I haven’t really touched on it so far, even though we have seen gonnes, submarines, political attempts to increase the racial diversity of the Ankh-Morpork, arcane computers, progressive monarchs and women not being bound by class or gender. You leave us dry.’Įver since Twoflower stepped off a boat at Ankh-Morpork dock, becoming the Discworld’s first ever tourist at the beginning of The Colour of Magic, there has been a thread of modernity and progress running through each Discworld novel. It seems all our best go to Ankh-Morpork, where they live in squalor. It bites, and what it bites it turns into copies of itself. ‘When people say “We must move with the times,” they really mean “You must do it my way.” And there are some who would say Ankh-Morpork is…a kind of vampire. One area that I have managed to avoid is making this blog some self-indulgent memoir. I feel knackered after publishing 25 posts exploring the Discworld. To hit a run of rich form so late into your career, and to do so after publishing a backlist most novelists will never match in terms of volume, is a staggering achievement. And that’s before Tiffany Aching makes her first appearance, the novels Pratchett has said he would most like to be remembered for. Last week’s The Fifth Elephant brought geopolitics and trade into the mix and as well as the excellent The Truth, we have Thief of Time and Night Watch (many a Discworld fan’s favourite Pratchett novel) still to come. Twenty five novels in and, whisper it, we might be in the middle of a bit of a Discworld golden age. Kings and lords come and go and leave nothing but statues in a desert, while a couple of young men tinkering in a workshop change the way the world works. What was once considered impossible is now quite easily achieved.

The Magician Versus the Headache – Sourcery.

When Buzzfeed writes about Pratchett Job….

Death Might Be Your Santa Claus – Hogfather*.

Revisiting Terry Pratchett’s Discworld taught me why I love reading.

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda – The Last Continent.

Terry Pratchett’s final novel coming this September.

Strange News From Another Star – The Truth.

The Guardian is doing a Discworld reread….The Rat – The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

Listen, The Snow Is Falling – Wintersmith.Moon Witch Cartridge – I Shall Wear Midnight.Your Favourite Discworld Novels (sort of).The Day The World Went Away – The Shepherd’s Crown.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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