Where to start with: Terry Pratchett

Ten years on from his death and just before what would have been his 77th birthday, take a deep dive into the funny, fantasy works of one of the most loved British writers

#terrypratchett #reading #discworld

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/25/where-to-start-with-terry-pratchett

‘Sounds like “Ding-dong, dingdong”.’
‘That’s a dwarf song all right,’ said Nanny. ‘They’re the only people who can make a hiho last all day.’
(Witches Abroad)

Music and reading have been so important to me throughout my life. And have been essential in the last couple of weeks.

And I’m having a bit of a renaissance with both.

I recently got my (incomplete) #TerryPratchett collection, and have started reading again. Currently reading #TheTruth.

Have also rediscovered the #B52s - new favourites include #Wig and #GirlFromIpanemaGoesToGreenland.

He had the look of someone who could think his way through a corkscrew without bending…
(Sourcery)

Life was, he had heard, like a bird which flies out of the darkness and across a crowded hall and then through another window into the endless night again. In Rincewind’s case it had managed to do something incontinent in his dinner. (Interesting Times)

‘Oook!’ said the Librarian, and made a surprisingly comprehensive gesture to indicate that, on the other hand, what he didn’t know about orangutan warfare could be written on the very small pounded-up remains of, for example, the Dean.
(Reaper Man)

Hurrah. Jess of the Shire widmet sich #TerryPratchett und der #Scheibenwelt / #Discworld. https://youtu.be/aSWhUYOslUs

‘Walter might not know his right from his left, but he does know his right from his wrong.’ (Maskerade)

'One of the advantages of horses that people often point out,' said Vetinari, after some thought, 'is that they very seldom explode.'
(Jingo)

'Stop that!' he shouted. 'You're soldiers! You're not supposed to fight!'

Where to start with: Terry Pratchett https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/25/where-to-start-with-terry-pratchett #TerryPratchett #Culture #Books

‘I am not losing my hair!’ snapped the Dean. ‘It is just very finely spaced.’
‘Half on your head and half on your hairbrush,’ said the Lecturer of Recent Runes.
‘No sense in bein’ bashful about goin’ bald, said Ridcully evenly. ‘Anyway, you know what they say about bald men, Dean.’
‘Yes, they say, “Look at him, he’s got no hair,”’ said the Lecturer of Recent Runes.
(Hogfather)

The students were staring at her in the manner of those who have heard of the species ‘female’ but have never expected to get this close to one. (Soul Music)

‘Witches! Let me tell you about the witches round here-’
‘Our mum’s a witch,’ said Shawn conversationally, rummaging in the sack.
‘As fine a body of women as you could hope to meet,’ said Ridcully, with barely a hint of mental gear-clashing. ‘And not a bunch of interfering power-mad old crones at all, whatever anyone might say.’ (Lords and Ladies)

By the way
FREEDOM TRUTH JUSTICE REASONABLY PRICED LOVE, AND A HARD BOILED EGG.
Happy Glorious 24th
#GloriousRevolution
#TerryPratchett

‘I said, that’s blasphemy!’
‘Blasphemy? How can I blaspheme? I’m a god!’ (Small Gods)

Boot-faced cats aren't born but made, often because they've tried to outstare or occasionally rape a speeding car and have been repaired by a vet who just pulled all the bits together and stuck the stitches in where there was room.