A Pratchett Quote Game: thread #29

The next quote is up for grabs in this thread.

OK - I'll pick it up to keep this topic viable.

Then the skinny female with the teeth had kept simpering at him and saying she'd would see him later in the rose garden ...

Guards! Guards!?

No, not Guards! Guards!

Witches Abroad?

Nahkis has it.

It was Greebo who was being propositioned.

Oh, nuts! I mean, glad I guessed, but would someone please take my turn? I just had one.

#7 Take your turn but make it an easy guess. ronincats and I have also just had a turn and we need to lure someone else into the thread.

All right, easy sounds fair enough. Sorry about the delay.

"An eldritch voice shrieked: 'When shall we... two... meet again?'"

(the three dots, on both occasions, are included in the quote)

Witches Abroad? I actually think it's a later book, as I think all three were present in this book for that scene.

Not Witches Abroad, but thanks for the guess!

Lords and Ladies?

Not Lords and Ladies, either, but the loop tightens!

Maskerade?

Yes, Spunkypineapple, it is indeed Maskerade. Welcome to the game! Now, please take your turn.

I wasn't prepared to be right, so this will be easy:

This is a story about memory. And this much can be remembered...

Night Watch?

No, not Night Watch

It may come in other books in the witches series but it is on the first page of Maskerade

Jingo?

Not Jingo either.

#19
pinkozcat, it was Maskerade, but Spunkypineapple guessed it at #15.

There has been another quote since then. I was replying to that one.

"This is a story about memory. And this much can be remembered..."

#23

Noticed the other quote, yes, but jumped to wrong conclusions. Sorry, pinkozcat, my mistake.

I'll guess Reaper Man.

Not Reaper Man, but that's getting close.

Soul music? First book with Susan?

Hogfather?

Soul Music it is! All yours.

Woot!

"The Assassin moved quietly from roof to roof until he was well away from the excitement around the Watch House. His movements could be called cat-like, except that he did not stop to spray urine up against things."

Night Watch?

Yep!

ronicats - yoohoo!! Where are you?

Oops, sorry, been away from the computer and forgot.

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”

Hogfather?

No.

Was it something I said?

I think that there are only the two of us left - and I got it wrong. :(

I know the quote, just can't get the book.

Witches Abroad?

Not a witches book. Pinkozcat was closer.

Reaper Man?

Well, no, although both your guesses have some significant characters in common with my book.

In that case I'll try Thief of Time

But of course! Not only Death and Susan, but also those nasty Auditors.

It was the auditors I was thinking of. Hmmmm - shut my eyes, grab a book and open it at a random page.

Jingo?

Got it first try. Back to you ...

"It was the kind of voice the Creator had probably used. Whether there was magic in it, or just headology, it ruled out any possibility of argument. It made it clear that whatever it was talking about was exactly how things should be."

Guards! Guards!?

No, not.

Interesting Times?

Well, they certainly were, but that's not the title of this book.

I'll try Mort although headology sounds more witchy than a death book.

Your instincts are strong--it is not Mort.

I'm going to go with...Equal Rites?

Ah, Beorn, you are so very correct!

Hmmm. Let's see...

Don't let my sugary-sweet tones lead you to believe that I'm damn well not giving you orders," said ______

Monstrous Regiment?

Night Watch?

Interesting Times?

Ronincats has it. Over to you.

Was it Vimes? It sounded like Vimes.

"He was the kind of man that is brought forth by devious and unpleasant hours, and underneath his bald head certain conclusions were beginning to unfold, like things imprisoned for years inside stones."

Vimes it was, Roni.

Hrmm... Pyramids?

And right back to you, Beorn!! It was Koomi.

I'll pass my turn on to someone who hasn't had a go in a while.
Go for it!

spunkypineapple, if you're around, that's you!

Oh! Ummm.... I'm not prepared! Let's try....

"This is your idea of proper behavior, is it? Lying around on the sea while people die? Oh, very well done!"

The Last Continent?

No, sorry.

Would it help if I mentioned the item on the sea was a staff?

Jingo?

Earlier.

That makes it elementary. If no one gets it in a day or two, I'll have a go.

Equal Rites, then.

Equal Rites it is. On to you!

Somebody laughed. It was that sort of laugh--
Basically, it was p'ch'zarni'chiwkov. ...

I don't know - I'll have to think about it but I want to bounce this thread back onto my home page.

I'll get back to you ...

From the same page.

The nearest Things chittered and tried to back away as she marched determinedly towards them, but since their bodies seemed to be held together more or less by wishful thinking, they weren't very good at it.

I was going to guess the one with the gonne but that sounds more like a Tiffany book.

The Wee Free Men?

Wintersmith?

...Equal Rites again? :p

Strattegif: Caught me!
Over to you.

I knew it! Good tactics, very sneaky.

Following up with:

"He came walking through the thunderstorm and you could tell he was a wizard, partly because of the long cloak and carven staff but mainly because the raindrops were stopping several feet from his head, and steaming."

Perhaps an early one? Eric?

Sourcery?

The Colour of Magic?

Interesting Times?

The quote was posted on July 6 and the thread seems to have stalled.

I looked it up and it was once again from Equal Rites

Would someone pick up the thread and start things going again, please. (I won't do it because I looked it up in google so I am disqualified).

Oh well!! If there are no volunteers I can at least bump this thread back onto my home page. A random book opened at a random page ...

"He'd had even less religion than the general.

JUDGEMENT IS AT THE END OF THE DESERT."

Hogfather?

Small Gods?

ronincats has it. It is from Small Gods

"There were times when the desire to climb the thaumaturgical ladder was seriously blunted, and one of them was when you saw what was on top."

Oooh--I think I know the character, but not the book...
Soul Music?

Not so.

Hogfather?

No.

The Last Continent?

And that is a yes!

Ponder Stibbons, correct?

49,873, according to Numbers Riktor's clockwork Celestial Enumerator.

Yes, it was definitely Ponder--the only question was which book!

I have no idea. The Light Fantastic?

Incorrect.

Bump.

If it helps any, the quote is a footnote.

Ummm....
Moving Pictures?
Thank you for the bump.

Hogfather?

Spunkypineapple got it. Over to you.

"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

No guesses as of yet? Shall I provide a clue?

It might help. I have an idea, but really don't want to just swap turns between us.

Mort?

Yes, it's Mort.

I apologize, but I have apparently misplaced my copy. I've been trying to find it so I could add to the quote, but I haven't had a chance to do an extensive search.

Ah, I see.

Well the. Would somebody else like to go? Roni, maybe? I'll come up with a quote in a few days if nobody takes the turn.

No one yet?

Sorry, I went off for a two-week vacation in the middle here, and didn't want to put a quote out the week before I left as I was on a ship with no wifi access (at least not except for 75¢ a minute, which wasn't going to happen). Okay, an easy one.

"Say what you liked about the people of Ankh-Morpork, they had always been staunchly independent, yielding to no man their right to rob, defraud, embezzle and murder on an equal basis."

I have no idea...Making Money?

No, much earlier!

I have a feeling that this Game has finally reached its end, after 29 threads and I have no idea how many years. I'm sorry for that, but we are seeing no action here.

Btw, the quote was from Guards! Guards!.