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Pratchett, Terry
A Blink Of The Screen
Collected shorter fiction. Some of it was OK, some pretty interesting, but the story titles The Sea And Little Fishes was exquisitely written, and I was very teary for a goodly portion of the story. And the "bonus" chapter, if not more so.
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6/2017
A Hat Full Of Sky
A young girl witch, Tiffany Aching, has a big battle. Very good.
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3/2005
Carpe Jugulum
Vampires are invited to the christening, as it were, of the royal baby in Lancre. Big mistake!
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1/2005
Dodger
A London tosher rescues a beautiful girl from a beating at the hands scoundrels. Not a Discworld book.
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8/2013
Feet Of Clay
Golems are holding secret meetings.
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12/2004
Guards! Guards!
A dragon comes to Ankh-Morpork, and Vimes has to deal with it. Also, Carrot joins the force. Vimes has his hands full.
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3/2015
I Shall Wear Midnight
The fourth Tiffany Aching novel is the best story I have read in a long time. So much to think about! I found myself weeping at times, and laughing out loud at others.
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3/2011
Jingo
Ankh-Morpork goes to war over an island.
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9/2016
Johnny and the dead
Johnny finds he is the only person who can see dead people at the cemtary. Very good.
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10/2006
Lords And Ladies
Elves come to Lancre. And Elves are BAD! Very good!
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3/2005
Making Money
Moist is maneuvered into assisting the dog that is chairman of the Royal Bank.
Words I Had To Look Up:
panopticon (pg. 56) -- an area where everything is visible.
fornication (pg. 58) -- vaulted roofing or covering. Trust me.
beccles (pg. 109) -- the small bone buttons placed in bacon sandwiches by unemployed guerrilla dentists, from The Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd.
pecunious (pg. 122) -- abounding in money; wealthy.
mountebank (pg. 127) -- any charlatan or quack.
frisson (pg. 143) -- a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill.
mendacity (pg. 148) -- 1. The condition of being mendacious; untruthfulness. 2. A lie; a falsehood.
charivari (pg. 155) -- a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple. But from http://www.charivarirest.com/ (and nowhere else) we have 'Charivari is a French word for "beautiful good mix"', which seems more what the author was thinking of.
dunnikin (pg. 157) -- a privy.
gongfermor (pg. 157) -- the people who emptied cesspits in Medieval villages or castles.
tumbrel (pg 236) -- a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.Quote:
"Nom d'une bouilloire! Pourquoi est-ce que je suis hardiment ri sous cape a par le dieux"? translates as "Name of a kettle! Why am I boldly laughed under cape has by the gods "? (pgs. 110-111)Quote:
"An error, sir, is worse than a sin, the reason being that a sin is often a matter of opinion or viewpoint or even of timing but an error is a fact and it cries out for correction."Quote:
"I can assure you that if I had, as your ill-assumed street patois has it, 'dropped you in it,' you would fully understand all meanings of 'drop' and have an unenviable knowledge of 'it.'"Read:
11/2007
Maskerade
The two witches visit the Opera House in Ankh-Morpork where Agnes is attempting to be a star!
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7/2005
Monstrous Regiment
Polly joins the army in disguise as a man. Very good.
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12/2004
Nation
On a small island not in the Pacific Ocean a tsunami wipes out the entire population, except for one teen and shipwrecked English girl. Very good!
Quote:
"Does not happen!" -- pg. 73.
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12/2009
Night Watch
Sam Vines goes back in time(s).
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1/2005
Only you can save mankind
Johnny find his computer game is all too real!
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10/2006
Pyramids
Teppic, a king's son, decides to attend Assassin school. That's the first part of the book. I wasn't thoroughly enchanted with the story, but there were some good parts. I wish my eyes didn't get tired of read paperback-size books.
The author has Teppic using crampons to climb walls. I've seen this discussed about another author, and someone on a forum said they looked in the OED to find that crampon was an archaic word for a sort of piton. Maybe. I think Prachett should have gone with piton.
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12/2018
Raising Steam
The railroad comes to the Discworld. I got an ARC to read four weeks before it goes on sale! I enjoyed it very much, too!
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2/2014
Small Gods
Neophyte novice Brutha comes across a turtle who is his God. Maybe.
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9/2009
Snuff
Vimes goes on a little vacation to his wife's country home.
Words I Had To Look Up:
mutton avec no talking (pg. 93) -- It's french, means "with". Should have known this from the song lyric Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)? from that Labelle song.
stack of wood licker wicker hurdles (pg. 50) -- On a Terry Prachett forum there is some discussion of this. Possibly a printer's error, in the Transworld edition the phrase is "wood like".
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1/2013
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