90, WG47, M42, E87 / NG43, F48, NA9, D3, B7, C1

Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals

Diesen Band, vielleicht der letzte "echte" Discworld-Band, wollte ich schon länger wiedergelesen haben, schon weil es nicht nur um Fußball geht sondern dieser auch so herrlich erklärt wird, dass selbst totale Fußballmuffel ihren Spaß haben. Leider zum letzten Mal - der ganze Wortwitz und die typische treffene Charakterisierung sind in den Bänden danach einfach nicht mehr da.
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Truth is female, since truth is beauty rather than handsomeness; this, Ridcully reflected as the Council grumbled in, would certainly explain the saying that a lie could run around the world before Truth has got its, correction, her boots on, since she would have to choose which pair - the idea that any woman in a position to choose would have just one pair of boots being beyond rational belief. Indeed, as a goddess she would have lots of choices: comfy shoes for home truths, hobnail boots for unpleasant truths and possibly some kind of slipper for self-evident truth.
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"We'll eat early," said Ridcully, "and I am told that the pies at the game are just - amazing."
Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boots with stiletto heels for such a barefaced truth.
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(Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals, 2009)