The party had reached a gateway in the wall that ran around the top of the rock in much the same way that a headband encircles a head. The Ephebian captain stopped, and turned.
“The . . . visitors . . . must be blindfolded,” he said.
“That is outrageous!” said Vorbis. “We are here on a mission of diplomacy!”
“That is not my business,” said the captain. “My business is to say: If you go through this gate you go blindfolded. You don't have to be blindfolded. You can stay outside. But if you want to go through, you got to wear a blindfold. This is one of them life choices.”
I work part time as a bouncer; I've never identified more completely with a literary character than this unnamed captain.
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There are about 7 or 8 adaptations that they cycle through pretty regularly. Usually each episode stays up for a couple of weeks or more. Wyrd Sisters just started, 1/4 is up now and 2/4 will be streamable after 18:00 GMT today.
I find these extremely listenable. They're not "Kenneth Brannagh Shakespeare adaptation" good, but they're still pretty good.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SAYS, I NEVER LAID A FINGER ON HIM.
He's a short order cook in a restaurant that leaves you hungry.
Aka: heaven, if you're Elvis.
Well it also leaves you effectively un-fed, as in "no nutrients whatsoever". And IIRC at that point he wouldn't even lose weight from eating it.
I think the line was something like "If you ate enough of it, you would both become grossly fat and die of malnutrition, which was deliciously ironic."
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Golden YakBurnished BovineThe sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered Userregular
Yeah, that whole sequence, following the restaurant megachain's CEO, was awful. Then you get to the end and you read the bit where it says "He signed his real name. Six letters. Rhymes with 'examine'." Dun dun dun!
That bit's even given in list format:
"If you ate enough MEALS(tm) you would
A) Get very fat, and Die of malnutrition"
Yikes!
Definitely not at all like his Discworld incarnation, who really just wants a sandwich. With salad cream.
I found Science of Discworld 3: Darwin's Watch at the local B&N a couple weeks ago, thus valiantly staving off a Pratchett-less world for at least a little while longer. But man... there's a chapter in here on theoretical mathematics/infinity/string theory that was just brain-baking. I'm pretty sure my eyes glazed over at least three times trying to get through it.
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Question: are the wee free men and the wee free men illustrated version the same book or is there less content in the illustrated version?
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MorninglordI'm tired of being Batman,so today I'll be Owl.Registered Userregular
edited January 2016
I had a look around, and I've seen zero people complaining that its got story cut out or simplified. So I'm going to assume its the same book with illustrations added.
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Yeah, that whole sequence, following the restaurant megachain's CEO, was awful. Then you get to the end and you read the bit where it says "He signed his real name. Six letters. Rhymes with 'examine'." Dun dun dun!
That bit's even given in list format:
"If you ate enough MEALS(tm) you would
A) Get very fat, and Die of malnutrition"
Yikes!
Definitely not at all like his Discworld incarnation, who really just wants a sandwich. With salad cream.
Well, all the Discworld Horsemen are much nicer than their Good Omens counterparts. Makes sense that would include Famine.
The April 14th thing posted a while ago was a teaser for The Terry Pratchett Memorial being held on that day in London. Tickets are going to be distributed via lottery, which opens on 2/18 until 3/14.
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So I'm been slowly plodding my way through the Discworld novels. I'm up to Going Postal, and just got to the part:
where they explain what GNU John Dearheart means. I can't help but feeling reading it for the first time after GNU Terry Pratchett made the scene more impactful than for someone who read it before Sir Terry's passing.
So I'm been slowly plodding my way through the Discworld novels. I'm up to Going Postal, and just got to the part:
where they explain what GNU John Dearheart means. I can't help but feeling reading it for the first time after GNU Terry Pratchett made the scene more impactful than for someone who read it before Sir Terry's passing.
The last time I read that bit I had to stop and stare at the wall for a few minutes. Also a bit near the end, which you'll know when you get there.
So I'm been slowly plodding my way through the Discworld novels. I'm up to Going Postal, and just got to the part:
where they explain what GNU John Dearheart means. I can't help but feeling reading it for the first time after GNU Terry Pratchett made the scene more impactful than for someone who read it before Sir Terry's passing.
