Re-reading Lords and Ladies atm. It occurred to me that Elves are Republicans.
1. They think they're better than everyone
2. They enjoy toying with us
3. They take everything
4. They leave fear
Sure love it when Sir pTerry does the metaphor thing 😁
#Discworld #Witches #Lancre
1. They think they're better than everyone
2. They enjoy toying with us
3. They take everything
4. They leave fear
Sure love it when Sir pTerry does the metaphor thing 😁
#Discworld #Witches #Lancre
October 1, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Re-reading Lords and Ladies atm. It occurred to me that Elves are Republicans.
1. They think they're better than everyone
2. They enjoy toying with us
3. They take everything
4. They leave fear
Sure love it when Sir pTerry does the metaphor thing 😁
#Discworld #Witches #Lancre
1. They think they're better than everyone
2. They enjoy toying with us
3. They take everything
4. They leave fear
Sure love it when Sir pTerry does the metaphor thing 😁
#Discworld #Witches #Lancre
I can understand that jokes about taunting Thor during thunderstorms are funny. Specifically linking me to a quote about standing in a thunderstorm in copper armour and shouting 'Thor is a cunt' makes me very uncomfy, even if it is a quote from Pterry, and I wonder why people think it's OK.
October 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I can understand that jokes about taunting Thor during thunderstorms are funny. Specifically linking me to a quote about standing in a thunderstorm in copper armour and shouting 'Thor is a cunt' makes me very uncomfy, even if it is a quote from Pterry, and I wonder why people think it's OK.
Thud! by @terryandrob.bsky.social gets a much firmer recommendation. It's Pterry. It's his prime period. You deserve it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Thud-Discwor...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.amazon.co.uk/Thud-Discwor...
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October 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Thud! by @terryandrob.bsky.social gets a much firmer recommendation. It's Pterry. It's his prime period. You deserve it.
www.amazon.co.uk/Thud-Discwor...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.amazon.co.uk/Thud-Discwor...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
Sir Pterry was so real for this.
Susan is also being forced to read Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud," which is both one of the greatest poems ever written and also one that people hate.
October 1, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Sir Pterry was so real for this.
The problem with this is, of course, that the lovely folx who person charity shops, are very often the same people who also like pTerry things and … I’m going to be doing a lot of asking nicely in the future, I suspect.
September 30, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The problem with this is, of course, that the lovely folx who person charity shops, are very often the same people who also like pTerry things and … I’m going to be doing a lot of asking nicely in the future, I suspect.
US influence?
I remember back in the day the difference between the UK and US covers. And how the US kept trying to change the content and PTerry kicking back and refused to stand down.
I remember back in the day the difference between the UK and US covers. And how the US kept trying to change the content and PTerry kicking back and refused to stand down.
September 30, 2026 at 6:51 AM
US influence?
I remember back in the day the difference between the UK and US covers. And how the US kept trying to change the content and PTerry kicking back and refused to stand down.
I remember back in the day the difference between the UK and US covers. And how the US kept trying to change the content and PTerry kicking back and refused to stand down.
None of the three witches are pterry. I know this because I knew all three of the people who actually served as the inspirations
September 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
None of the three witches are pterry. I know this because I knew all three of the people who actually served as the inspirations
I can’t imagine Pterry approving it
September 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I can’t imagine Pterry approving it
@Pterry ungefähr 7. Ist allerdings leicht mit "steht dir, solltest du öfters tragen" zu kontern, wenn es dem Gegenüber um verbales raufen geht.
September 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
@Pterry ungefähr 7. Ist allerdings leicht mit "steht dir, solltest du öfters tragen" zu kontern, wenn es dem Gegenüber um verbales raufen geht.
@Pterry @drehumdiebolzen ooooh Geckos? Darauf könnte ich mich einlassen. Einen Sonnentau hab ich sogar, aber der krepelt so vor sich hin. Mit dem feucht halten das klappt nicht so gut bei mir, zumindest nicht auf Dauer.
September 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
@Pterry @drehumdiebolzen ooooh Geckos? Darauf könnte ich mich einlassen. Einen Sonnentau hab ich sogar, aber der krepelt so vor sich hin. Mit dem feucht halten das klappt nicht so gut bei mir, zumindest nicht auf Dauer.
