Day 27. Dumb

One thing the water couldn’t do was gurgle out of the ornamental gargoyles ranged around the roofs. This was because the gargoyles wandered off and sheltered in the attics at the first sign of rain. They held that just because you were ugly it didn’t mean you were stupid.

Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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Okay, sorry, one more Munchkin thing. But this is so amazing. I was in London just a few weeks ago and met with Rob Wilkins. He was Sir Terry’s assistant and is now in charge of the Discworld legacy. Rob is a very nice guy, was wholly encouraging about the project, and had some great suggestions and insights. Especially into the “Dark Clerks,” a Discworld class based on Lord Vetinari’s “confidential agents.” Think “Discworld Men in Black . . . who know only what Lord V tells them.” Terry

didn’t get the time to flesh this group out, so they never got their own book, but they can star in Munchkin Discworld!

I’ve just finished Reaper Man (my fourth Discworld novel after The Colour of Magic, Mort and Wyrd Sisters), and even though I really enjoyed it, one thing is bugging me. In the plotline with the wizards at the University, I just couldn’t picture who was who. Whenever “the Bursar” or “Ridcully” popped up, I was like “who? ...anyway.” Was I not reading carefully enough, or are these characters just not very developed in the novel?

In comparison, I feel like there was not much more description for the members of the Fresh Start Club, yet I did not feel the same for those characters.

Day 26. Zip

Wow-Wow Sauce, a mixture of mature scumble, pickled cucumbers, capers, mustard, mangoes, figs, grated wahooni, anchovy essence, asafetida and, significantly, sulfur and saltpetre for added potency. Ridcully inherited the formula from his uncle who, after half a pint of sauce on a big meal one evening, had a charcoal biscuit to settle his stomach, lit his pipe and disappeared in mysterious circumstances, although his shoes were found on the roof the following summer.

Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

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A dumb book for ickle kiddies.

Day 25. Fracture

It was a state of permanent inter-species vendetta and, like all good vendettas, didn’t really need a reason any more. It was enough that it had always existed. Dwarfs hated trolls because trolls hated dwarfs, and vice versa.

Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

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Finished these about 3 weeks ago, looking for quotes or sayings to fill the dead space. Was thinking of the reaper man quote, the Hogfather quote, or just simple things like "Crivens!", "De Chenolian Mobile"

Any ideas or thoughts?

GNU Terry Pratchett

As seen at MCM London ComicCon!

i was Rincewind at the renaissance faire this weekend! i made the robe and a shell for an existing hat from a bedsheet!! i was recognized by a few people and even encountered a Twoflower which was amazing! i had so much fun and i’m really proud of myself for putting it together :)

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Everyone is represented so far except the Wizards and, somehow, Tiffany Aching!

Just a reminder, we're making a (not so) definitive list of the Discworld books in order from best to worst.. The top rated comment gets added to the list next.

1. Night Watch

2. Small Gods

3. Monstrous Regiment

4. Going Postal

5. Witches Abroad

6. Hogfather

7. Reaper Man

8. Feet of Clay

9. Guards! Guards!

10. The Truth

11. Carpe Jugulum

12. Thief of Time

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Remaining books:

The Colour of Magic

The Light Fantastic

Equal Rites

Mort

Sourcery

Wyrd Sisters

Pyramids

Eric

Moving Pictures

Lords and Ladies

Men at Arms

Soul Music

Interesting Times

Maskerade

Jingo

The Last Continent

The Fifth Elephant

The Last Hero

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Wee Free Men

A Hat Full of Sky

Thud!

Wintersmith

Making Money

Unseen Academicals

I Shall Wear Midnight

Snuff

Raising Steam

The Shepherd's Crown

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Hi folks,

I’ve been slowly getting my grandfather into reading more over the past year or so.

We’ve started with the Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy books, which he really liked, so naturally, I feel like Discworld he would also enjoy (me being a huge fan, I also want him to try the series).

He’s a big fan of 70s/80s British humour (think Monty Python, Blackadder etc.), which is another reason why I think he’d enjoy Terry’s writing.

I think humour and a good plot is more important to him than crazy world building and magic etc. as I think he struggled a little when things in the Douglas Adam’s books got a little whacky at times.

Initially, I think something like Small Gods could work, but would be keen to hear what you all think/would recommend?

Thanks

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Posting late again, but it's still October²!

Ever since I finished reading this book, I've been wanting to draw the saddest of the unggue pots. This time I'm posting it as a video instead of an image because I imagine it shines that way, and it just so happened that I had the right paint to try it.

