tolkien’s influence on fantasy:
J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.
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And then the thieves went on a two-hour long lunch break.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FrenchHistory/115424122931127774
And just like in Ankh-Morpork, I expect they are unionised and left a receipt!
Alt text for the screenshot: "Post by thelesliegaar: The fact that the Louvre heist didn't take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us." (Assuming she meant the US.)
And then the thieves went on a two-hour long lunch break.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FrenchHistory/115424122931127774
And just like in Ankh-Morpork, I expect they are unionised and left a receipt!
Alt text for the screenshot: "Post by thelesliegaar: The fact that the Louvre heist didn't take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us." (Assuming she meant the US.)
Terry Pratchett’s on Tolkien’s influence on fantasy:
J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji.
#WritersCoffeeClub 10/12. Do you prefer to use real-world settings or to invent new ones?
Real-world settings are easier insofar as your world-building is pre-baked, but they put more constraints on what you can do in your story.
Invented settings require a *lot* of careful thought about stuff that's not obvious at first; where does food come from? Who makes the clothes (and how many days labour does a full outfit cost)? How does inheritance law operate in fantasyland? And so on.
@cstross It's interesting to read #Discworld with this perspective. The early books had Ankh-Morpork as a generic fantasy city with none of that filled in. By "Night Watch" we saw Vimes ruminating about the number of cattle that had to be slaughtered each day to keep everyone fed, and how easily a stupid ruler could accidentally break that supply line.
The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done.
Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
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Has anyone collected and published the wisdoms/beliefs of Granny Weatherwax from all the #Discworld books she is in? I want to collect them, but it occurs to me someone may already have done it, and that person might be on the fediverse.
Has anyone collected and published the wisdoms/beliefs of Granny Weatherwax from all the #Discworld books she is in? I want to collect them, but it occurs to me someone may already have done it, and that person might be on the fediverse.
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Finished another thing 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘
Finished another thing 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘
Alex Akselrod
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And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay