#Interesting times

[pratchettquotes]

"Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad."

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

[aeshnacyanea2000]

This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world. And Fate always wins. Fate always wins. Most of the gods throw dice but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been using two queens all along.

-- Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times

[kirilka-a-a]

Внезапный долгостройный Рин

[lucdoodle]

After reading Interesting Times and its kirby-lore butterflies, I can never look at this official illustration in a normal way ever again

Also I redrew it in my style for funsies

(The official illustration: )

[cirrus-grey]

My dad's making his way through Discworld and he's just described Pratchett's writing as "Deep, insightful commentaries on the human condition... and dick jokes."

[221beemine]

There is a curse.

They say:

May You Live in Interesting Times.

-- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett

[dungeonflippers]

When the world seems broken and beyond repair, it takes courage to see the future you want to make and to keep moving forward. Do what's in your power to make things better, even if it's only what's within arms reach. You can turn this around!

[maddyjones2]

I'm most looking forward to the resolution of the second coming /hell & heaven vs the humans. I've read loads of fan fic that resolve the issues between Crowley and Aziraphale but few that find a successful end to the conflict (few is not none for anyone wondering). I understand terry's views on gods (they are self centred, silly and a little bit power mad) and I think the auditors (from discworld) are very like angels. There are also specific angels (Thief of time), although they don't seem to have the same role as envisaged in Good Omens. Thinking about the end of Small gods, there may be hints there of an accord. Thief of time looks at the auditors' destructive and anti-life role. Last Hero and Interesting Times both look at how the various gods entertain themselves. Discworld is a multi god environment so there isn't the heaven / hell dichotomy. This means there is not anything directly applicable when it's put in a Judaeo-Christian context. Anyway, I'm happy we get something but I want a lot more than 90min of south downs fluff.

[kindly-whisper-norbury]

It's not that it isn't interesting, but… man, we are just no longer interested in living in interesting times.

[beardedmrbean]

Parents tried to ‘honor kill’ 17-year-old daughter for refusing arranged marriage: cops: NY Post

[pratchettquotes]

The last ninja was upright, but only just; Hamish had run his wheelchair over his foot. Mr. Saveloy patted the taxman's arm. "Excuse me," he said. "I find I often have to intervene at this stage."

He padded over to the surviving man, who was looking around wildly. Six swords had become interlaced around his next as though he'd taken part in a rather energetic folk dance.

"Good morning," said Mr. Saveloy. "I should just point out that the Ghengiz here is, despite appearances, a remarkably honest man. He finds it hard to understand empty bravura. May I venture to suggest therefore that you refrain from phrases like 'I would rather die than betray my emperor' or 'Go ahead and do your worst' unless you really, really mean them. Should you wish for mercy, a simple hand signal will suffice. I strongly advise you not to nod."

Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times

[aeshnacyanea2000]

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream* in another forty-four.

* This is important. Inexperienced travellers might think that ‘Aargh!’ is universal, but in Betrobi it means ‘highly enjoyable’ and in Howondaland it means, variously, ‘I would like to eat your foot’, ‘Your wife is a big hippo’ and ‘Hello, Thinks Mr Purple Cat.’ One particular tribe has a fearsome reputation for cruelty merely because prisoners appear, to them, to be shouting ‘Quick! Extra boiling oil!’

-- Terry Pratchett - Interesting Times

[lemonsqueazie]

no I dont think he can go 2 seconds without declaring that he’s a wizzard on his hat

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[dimity-lawn]

[bellnallart]

hot scoomp

[twoflowersdeadwife]

Twoflower remembers their times fondly. Rincewind remembers them often.