60, WG36, E52, / NG24, D8, C1, Frz0, B2, NA0

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

Weiter geht's mit dem Discuniversum. Diesen Band habe ich sehr lange nicht wiedergelesen und dementsprechend waren mir keine Einzelheiten mehr im Kopf, nur die grobe Handlung um die überraschend auftauchende Insel, die soviel Unheil zwischen Ankh Morpork und Klatch stiftet. Die Stelle mit den beiden Paralleluniversen hatte ich komplett vergessen.

Sergeant Colon had had a broad education. He'd been to the School of My Dad Always Said, the College of It Stands to Reason, and was now a postgraduate student at the University of What Some Bloke In The Pub Told Me.
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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
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Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding every thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.
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One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.
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(Terry Pratchett, Jingo, 1997)
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Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

Eigentlich wollte ich ja nur die neueren Bände der Watchserie lesen, aber dann kam doch der Wunsch hoch, wiederzulesen wie alles anfing. Vor allem die Stellen mit dem Drachen sind immer wieder klasse.
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'.. Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn't in the job.'
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(Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!, 1989)