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Mefisto in Onyx: so many plot twists at the end that I lost count. Who's good? Who's bad? Are the bodies which act out the interaction really the original bodies or mere perishable vehicles for ageless souls?

The Deathbird:
The plot of Assassin's creed, but different (I think, I haven't finished the games)

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream:
Maybe it's because I was reading in a car, maybe it was the sudden scene of animalistic frenzied violence, but I felt my stomach churn.

"Repent" said the Ticktockman
Or why Batman is the bad guy in a dystopian society ruled by time/cost efficiency.

Very 1984.

"A favourite trick of Ephebian gods, he recalled, was turning into some animal in order to gain the favours of highly-placed Ephebian women. And one of them had reputedly turned himself into a golden shower in pursuit of his intended. All this raised interesting questions about everyday night life in sophisticated Ephebe."

Hehehehe...

"(...)Grinjer [...] made models. Deep in the duffel coat of his mind he hoped one day to find a nice girl who would understand the absolute importance of getting every detail right on a ceremonial six-wheeled ox cart, and who would hold his glue pot, and always be ready with a willing thumb whenever anything needed firm pressure until the paste dried"

And starts every sentence with "um... Ahkshully..."?

"mortis Portalis tackulatum"
Translated: dead as a doornail.

The Great A'Tuin is the only turtle to figure on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram: despite carrying an entire world on its back, A'Tuin is a star (the diagram shows stars classified by brightness and temperature).

Sir Terry Pratchett doesn't disappoint.

"oh sure, I finished Frankenstein, let's go read something not that heavy."

"Very good, Birdwhistle, and how long'd it take you to figure that one out" -The off-brand Hobbit

Everybody is sassy in this part. What is going on?

JURA MENTIONNED! BRING THE VIN JAUNE!