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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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.)

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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.)

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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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@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.

Finished another thing 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘

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Finished another thing 🐢🐘🐘🐘🐘

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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

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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

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When I write tests for code, I often include references to TV or books or other such things.

If I need a text string, I rarely do "Hello World". I used to do "Hello Kitty" but these days I usually use "Hi Bob" (from For All Mankind). I even added a test API header "X-Hi: Bob" the other day. 😁

For errors I often go with "Out of cheese error" or "Divide by cucumber error" from Discworld.

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Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Terry Pratchett's LORDS & LADIES, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lygeecle4c2n

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Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Terry Pratchett's LORDS & LADIES, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lygeecle4c2n

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He nodded to the troll which was employed by the Drum as a splatter [footnote: Like a bouncer, but trolls use more force].

Nobby takes Carrot for a drink in The Mended Drum
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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