February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
1 post
Discworld: Swamp Dragons
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For this art meme, the work I am most proud of: Little swamp dragons made of air drying clay in about 2003, based on Paul Kidby’s illustrations of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. (This sort of painstaking longterm work was only appealing as procrastination from my Phd)
October 2011
2 posts
Sir Terry Pratchett on BBC Breakfast →
badgerless:
aceofblueheart:
“But- all tobacco products, yada yada yada, health and safety, you know…”
This man. He’s just.
A video of Terry talking about his latest novel Snuff - which is the latest edition to the Watch series :D
July 2011
2 posts
“Sometimes it’s better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.”
– Men At Arms (Terry Pratchett)
February 2011
1 post
“Give a man a fire and he’s warm for the day, but set fire to him and he’s warm...”
– Terry Pratchett (Jingo)
November 2010
1 post
“People who are rather more than six feet tall and nearly as broad across the...”
– Terry Pratchett (via chocolatesparkly)
September 2010
1 post
8 tags
May 2010
2 posts
“So what we have here is a country that tries to run itself on the commandments...”
– Commander Vimes
Monstrous Regiment (2003)
November 2009
1 post
October 2009
1 post
“A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only...”
– Terry Pratchett (via amplequotes)
The Fifth Elephant (1999)
September 2009
14 posts
8 tags
“[…] Mr Cheese had never found a bigger bunch of petty criminals than those...”
– (From The Truth (2000))
I’ve decided to branch out to include any references to the City Watch that are made in non-Watch books :)
9 tags
“[Gnomes] had an inbuilt resistance to rules. This didn’t just apply to the...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
8 tags
“Some people said that gnomes were no more belligerent than any other race, and...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
10 tags
From The Truth (2000)
William de Worde: I urgently need to see Commander Vimes
Detritus: Oh, yes?
William de Worde: Yes. Indeed.
Detritus: And does he urgently need to see you? ...You're Mr de Worde, right?
William de Worde: Yes. I work for the Times
Detritus: I don't read dat
William de Worde: Really? We'll bring out a large-print edition
7 tags
“Igor lurched through the castle corridors, dragging one foot after the other in...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
8 tags
From The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Lady Sybil: I'll tell Willikins to pack winter clothes. It'll be pretty cold up there at this time of year.
Sam Vimes: Yes. That's a good idea.
Lady Sybil: We'll have to host a party ourselves, I expect, so we ought to take a cartload of typical Ankh-Morpork food. Show the flag, you know. Do you think I should take a cook along?
Sam Vimes: Yes dear. That would be a good idea. No one outside the city knows how to make a knuckle sandwich properly.
Lady Sybil: Do you think we ought to take the alligator with us?
Sam Vimes: Yes, that might be advisable.... What alligator?
12 tags
“There she was, looking rather more expansive than radiant, and there Sam was,...”
– Lady Ramkin looks over her wedding photos.
(From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
9 tags
“‘You know I’m no good at diplomatic talk,’ he said.
‘On the contrary, Vimes,...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
10 tags
“‘Ah… I see that the new traffic division is having the desired effect.’ He...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
8 tags
Kindest Followers...
I wish to offer my greatest apologies for the lack of updates to The Watch House, I am currently undergoing a move to rival that of Treacle Mine Road to Pseudopolis Yard; but I shall endeavour to make it up to you all starting with an incoming picture of Watch favourite Constable Downsprout.
Thanks for your time, support and understanding in all this - you’re all fantastic :)
...
10 tags
“‘Duddle-dum-duddle-dum-duddle-‘
Vimes slammed the Gooseberry down on the desk...”
– (From Thud! (2005))
8 tags
“Help, I have crumbled and I can’t get up.
Please sweep me into a heap and crush...”
– The card from Sally’s crumbling kit.
(From Thud! (2005))
8 tags
“There was an old military saying that Fred Colon used to describe total...”
– (From Thud! (2005))
August 2009
30 posts
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“‘I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the...”
– Vetinari attempting again to alter Vimes’ world view
(From Guards! Gaurds! (1989))
7 tags
“Good old Cheery. She knew what a Vimes BLT was all about. It was about having to...”
– (From Thud! (2005))
11 tags
“Good Morning, Insert Name Here! I am the Dis-Organizer Mark Five, “The...”
– (From Thud! (2005))
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“There was much pushing and shoving and honking of noses and falling of prats. It...”
– Colon and Nobby visit the Fools’ Guild
(From Men at Arms (1993))
6 tags
“Elsewhere in Ankh-Morpork, the Fools’ Guild was on fire.
This was a...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
Editor’s note: Sorry for the recent Fifth Elephant spam, I shall rectify this soon ;)
9 tags
“The thing about fires, Vimes had once observed, was that only an idiot got...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
From The Fifth Elephant (1999)
Inigo Skinner: But you see, your grace, you're not here as an individual but as Ankh-Morpork. When people look at you they see the city, mhm, mhm.
Sam Vimes: They do? Should I stop washing?
Inigo Skinner: That is very droll, sir. But you see, sir, you and the city are one. Mhm, mhm. If you are insulted, Ankh-Morpork is insulted. If you befriend, Ankh-Morpork befriends.
Sam Vimes: Really? What happens when I go to the lavatory?
Inigo Skinner: That's up to you, sir. Mhm, mmph.
8 tags
“It wasn’t that he was illiterate, but Fred Colon did need a bit of a think...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
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“Carrot went and looked out of the window. There was a typical Ankh-Morpork...”
– (From The Fifth Elephant (1999))
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“‘Ere, I know you,’ said Nobby. ‘You’re Skully Maltoon....”
– (From Guards! Guards! (1989))
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“Carrot peered over Colon’s shoulder .
‘What’s a...”
– Carrot still struggles to come to grips with the idea of Mrs Palm’s working girls.
(From Guards! Guards! (1989))
8 tags
“‘The thing about the captain, see, I read this book once… you know...”
– Sergeant Colon explaining Vimes’ situation to Carrot
(From Guards! Guards! (1989))
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“Surely there should be something. Some, oh, he didn’t know. some grease or...”
– (From Guards! Guards! (1989))
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“By day the library buzzed with activity. Vimes moved through it differently....”
– (From Guards! Guards! (1989))