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Ponedjeljak... o prehladi i Terry Pratchettu
I tako, obzirom da me je osim surle zezala i neka potmula, opaka temperaturica, vikend umjesto izvan kuće provedoh u istoj.
Mislim da nema gore stvari nego kada uvjeren da ti nije ništa, na nagovor (Majke / umetni osobu s kojom živiš) ipak izmjeriš temperaturu. I skužiš da temperaturu imaš (naravno, inače bi bio mrtav) i to 37,5. Sjajno, ha? Nisi vruć, ali...
Mene recimo, kada imam temperaturu, boli glava. U predjelu čela. Jako.
A ovaj vikend nije. Pa sam tako posegnuo za Andolom. I čajevima. I ostao doma. I legao čitati.
U mom bivšem blogu spomenuh da sam kupio neke knjige koje je napisao Terry Pratchett. Pa sam konačno pročitao i zadnju od tri.
Ma nisu loše. I dalje su zabavne. I dalje su prepune aluzija, za koje morate imati jako široko znanje da ih sve pohvatate. I dalje uvodi neočekivane rasplete. No to više nije to!
Terry je izgubio svoju oštrinu. Ili sam ga ja prestao voljeti?
Vraga, volim ga i dalje, jer me njegove stare knjige još uvijek nasmijavaju. Dobro, moram priznati, ima nekih i starih knjiga koje me nisu nasmijale.
Uostalom, evo vam nekoliko citata (ovo je naziv knjige u originalu):
"...the only thing it is possible to be sure of is that good sex doesn't last long enough." Wyrd systers
"Death is missing, presumed.. er.. gone." Reaper Man
"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at." Small Gods
"He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower." Mort
"It's going to look pretty good, then, isn't it," said War testily, "the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse." Sourcery
"Right, you bastards, you're... you're geography" Guards! Guards!
"What shall I do?" "Well, if you see anything crawl out of the sea and try to breathe, you could try telling it not to bother." Eric
" ," he said, and stopped. " ?" said Ginger. " ?". " !". Moving pictures (Ovo je stvarna rečenica iz knjige! Vraški sam se namučio prebrojati razmake... 
)
...normal men don't join the Guard. A troll and a dwarf. And that ain't the worst of it--- Men at arms
But what it's got includes Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), Lance-constable Angua (a woman...most of the time)... Men at arms
All dwarfs have beards and wear up to twelve layers of clothing. Gender is more or less optional. Guards! Guards!
Chain-mail isn't much defence against an arrow. It certainly isn't when the arrow is being aimed between your eyes. Lords and Ladies
Many an ancient lord's last words had been, "You can't kill me because I've got magic aaargh." Interesting Times
Nanny Ogg looked under her bed in case there was a man there. Well, you never knew your luck. Lords and Ladies
Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean there's anything wrong. Soul Music
Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four. Interesting Times
"Getting better. He is being looked for after by an old lady whom I trust." "Your mother?" "Ye gods, no! My mother is a D'reg! She'd be terribly offended if I trusted her." Jingo
Eto. Nadam se da sam napomenuo da te knjige čitam na originalnom jeziku, engleskom? Nisam? Dobro, sad jesam. Ima toga još gomila, ali mislim da i ove, iz konteksta istrgnute rečenice daju približnu sliku što od Pratchetta možete očekivati.
Hoćete preporuku? Evo ovako (bez nekog posebnog redosljeda):
Reaper Man
Wyrd Systers
Sourcery
Moving Pictures
Interesting Times
The Colour Of Magic
Guards! Guards!
Soul Music
Carpe Juglum
Post je objavljen 10.04.2006. u 14:55 sati.