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Sourcerer usurps Unseen University — Rincewind runs away*.

Title: Sourcery Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1988 Read: September 2023 Rating: 3/5

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*This could be the final line of any Rincewind haiku. (Could this be the first haiku with footnotes? Seems apt for Terry Pratchett, don't you think?)

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Highlands, a pasture — A fluffy bull approaches And I say, “Hi coo!”

(A punny haiku, written November 2023.)

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The end gives meaning: To hear one must be silent — To live one must die.

Title: A Wizard of Earthsea Author: Ursula K. Le Guin Published: 1968 Read: October 2023 (re-read) Rating: 5/5

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Ape librarian Reports crime worse than murder: Someone stole a book!

Title: Guards! Guards! Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1989 Read: December 2023 (re-read) Rating: 5/5

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An established rule: Only men can be wizards — Meet the exception.

Title: Equal Rites Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1987 Read: August 2023 Rating: 4/5

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Melancholy Dane Speaks more than anyone else — The rest is silence.

Title: Hamlet Author: William Shakespeare Published: circa 1601 Read: October 2023 (re-read) Rating: 5/5

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Painting in black ink, Exquisite calligraphy: Nibs dance on the page.

(Haiku acrostic, written October 2023.)

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DEATH SEEKS APPRENTICE: ROOM AND BOARD, SCYTHE INCLUDED — LOVE OF CATS A MUST.

Title: Mort Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1987 Read: September 2023 (re-read) Rating: 3/5

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Secret fungal web Makes the forest possible: Everything connects.

Title: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures Author: Merlin Sheldrake Published: 2020 Read: October 2023 Rating: 5/5

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Where do I begin? Picture an ancient serpent Eating its own tale.

Title: Pyramids Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1989 Read: November 2023 Rating: 4/5

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Unstoppable force, Leader of the leaderless: Granny Weatherwax.

Title: Wyrd Sisters Author: Terry Pratchett Published: 1988 Read: October 2023 (re-read) Rating: 4/5

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Hamlet and Macbeth Through a Pratchettian lens — Could be made for me!

(Alternate haiku for Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters.)

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Non-binary monk Befriends a zen-like robot: Truly comforting.

Title: Pslam for the Wild-Built Author: Becky Chambers Published: 2021 Read: June 2023 Rating: 5/5

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In such evil times Survival is heroic — Value endurance.

Title: Kindred Author: Octavia E. Butler Published: 1979 Read: November 2023 Rating: 5/5

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Peruvian bear Loves marmalade sandwiches — Please look after him.

Title: A Bear Called Paddington Author: Michael Bond Published: 1959 Read: February 2023 (re-read) Rating: 4/5

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E.T. overwhelmed, Earth's far too noisy and bright: Big autism mood.

Title: The Man Who Fell to Earth Author: Walter Tevis Published: 1963 Read: September 2023 Rating: 2/5