I bought dozens of Terry Pratchett's #Discworld books when they first came out, but have lovingly given them all away to good homes during the various house moves since. Now I'm buying them all over again, to read with my 12 year old.
Just received, The Light Fantastic. <rubs hands with gleeful anticipation>
@SJohnRoss Sometimes the adaptations that take liberties with the window dressing but really get the core and tweak it for their medium and time are the best ones.
I'd argue that the short-lived Dresden Files did this same thing. Sure Murphy was tall and brunette, sure the books never mention a hockey stick staff. Sure Blue Beetle has beetle in the name, but the show still got at the heart of mystery of the week stories that underscored early Dresden Files.
Blocking in the colours on Captain Carrot. Partly to check the colour combos (trousers were too light and needed a chestnut wash) but also to check layering and order of painting.
“But, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal #Discworld#SunaksElectionPledges#AllThatGlitters#ToryLies#NeverTrustATory
Another evening, another mammoth reading session. I actually went ahead and purchased Bookly subscription. We'll see if it was worth it. If not, I'm happy to support the dev.
Not quite 25% tonight, but pretty close. At this rate, I'll finish the book tomorrow!
Isn't it funny, I don't remember being impatient to get home to watch TV when binging series. But now that I'm reading more, the last couple of hours at work I just wanted to get home and read the next book in my Discworld binge.
In our mid-disc break it's very likely that we're going to head into #Discworld II for our Retro Sunday night streams. But is there something in here you'd like us to move on to after?
@PixelBandits Path of Neo and Syphon Filter are two of my favorite game from their eras, and Spider-Man is a classic. BUT I would love to see some Urban Chaos because I swear only 5 people in the world remember it 😭
All in all, #Discworld is probably my favourite "thing". My Mastermind specialist subject.
But the video games. Oh the video games. Incredible casting. Wonderful humour. Insane object puzzles / clever lateral thinking exercises. And Rincewind.
“‘WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL LURKS IN THE HEART OF MEN?’
The Death of Rats looked up from the feast of the potato.
‘SQUEAK’ he said.
Death waved a hand dismissively. ‘WELL, YES, OBVIOUSLY ME’ he said. ‘I JUST WONDERED IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE’” #Discworld#Netanyahu#Rafah#WarCriminal#StopGenocideInGaza
Our emergency replacement May episode is here! Join @McKenzie_Ben as he shares some of your stories of “starting in the wrong place” in a celebration of this year’s #TerryPratchettDay theme.
Finished The Colour of Magic and swiftly moving on to book 2: The Light Fantastic.
This is one the quickest I've read any book (the last time being, I believe, the same book). I'm not usually a big reader, or a quick one, but these books seem to be just right for me.
Whenever I drink fizzy wine, I can't resist making these tiny turtles out of the bottle tops. A bad habit learned from my dad.
I've never yet succumbed to the urge to make four tiny elephants and a #Discworld to go on top of one, but it's surely only a matter of time. Perhaps by 3D printing?
