Happily reading my copy of the new Adventures in Ankh Morpork source book, and came across this footnote discussing death, and now I'm sad again.

and I vaguely recalled that it had a more specific meaning, though I couldn’t remember what it was. Upon consulting the Cambridge Dictionary, I learned that a doyenne was specifically “the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected woman involved in a particular type of work.”

Personally, I think that this brilliant alliteration is also the most accurate description of who Nanny Ogg is on multiple levels. It doesn’t specify WHAT type of work it is, bc it doesn’t matter: for HER style of witching, she’s the oldest & best there is.

Dude, what a blast! From the start, I could tell this was going to be a fun story that STP was going to take me on. I was expecting something like a British Naked Gun or B99, and what I got was something entirely different. I was really surprised how much STP made me feel for the city watch night shift. It almost reminds me of Bridge 4, and while I prefer Jim Butcher's humor (specifically the Dresden Files) over STP, this was spectacular. It's woven into the prose and writing itself, and sometimes the jokes will fly over your head, but when you catch them, you'll laugh. You can tell STP wasn't cynical about what he was satirizing; he was just a joyful man, and his writing shows that. And the depth! This guy knows what he's talking about, and he cares about it. It isn't constant; it could be a paragraph about libraries or how animals are treated that will stand out and make you think. At first, I thought the plot was kind of "eh," but up until the three-quarters mark, you see that he had this all planned out from the start. This crew is so enjoyable to be around, and apparently, this isn't everyone on the city watch. Those ending few paragraphs kind of gave off a sense of finality, like you could end it here and have a good time. Overall, what an amazing book! And everything DCC wants to be.

Also would like to point out how jarring and interesting it is to go from r scott bakkers second apocalypse to discworld. Like going from the bleakest of bleak worlds to a wacky adventure with a police crew.

So i just google "Asterix and Obelix character design," because i kinda want to draw them as A&O characters now and this was the third thing that came out xd

I've read a scattered collection and made the declaration to read the whole series cover to cover. This little bit hits different reading them in the opposite order. Wanted to share.

Been playing around with designs for a mini-zine style “passport” character sheet for the Discworld RPG.

It prints on a single page, then gets a lengthwise cut in the middle, then cut out the perimeter and fold.

Shout out to YouTuber TechDweeb, who provided the blank page template and folding directions.

Still a work in progress, but a fun little project.

When Nanny, Agnes and Magrat (with her 2 week old baby)and are going to scry to find Granny, Oats (who is carrying a little baby at this point) wondering if they're going to take all their clothes off and dance around, and their subsequent reactions as they just stare at this young priest in disbelief (Nanny perhaps not wholly so) never fail to crack me up whenever I remember it.

I couldn't imagine a more funny priest-and-witches meeting in any universe. Amongst all the narrations in Discworld about how books about witches are written by men who need to get out more, this really drove the point home². Oats just taking it so much for granted that he asks about it with almost no judgement, just a polite request to be excused is just cherry on top¹.

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^{1: I adore him}

^{2: It does for the Witch Trials what PTerry's other line "two countries who weren't on good terms because of what one of them said about our Sharon" does for wars; it brings to light how serious events can be at their core very stupid.}

I’ve been making my way through the audiobooks this year for the first time and it has been such a fun experience! I started Making Money the other day, and sometimes, seemingly at random, the audiobook will play about 30 seconds of some funky beats that the narrator reads over. I’m not objecting, but why is this the only book this happens in?

Hi all,

I'm reading the series in publication order and just finished Wyrd Sisters. While The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, and Sourcery are clearly all in the same continuity, I'm a bit baffled by the fact that Wyrd Sisters makes zero mention of the events in Equal Rites, and it rolls back all of Granny's character development from that book. Same with Death's appearances so far post-Mort; it's like his near-rejection of the role of Death and attempts to understand humanity better never took place.

I'll admit, one of the reasons I was looking forward to reading Discworld is because of the sheer number of books in the series. I love expansive world building, getting to see characters develop over time, and little callbacks/nods to past events between books. Does Discworld have more of that in the later books?

I just went through a re-read and forgot how much I enjoyed Lady Sybil in this novel.

Hope the title describes it well.

I would appreciate some community help to remember in which book a particular scene occurs.

What I remember is it describes flies discussing a cow that used to out there in the field in front of them saying something along the lines of "back in my days there used to be a cow there" and later it talks about the trees perception of time. If it rings a bell I would appreciate the name of the book please.

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Apologies if I’m being dim and this is mentioned in the book, but when the witches turned the carriage into a pumpkin, surely they would’ve realised that Lilith could have changed it back since they all knew she was the other godmother, presumably with another wand.

Really loving this book, but this part stuck out to me as to why they wouldn’t think of this.

After a LONG wait the RPG finally arrived! I can't wait to dig into this!

I'm reading this series for the first time. And after about the 1/4 mark, I realized this is what people told me DCC was.

I don't know if this thought is worth anyone's time, but I thought I'd share it anyway.

A lot has already been written about gender, trans identity and Discworld, with Equal Rites, Fifth Elephant and (of course) Monstrous Regiment getting their flowers.

But it was only on a re-read that it occurred to me that the Librarian, while I'm sure never intended to be "a trans character", could be read as one.

After his surprise transformation into an orangutan, he has made a concerted effort to refuse or resist any attempts to change him back into a human, has gone to lengths to remove his human identity from the records (no deadnaming) and has not only continued in his identity as a great (no, a fantastic) ape, but has gained the acceptance of the UU, the Watch and everyone who wants to retain their teeth, to the point that people forget he ever had arms shorter than his legs.

So: The Librarian, trans icon. You heard it here first.

Since autumn is approaching, I was curious which Discworld books fit the vibe the most. I don't think I have read a lot of the books to have a recommendation, but if someone has, I'd like to hear your opinions XD

Wonder if there was a treaty signing planned...

My son has improved in his Discworld CADing skills.

The other day i was watching Up Pompeii! With my Dad when it struck me that Lurcio's delivery of The Prologue is remarkably similar to how Copolymer (the Discs Greatest Storyteller) from Pyramids is supposed to tell his tales.

Now I'm not convinced its a full on Dammit pTerry as Copolymer is just a throwaway character/reference and Up Pompeii! Finished in 1970 (though often repeated) and Pyramids wasn't published until almost 20 years later. I do feel as if there's something there.

I keep coming across lots of Sir Terry’s non-Discworld books that I never knew existed.

Where should I start?

How do they compare?

In Eric (published 1990) the Discworld equivalent of Odysseus turns out to be Rincewind's ancestor. Never really got it - I haven't read the Odyssey - until watching the movie and seeing just how much time he spends running away from things. Finally it makes sense!