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Jonathan Lamothe started reading Mort by Terry Pratchett
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Death takes on an apprentice who's an individual thinker.
Jonathan Lamothe finished reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place where an eighth son of …
Jonathan Lamothe quoted Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place …
“Right,” she said. Cutangle swayed. The tone of voice cut through him like a diamond saw. He could dimly remember being scolded by his mother when he was small; well, this was that voice, only refined and concentrated and edged with little bits of carborundum, a tone of command that would have a corpse standing to attention and could probably have marched it halfway across its cemetery before it remembered it was dead.
— Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3) (86%)
Jonathan Lamothe quoted Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place …
One reason for the bustle was that over large parts of the continent other people preferred to make money without working at all, and since the Disc had yet to develop a music recording industry they were forced to fall back on older, more traditional forms of banditry.
— Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3) (44%)
Jonathan Lamothe started reading Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #3)
The wizard Drum Billet knows that he will soon die and travels to a place where an eighth son of …
Jonathan Lamothe finished reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #2)
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #2)
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published …
Jonathan Lamothe started reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #2)
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #2)
The Light Fantastic is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published …
Jonathan Lamothe finished reading The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position …
Jonathan Lamothe reviewed The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have …
A Wonderful Introduction to the Discworld
5 stars
This is the first of Pratchett's books I've read. He has an absurd yet clever sense of humour that I rather appreciate.
Jonathan Lamothe quoted The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have …
Content warning spoiler: The Colour of Magic
"They're gaining!" screamed Rincewind. He bent even lower over his horse's neck and groaned. Twoflower was trying to keep up while at the same time craning round to look at the flying beasts.
"You don't understand!" screamed the tourist, above the terrible noise of the wingbeats. "All my life I've wanted to see dragons!"
"From the inside?" shouted Rincewind. "Shut up and ride!" He whipped at his horse with the reins and stared at the wood ahead, trying to drag it closer by sheer willpower. Under those trees they'd be safe. Under those trees no dragons could fly...
— The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Jonathan Lamothe started reading The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #1)
Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent novels are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have garnered him a revered position …
Jonathan Lamothe finished reading For the win by Cory Doctorow
For the win by Cory Doctorow
In the near future, expert online game players around the world unite to stop the abuse of workers in the …
Jonathan Lamothe set a goal to read 12 books in 2023
Jonathan Lamothe started reading For the win by Cory Doctorow
For the win by Cory Doctorow
In the near future, expert online game players around the world unite to stop the abuse of workers in the …