The last time I read that bit I had to stop and stare at the wall for a few minutes. Also a bit near the end, which you'll know when you get there.
I play Fallen London. They had that quote as their banner for several weeks after he passed, assuming we are thinking of the same part.
Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion.
I've just introduced my sister in law to the second Discworld video game. I'm now watching her play and enjoying it all over again
That's as transparent a reason as I need to post this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9pQUKV9MuM
You'll all be humming that for the rest of the day. Sorry/You're welcome.
So I'm been slowly plodding my way through the Discworld novels. I'm up to Going Postal, and just got to the part:
where they explain what GNU John Dearheart means. I can't help but feeling reading it for the first time after GNU Terry Pratchett made the scene more impactful than for someone who read it before Sir Terry's passing.
The last time I read that bit I had to stop and stare at the wall for a few minutes. Also a bit near the end, which you'll know when you get there.
Also Gaiman is working on a six part mini-series for Good Omens. Did you know that him and Pterry had an agreement to always work on Good Omens related projects together? So how can Neil go forward with this? Terry arranged to have a letter delivered to Gaiman posthumously asking him to go ahead without him. “At that point, I think I said, ‘You bastard, yes,’”
Also Gaiman is working on a six part mini-series for Good Omens. Did you know that him and Pterry had an agreement to always work on Good Omens related projects together? So how can Neil go forward with this? Terry arranged to have a letter delivered to Gaiman posthumously asking him to go ahead without him. “At that point, I think I said, ‘You bastard, yes,’”
That was the picture on my Year 10 history folder at school
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In my copy of Good Omens there's a foreword about how Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen met, and it mentions that Neil had this terrible, terrible had that he ditched by the end of the day, and from that point onwards he took up wearing jackets instead, but Terry Pratchett started wearing hats.
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I work part time as a bouncer; I've never identified more completely with a literary character than this unnamed captain.
The petition worked and Death is bringing Sir Pterry back?
Pipe down, you! Nobody invoked the Rite of AshkEnte.
Or maybe not.
Sometimes a chicken is nothing but a bird.
There are about 7 or 8 adaptations that they cycle through pretty regularly. Usually each episode stays up for a couple of weeks or more. Wyrd Sisters just started, 1/4 is up now and 2/4 will be streamable after 18:00 GMT today.
I find these extremely listenable. They're not "Kenneth Brannagh Shakespeare adaptation" good, but they're still pretty good.
Also, aren't you overdoing it a bit this month? Geez, man.
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SAYS, I NEVER LAID A FINGER ON HIM.
He's a short order cook in a restaurant that leaves you hungry.
Aka: heaven, if you're Elvis.
Well it also leaves you effectively un-fed, as in "no nutrients whatsoever". And IIRC at that point he wouldn't even lose weight from eating it.
I think the line was something like "If you ate enough of it, you would both become grossly fat and die of malnutrition, which was deliciously ironic."
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That bit's even given in list format:
"If you ate enough MEALS(tm) you would
A) Get very fat, and
Yikes!
Definitely not at all like his Discworld incarnation, who really just wants a sandwich. With salad cream.
Well, all the Discworld Horsemen are much nicer than their Good Omens counterparts. Makes sense that would include Famine.
Why I fear the ocean.
The last time I read that bit I had to stop and stare at the wall for a few minutes. Also a bit near the end, which you'll know when you get there.
I play Fallen London. They had that quote as their banner for several weeks after he passed, assuming we are thinking of the same part.
- John Stuart Mill
That's as transparent a reason as I need to post this:
You'll all be humming that for the rest of the day. Sorry/You're welcome.
What bit near the end?
Also Gaiman is working on a six part mini-series for Good Omens. Did you know that him and Pterry had an agreement to always work on Good Omens related projects together? So how can Neil go forward with this? Terry arranged to have a letter delivered to Gaiman posthumously asking him to go ahead without him. “At that point, I think I said, ‘You bastard, yes,’”
Classy as hell and sorely missed.
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