Status Updates From Guards! Guards! (Discworld,...

Finally made some good progress on this over the weekend while I was away at a lodge next to Bamburgh. Considering I was busy both days I'll take a bit more than 100 pages in those two

"'I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people,' said the man. 'You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.'"

She couldn’t do worse, but then, he couldn’t do better. So maybe it balanced out.

‘The king is hardly going to want other dragons dead, is he? They’re probably distant relatives or something. I mean, it wouldn’t want us to go around killing its own kind, would it?’

‘Well, sir, people do, sir,’ said the guard sulkily.

‘Ah, well,’ said the captain. ‘That’s different.’ He tapped the side of his helmet meaningfully. ‘That’s ’cos we’re intelligent.’

gov

good

Resztkami sił powstrzymuję się od przepisania tu w cytatach połowy książki, ale ten jeden raz:

"Ankh-Morpork! Hałaśliwe miasto setki tysięcy dusz! I - jak zauważył Patrycjusz - dziesięć razy większej liczby mieszkańców."

Boże, czytałem tę książkę z pięć razy co najmniej, ale to było tyle lat temu, że zdążyłem zapomnieć, że Vines i Lupin Wonse mieli taką relację. To trochę zmienia sposób w jaki pamiętam scenę kulminacyjną.

Nie pytajcie mnie o:
1. To który to już reread
2. To ile książek mam teraz pozaczynanych
3. Jedną złą rzecz do powiedzenia o Świecie Dysku ogółem a podcyklu o Straży w szczególności [nie mam żadnych]

"-All the roaring and flaming you see, you don't need it.
+ Foolish ape! How else can I make them do my bidding?
- They'll do it of their own free will (for being afraid). And in time, they'll come to believe that it was their own idea. It'll be a tradition. Take it from me. In fact, before too long, if someone comes along and tells them that a dragon king is a bad idea, they'll kill him themselves. I know people."

Figgin

"'Hwhat', she said, 'is the meaning of this?' If she had ever been given to introspection, she'd have admitted that it wasn't a very original line. But it was handy. It did the job.The reason that cliches become cliches is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication."

There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are in opposite sides

-Vetinari

Heard this was one of the best Discworlds yet this has been the hardest for me to get through.

"Several things happened so fast they will have to be recounted in stop-motion prose."
We miss you, Terry Pratchett!

Ależ mi przypomniała ta książka jak bardzo kocham twórczość Pratchetta ❤️❤️❤️

«Хороша справжня книгарня - це просто цивілізована чорна діра, яка вміє читати…»

Carrot is Elf

Starts on Friday Mini buddy read

Un chiste me ha pillado a contrapie y me he tirado un buen rato partiendome de risa yo solo como un idiota

2 female characters? That’s twice as many as many as 1!

huh huh huh huh huh

Ojito que el capitan ya no esta para mierdas

Чомусь ніколи раніше не задумувалася над тим, що в драконів має бути якись особливий стравохід, щоб вони могли дихати вогнем🧐

Що ж, я розумію, чому для більшості саме цикл «Варта» є найкращим.

Buenmuchacho, gran muchacho mejor dragon

Lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

La guardia es un grupo de disfuncionales maravilloso (como todos los grupos en estos libros)

This is utterly delightful and fun, sad I hadn’t picked it off my shelf sooner. It being considered a classic at this point is no surprise and if you need a brain break it’s a fun option

No chapters???