Pterry fans out there?
“dusbuns hopsit pharmserc“
“dusbuns hopsit pharmserc“
September 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Pterry fans out there?
“dusbuns hopsit pharmserc“
“dusbuns hopsit pharmserc“
Have her draw you a platypus! (PTerry Pratchett joke - LAST CONTINENT)
September 26, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Have her draw you a platypus! (PTerry Pratchett joke - LAST CONTINENT)
Yeah, true, although what keeps getting lost in conversation around that is there was a difference between Terry's ending (the Morecambe and Wise style bed scene) and Rob's ending for GO3 which was presumably his attempt to reconcile PTerry and NG's visions, idk
September 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Yeah, true, although what keeps getting lost in conversation around that is there was a difference between Terry's ending (the Morecambe and Wise style bed scene) and Rob's ending for GO3 which was presumably his attempt to reconcile PTerry and NG's visions, idk
WIP is now around 4300 words. Calling it a night, though. I have a date with Sir Pterry and a modest glass of wine before sleeping. It's my reward for clocking in 1.5 months of writing every day.
September 25, 2026 at 9:51 PM
WIP is now around 4300 words. Calling it a night, though. I have a date with Sir Pterry and a modest glass of wine before sleeping. It's my reward for clocking in 1.5 months of writing every day.
Pterry did at least seem to know when to let a character fade away. Rincewind does show up occasionally later but only as a cameo, he's not given any importance (which is appropriate). William de Worde didn't need to appear in Moist's books because Moist is kinda the same tool but better.
September 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Pterry did at least seem to know when to let a character fade away. Rincewind does show up occasionally later but only as a cameo, he's not given any importance (which is appropriate). William de Worde didn't need to appear in Moist's books because Moist is kinda the same tool but better.
Rincewind is courageous when it counts; but I'm not sure we should call it heroic. Pterry had a cynical view of heroism.
"She hadn't said 'You hero!' In the tone of voice of 'You star'; it had been the tone in which people say 'You idiot.' [Thief of Time]
"She hadn't said 'You hero!' In the tone of voice of 'You star'; it had been the tone in which people say 'You idiot.' [Thief of Time]
September 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Rincewind is courageous when it counts; but I'm not sure we should call it heroic. Pterry had a cynical view of heroism.
"She hadn't said 'You hero!' In the tone of voice of 'You star'; it had been the tone in which people say 'You idiot.' [Thief of Time]
"She hadn't said 'You hero!' In the tone of voice of 'You star'; it had been the tone in which people say 'You idiot.' [Thief of Time]
I know pterry said Nation was his best book but gosh Going Postal is a barn burner.
September 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM
I know pterry said Nation was his best book but gosh Going Postal is a barn burner.
"because, at that point, the bar closed" is possibly the closest PTerry got to Douglas Adams style in his writing.
September 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
"because, at that point, the bar closed" is possibly the closest PTerry got to Douglas Adams style in his writing.
Here are the top five *authors* in that time period. pterry is *way* up there because he has so many books, and bunches of them go on sale once or twice a year.
September 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Here are the top five *authors* in that time period. pterry is *way* up there because he has so many books, and bunches of them go on sale once or twice a year.
I sometimes wonder how much pterry influenced ebook footnote capabilities...
September 23, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I sometimes wonder how much pterry influenced ebook footnote capabilities...
Breadcrumb for my future self:
"'You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.'"
-- Pterry, "Small Gods"
"'You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.'"
-- Pterry, "Small Gods"
September 23, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Breadcrumb for my future self:
"'You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.'"
-- Pterry, "Small Gods"
"'You can't inspire people with facts. They need a cause. They need a symbol.'"
-- Pterry, "Small Gods"
NOW YOU'VE SAID THIS I'LL NEVER UNSEE IT. He'd be a fantastic character in a pTerry book asdfghjkl
September 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
NOW YOU'VE SAID THIS I'LL NEVER UNSEE IT. He'd be a fantastic character in a pTerry book asdfghjkl
