Just finished listening to A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin, as read by Harlen Ellison (the author). He did a god job with it.

Also nearly finished the Autumn Republic, the final book of the Powder Magic trilogy.

Once sat in a club where a drunk friend tried to count how many times they said the line. He gave up and proclaimed that it was a lot.

It's now all John Oliver as far as the eye can see.

It won't be a true Canberra online thingy until we get a "Loud Bang" tag.

Lemmy is god.

I briefly lived with a Kiwi years ago and he thought I hated him because I kept calling him 'mate'. And I thought he hated me because he kept calling me 'bro'.

They're back... FOR REVENGE!!!

Pity. I grew up with the classic ones. Wish they kept them around, even if just for the sake of tourism.

I miss those trams. They might still have them in Melbourne but I'm not down in Melbourne.

Tom Holt is much in a similar vein as Pratchett (even shared the same cover artist for a while) with his satirical takes on fantasy & fairy tale tropes.

Surprised no one has mentioned Robert Rankin, who has a darker view that Adams but is good at satirical takes, even though some of his works do feel dated since they were written for the contemporary audience of the publications time.

Diana Wynne Jones is also recommended, she was an influence on Pratchett to a degree. She picks apart a lot of fantasy tropes in her books. she was also a friend and teacher to Gaiman. Most people know her for the Ghibli adaptation of her book Howl's Moving Castle.

Jasper Forrde has been described to me as like Adams but haven't read his book yet.

and finally the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake, which was referenced a lot in the early Discworld novels.

A kiss would Rei would be more fitting since she basically is his mum (spoilers for a series that aired over 20 years ago).

Bolt shoud've been fired years ago but he's one of the few people left at Sky/Murdoch that will so willingly debase themselves with stupid options & say such pathetic things to get a smidgen of views without demanding a better spot & higher pay.

We need to bring back hanging for such people.

Or saying 'cunt' repeated.

Fuck, I love that meme.

Very nice. Was thinking of doing the same. Now, just need to find out how to follow from another Instance.

I also got to them as an adult, having first seen the not very good Studio Ghibli film. It's a series where, like so many of Ursula's work, you have to completely break all preconceived notions of trope and action.

She undoes the macho power fantasy and presents empathy as the key to understanding and resolving so many issues in life.

highly recommend the series, more so since they have seen recent reprints.

"Sir, how high are you?" "Yes."

Campervan can go fuck himself.

All good. They're definitely not for everyone. don't expect them to stick around long.

Just proves never let people vote on flavours because it bring the trolls and the like out.