Challenge #02062-E238: Magical Progress Goes Twinkle — Steemit
Magic has rules. This is a fact as real as the turtle that swims underneath the world. Or the four elephants on its back that support the entire disk. In order to fly, one must drop an equal weight and really know how to stick the landing. Magic can turn lead into gold, but that gold will make you sick if you hang on to it for too long. For reasons unknown, it also glows in the dark.
Hex was built to find all of the rules. It was built to twist the rules. It was built to figure out how, exactly, the rules could be bent, warped, spindled or mutilated without breaking them. It was alright saying that the Rite of Ashkente could be performed with two wooden planks and an egg, but what size egg? Did it matter if the planks were meticulously created out of a toothpick?[1]
Fortunately for all concerned, Hex does all of this research in a purely virtual field. It works things out mathematically. Which is a lot better than the alternatives[2]. At least, it was. Until the entire assembly of Hex went “twinkle” and vanished in a cloud of glitter.
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GNU Terry Pratchett
A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.
gnu Terry Pratchett
(Source: eros-cestlavie, via whispythewriter)
Fourecks-Men
- for July’s @letsdrawdiscworld Superb Heroes challenge.(r-l):
Rincewind as Quicksilver (or QuickRinse)
Archchancellor Ridcully as Wolverine
Ponder Stibbons as Cyclops
Bursar as Professor X (or Bursar X)
The Librarian as The Beast
Mrs. Whitlow as Marvel Girl
(and Senior Wrangler marvelling at her)Had a blast with this! Felt great doing something just for fun. Pen on paper with Photoshop colours.
I feel like this is the exact sort of thing Sir Pterry would have LOVED.
(via colouritlater)
Challenge #01987-E163: One Mildly Ominous Evening in Ankh-Morpork — Steemit
And then someone who looked almost exactly like that fellow from the post office[1] popped out from the door. “Oh hallo,” he said. “I seem to be very much lost. You see, I was on my way to Barcelona, and…” He trailed off. “Have I been here before?”
Archancellor Ridcully had a train of thought that couldn’t be shifted from its rails. “I’m not buyin’ anything off of yer no matter how shiny it is,” he said on automatic.
The man in the smart suit and plimsols[2] stepped out. “Doesn’t sound like me,” he sounded convincingly confused. Waved around something that buzzed as it lit up. “Hm. Heavy thaumic fields… I’m guessing you get semi-regular incursions of parallel realities full of eldritch abominations? Hi. I’m the Doctor.”
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Challenge #01948-E124: Who's a Good Dog? — Steemit
In all of creation, there is nothing more loyal than a good dog. Though it was widely agreed that Kerby was one of the truly daft ones. He was a rescue dog, and had some kind of skin infection that made him look dead. Dan, who had picked him up with a shovel as part of his job, got the fright of his life when what he assumed was a corpse woke up and hopped off to start fawning in his general direction.
Kerby, a pun on Kerberos, which in turn was the correct spelling of Cerberus, got his name as a joke. Even the vet said that this hound must have escaped from Hell. But he was the sweetest little angel and everyone’s friend for a bite of hotdog and a pat. He was a living reminder for the Animal Cleanup Crew to check for a heartbeat before flinging a body into the back of the ute. And he was credited with the saving of fifteen far more telegenic animals.
The press nicknamed Kerby the “Zombie Dog”. Especially after he got run over. Twice. And bounced back with minor injuries and an undaunted attitude. Though Dan religiously treated Kerby’s skin with the recommended lotions, bathed him carefully, and fed him the recommended diet, there was nothing that impacted Kerby’s decayed-looking skin, or that would remedy the Smell. Dan and his Cleanup Crew just dealt with it and hung air fresheners from his collar. And gave him a dog-sized jacket that read I ain’t dead (yet).
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Challenge #01908-E084: Pearls and Male Chauvinist... — Steemit
She opened the book to read it and relax while she had her lunch and a coffee. Unfortunately, it was also dudebro o'clock, and a man-child had to come and comment on her material.
“You’re reading that? I thought you were intelligent…”
Sue put the book by Sir Pterry down and glared at him. She had never met this man before, didn’t know his name, and would be glad to never know that this man-child existed. “Have we met?”
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Challenge #01812-D351: GNU Terry Pratchett — Steemit
There’s a reason why lesser horsemen are lesser horsemen. They can’t help but be what they are. Panic is a whirlwind of anxiety. Bewilderment can’t find their own arse with an atlas. Ignorance says all the things your racist in-law does that just make you want to burn and die from the shame. Shouting is almost a relief, because all they are is LOUD.
And when they work with the Big Four, things get… complicated.
“Sorry I’m late,” said Bewilderment. “Couldn’t find my… thing. Four legs. Goes ‘neigh’.”
“HORSE!”
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Discworld Monthly’s Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett #GNUTerryPratchett #speakhisname
Yeah, don’t start with book 1… Discworld doesn’t *really* need to be read in “release” order…Everyone’s giving me really great suggestions about where to start but some are saying different things. Is there a link to a good read-order recommended for newbs?
Boom
The infographic is a little out of date as it has _I shall Wear Midnight_ as an unfinished novel, and Sir Pterry changed a title to _Raising Steam_
I read them all as they came out :D Because I more or less had to.