let not the sun go down upon thy wrath, but write thy wrongs in ashes

[tabacoychanel]

There's a Phillip Pullman quote making the rounds on Tumblr, and it's from his introduction to Paradise Lost. It's about the genesis of His Dark Materials:

"Suppose that the prohibition on the knowledge of good and evil were an expression of jealous cruelty, and the gaining of such knowledge an act of virtue? Suppose the Fall should be celebrated

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[mardia]

Ahahahaha do not get me started on Snape. Or Draco. Or, you know, any of the Slytherin characters. Otherwise I will burst out into a rant the likes of which you haven't seen (well, except for when I bitch about Cesc transferring to Barca) and I try to keep my fandom bitterness down to a minimum, thank you.

HEE the covers are definitely...eye-catching. My advice is to start with either the City Watch or the Witches books. The Discworld series is very...sprawling, and yeah, it definitely helps if you read in order. My advice is to go with the Witches series first (they're the books that hooked me, and awesome female characters ftw). My advice is to start with Wyrd Sisters, and then go from there. (I'll also caution you that the books generally get a lot better as they go on, although the early ones are still delightful.)

Or, OH, you know what--okay, what I recommend actually is maybe just jumping into the Tiffany Aching series, which is...kind of an off-shoot of the Witches series, but geared more towards younger children. It's not an EASIER read, exactly, but it's definitely more accessible at first than full-on Discworld Pratchett and Tiffany is a very delightful and capable lead character. (That's what I love about Pratchett's female characters, THEY GET SHIT DONE.) Plus, the books are quick reads, and while I love Pratchett, you can't always say that about him. At least not until you've gotten fully attached to his work.

So, if you go for that, then I recommend reading these books, in order--The Wee Free Men, Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, and even though I haven't gotten a chance to read it yet, I Shall Wear Midnight.

[tabacoychanel]

no she is my person you keep your hands off her
you would be my person except you are not a person yet, you are a fetus and as rick santorum explained fetuses are people and obama kills people
i mean what

[tabacoychanel]

me and jamie will see you at meretricula's rec post at dawn