Took me a while to finish, as I had paused reading it over summer. I found the ideas and concepts interesting to ponder, but sometimes they were rather hard to grasp and follow.
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Jan E. finished reading Movement by Thalia Verkade
Movement by Thalia Verkade
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach …
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Movement by Thalia Verkade
Our dependence on cars is damaging our health — and the planet’s. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach …
Jan E. finished reading The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch by Ian Stewart
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Jan E. quoted The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Ian Stewart (Science of Discworld, #2)
The planet Earth has picked up a parasitic life form - Elves. They are after …
The allure of the unknown fades into the tawdry reality of a specific representation, once you see it dripping sequins. Abraham's God of Extelligence was far more compelling than a few golden (probably just gold leaf) idols. But when the Renaissance artists started to paint God as a bearded man in the clouds, they opened the way to doubt. The image just wasn't impressive enough. The pictures on radio are always so much better than those on TV.
— The Science of Discworld II: The Globe by Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Stewart, Ian, and 1 other (Science of Discworld, #2) (Page 344)
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The planet Earth has picked up a parasitic life form - Elves. They are after …
Jan E. quoted A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
From „Minutes of the meeting to form the Ankh-Morpork Federation of Scouts“:
Crysophrase said that he was a scout when he was nothing more than a little lad and it made a troll of him. As he recalled, they spent their time learning tracking and tying knots.
Mr Boggis asked what it was the trolls tracked.
Crysophrase vouchsafed that they tracked dwarfs.
Mr Boggis then enquired what they tied knots in.
Crysophrase said dwarfs.
— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett (Page 338)
Jan E. quoted A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett
According to the trollish philosopher Plateau, „if you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes.“
— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett (Page 316)
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Jan E. finished reading Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.' …
Ein Buch, das den Menschen hinter den Werken zeigt, mit all seinen Eigenarten & Spleens, seiner Welt und seinen Inspirationen, auch seiner Wut, die Neil Gaiman als Triebfeder für sein Werk erkannt hat. Ich habe das Gefühl, Terry Pratchett nochmal neu kennengelernt zu haben. Danke Rob Wilkins, GNU Terry Pratchett.
Jan E. started reading Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
Terry Pratchett : a Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins
'People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.'
At the time of his …