Also, have you ever seen a baby bird? They look quite goblin-ish to me!

Just for the record: I'm trying to do this year's Disctober cockatiel-themed. I owe them the inspiration to participate this year, so why not an entire series :)
This is the penult or last one I'll do because I haven't read the other books yet, but I'm happy that many enjoyed the silliness with me!

Just checking with you smart people because i've never (I know, I know!) watched Lawrence of Arabia, but I thought that might be the reference for Carrot while in Klatch.

I probably have to watch the movie now which will thrill my fella to no end. 😊

I'm looking for a collection of Discworld idioms or sayings and all I can find are endless collections of the best quotes. That's lovely, and it's been good reading, but what I'm really after is a list of uniquely Discworld sayings along the lines of "a leopard cannot change their shorts" or "music with rocks in". Anyone have a link to a repository of that specific sort of quote?

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Reminder: just upvote the comment you want to win, and if you want to say something about it, say so in a reply instead of your own top level comment!

Everyone is represented so far except the Wizards and, somehow, Tiffany Aching! (well the Wizards had B plots in both Death books but should those count?).

Just a reminder, we're making a (not so) definitive list of the Discworld books in order from best to worst.. The top rated comment gets added to the list next.

1. Night Watch

2. Small Gods

3. Monstrous Regiment

4. Going Postal

5. Witches Abroad

6. Hogfather

7. Reaper Man

8. Feet of Clay

9. Guards! Guards!

10. The Truth

11. Carpe Jugulum

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Remaining books:

The Colour of Magic

The Light Fantastic

Equal Rites

Mort

Sourcery

Wyrd Sisters

Pyramids

Eric

Moving Pictures

Lords and Ladies

Men at Arms

Soul Music

Interesting Times

Maskerade

Jingo

The Last Continent

The Fifth Elephant

Thief of Time

The Last Hero

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Wee Free Men

A Hat Full of Sky

Thud!

Wintersmith

Making Money

Unseen Academicals

I Shall Wear Midnight

Snuff

Raising Steam

The Shepherd's Crown

Was out and about, and got my very own Soul Eating Dagger of the Spider Queen!

Came across this gem on a history subreddit-

SPOILERS LIKELY for City Watch

I just reread Guards! Guards! and was thinking about the plot in that book and how risky it clearly was (the state of *that* book for one thing!). It makes for a very fun story but is so ridiculous!

It got me curious about which villains people like best from the series, and who had the best/most realistic/entertaining plan 😈

Does anyone else feel the last days of October are the most stressful???

Falling behind!

Late entry.

A Shepherds Crown Pie...

Reminder: just upvote the comment you want to win, and if you want to say something about it, say so in a reply instead of your own top level comment!

Everyone is represented so far except the Wizards and Tiffany Aching (well the Wizards had B plots in both Death books but should those count?).

Just a reminder, we're making a (not so) definitive list of the Discworld books in order from best to worst.. The top rated comment gets added to the list next.

1. Night Watch

2. Small Gods

3. Monstrous Regiment

4. Going Postal

5. Witches Abroad

6. Hogfather

7. Reaper Man

8. Feet of Clay

9. Guards! Guards!

10. The Truth

------

Remaining books:

The Colour of Magic

The Light Fantastic

Equal Rites

Mort

Sourcery

Wyrd Sisters

Pyramids

Eric

Moving Pictures

Lords and Ladies

Men at Arms

Soul Music

Interesting Times

Maskerade

Jingo

The Last Continent

Carpe Jugulum

The Fifth Elephant

Thief of Time

The Last Hero

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

The Wee Free Men

A Hat Full of Sky

Thud!

Wintersmith

Making Money

Unseen Academicals

I Shall Wear Midnight

Snuff

Raising Steam

The Shepherd's Crown

A little odd maybe, but I started the Watch Series with The Fifth Elephant. There was no mention of how Syvil looked like in there. I imagined her for so long as Margrat ngl, skinny, refined, a lil eccentric.

Then I read Guard! Guards! And I kid you not, took over 100 pages for any mentions of her looks. I found it intentional. It was Cap'n Vimes who met her first, and at most I got that she is tall. It was NOBBY who started the fat jokes!

Wondering about names like little bottom, vetinari, moist von lipwig, dunmanifestin, casanunda and so many other names we are so used to reading in his books.

Did he get a flash of inspiration when he got the perfect double meaning or do you think he had a load of notes where he tried out variations to see which was best for his characters or scenes.

So with casanunda he already might have had a dwarvish lothario with a ladder that needed a name or did the dwavishness and ladder come because he already had the perfect name?