Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die wins the Single Documentary award at the 2012 BAFTA Television Awards.
And with reason. :)
crowley receives a commendation just for starting all the book vs. e-reader fights that make everyone mad
(ROAR)
(Not forgetting, long ago, finding the Terry Pratchett book with the SOUP ADS INSERTED IN THE TEXT)
(one of our more interesting phone calls to the Pratchett household…)
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
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| — | Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment (via quotesandyouknowstuff) |
‘Oh no you don’t,’ said Granny firmly.
‘Don’t what?’
‘Don’t sing That Song.’
‘Pardon, Esme?’
‘I ain’t going,’ said Granny ‘if you insists on singing That Song.’
‘What song would that be?’said Nanny innocently.
‘You know the song to whom I am referring,’ said Granny…
363. Basically there are two sorts of opera: there’s your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like “Oh oh oh, I am dyin’, oh, I am dyin’, oh, oh, oh, that’s what I’m doin’”, and there’s your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes “Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!”, although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That’s basically all of opera, really.
And Terry hits it on the head once again.
That’s what’s so stupid about the whole magic thing, you know. You spend twenty years learning the spell that makes nude virgins appear in your bedroom, and then you’re so poisoned by quicksilver fumes and half-blind from reading old grimoires that you can’t remember what happens next.
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| — | Terry Pratchett, Discworld, The Color of Magic (via brain152) |
