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Offline Warcold

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Him Diamond!
« on: December 03, 2008, 11:46:40 AM »
Who Diamond?
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'Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime, and every kindness, we birth our future.'

'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'


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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 11:50:12 AM »
Been reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett. The phrase caught my eye :)
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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 12:52:00 PM »
riiiiiight    :D
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'Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others. Past and present. And by each crime, and every kindness, we birth our future.'

'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'


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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 01:42:21 PM »
Quote from: Beosvir on December 03, 2008, 11:50:12 AM
Been reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett. The phrase caught my eye :)

And presumably you thought, "Hey, I feel shiney too!"
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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 01:46:36 PM »
Still havent been able to bring myself to read another Terry Pratchett book since the pile of poooooo that was Feet of Clay
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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 01:53:47 PM »
Quote from: Caradir on December 03, 2008, 01:46:36 PM
Still havent been able to bring myself to read another Terry Pratchett book since the pile of poooooo that was Feet of Clay

They go back to good after that - I share your view of it's awfulness.
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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 06:06:25 PM »
awful it may be but i just couldnt bring myself to get rid of it. Its sits there on my book case in its exact place between maskerade and hogfather with the rest all held up by my rinsewind bookend at one end and thre luggage book end the other end.  How sad am i... ::)
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Re: Him Diamond!
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 06:32:30 AM »
I have quite an extensive Terry Pratchett collection. I believe I have most published works (altough the short story "Troll Bridge" I have only in "The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy", not the other two publications where it is available). For some reason "The Last Hero" was for me the hardest novel to get, seemed to be nearly bloody impossible to get it up here in frozen north; supposedly art novels are not intended for barbarians...

My favourites are without doubt "Sourcery", "Interesting times", "Last Hero" and "Men at Arms". In those novels Pratchett shows best, in my opinion, his skills in being funny, witty and philosophical all at the same time :)

Him Diamond. Him King.
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