Fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett
Discworld
is a
comic fantasy
[1]
book series
written by the English author
Terry Pratchett
, set on the
Discworld
, a
flat planet
balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The series began in 1983 with
The Colour of Magic
and continued until the final novel
The Shepherd's Crown
, which was published in 2015, following Pratchett's death. The books frequently parody or take inspiration from classic works, usually fantasy or science fiction, as well as
mythology
,
folklore
and
fairy tales
, and often use them for
satirical
parallels with cultural, political and scientific issues.
Forty-one
Discworld
novels were published. Apart from the first novel in the series,
The Colour of Magic
, the original British editions of the first 26 novels, up to
Thief of Time
(2001), had cover art by
Josh Kirby
. After Kirby's death in 2001, the covers were designed by
Paul Kidby
. The American editions, published by
HarperCollins
, used their own cover art. Companion publications include eleven short stories (some only loosely related to the Discworld), four popular science books, and a number of supplementary books and reference guides. The series has been adapted for graphic novels, theatre, computer and board games, and television.
Discworld
books regularly topped
Sunday Times
best-sellers list, making Pratchett the UK's best-selling author in the 1990s.
Discworld
novels have also won awards such as the
Prometheus Award
and the
Carnegie Medal
. In the
BBC
's
Big Read
, four
Discworld
novels were in the top 100, and a total of fourteen in the top 200. More than 80 million
Discworld
books have been sold in 37 languages.
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Composition
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Very few of the
Discworld
novels have chapter divisions. Instead, they feature interweaving storylines. Pratchett was quoted as saying that he "just never got into the habit of chapters",
[4]
later adding that "I have to shove them in the putative
YA
books because my editor screams until I do".
[5]
However, the first
Discworld
novel
The Colour of Magic
was divided into "books", as is
Pyramids
. Additionally,
Going Postal
and
Making Money
both have chapters, a prologue, an epilogue, and brief teasers of what is to come in each chapter, in the style of
A. A. Milne
,
Jules Verne
, and
Jerome K. Jerome
.
Themes and motifs
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The
Discworld
novels contain common themes and motifs that run through the series. Many of the novels parody fantasy cliches and various subgenres of fantasy, like
fairy tales
(notably
Witches Abroad
) or vampire tales (
Carpe Jugulum
). Analogies of real-world issues, such as religion (
Small Gods
), fundamentalism and inner city tension (
Thud
), business and politics (
Making Money
), racial prejudice and exploitation (
Snuff
) recur, as do aspects of culture and entertainment such as opera (
Maskerade
), rock music (
Soul Music
), cinema (
Moving Pictures
), and football (
Unseen Academicals
). Parodies of non-Discworld fiction also occur frequently, including
Shakespeare
,
Beatrix Potter
, and several movies. Major historical events, especially battles, are sometimes the basis for both trivial and key events (
Jingo
,
Eric
, and
Pyramids
), as are trends in science, technology, pop culture and modern art (
Moving Pictures
,
Men at Arms
,
Thud
). There are also
humanist
themes in many
Discworld
novels, and a focus on
critical thinking
skills in the Witches and
Tiffany Aching
series.
Storylines
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The
Discworld
novels and stories are, in principle, stand-alone works. However, a number of novels and stories form
novel sequences
with distinct
story arcs
:
Rincewind
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Rincewind
was the first protagonist of
Discworld
. He is a wizard with no skill, no wizardly qualifications, and no interest in heroics. He is extremely cowardly but is constantly thrust into dangerous adventures. He saves Discworld on several occasions, and has an instrumental role in the emergence of life on Roundworld (
Science of Discworld
).
Other characters in the Rincewind story arc include
Cohen the Barbarian
, an aging hero of the old fantasy tradition, out of touch with the modern world and still fighting despite his advanced age;
Twoflower
, a naive tourist from the Agatean Empire (inspired by cultures of East Asia, particularly Japan and China); and
The Luggage
, a magical, semi-sentient and aggressive multi-legged travelling accessory. Rincewind appears in eight Discworld novels as well as the four
Science of Discworld
supplementary books.
Death
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Death
, a seven-foot
skeleton in a black robe
who rides a pale horse named Binky, appears in every novel except
The Wee Free Men
and
Snuff
, although sometimes with only a few lines. His dialogue is always depicted in
SMALL CAPS
without quotation marks. Several characters have said that his voice seemed to reach their minds without making a sound.
Death guides souls from this world to the next. Over millennia he has developed a fascination with humanity to a point and feels protective of it. He adopted a human daughter and took on a human apprentice
[6]
Eventually the two had a daughter,
Susan Sto Helit
, a primary character in
Soul Music
,
Hogfather
, and
Thief of Time
.
Characters that often appear with Death include his butler
Albert
, his granddaughter Susan Sto Helit, the
Death of Rats
, in charge of gathering the souls of rodents,
Quoth
, and the Auditors of Reality, the closest thing Death has to a nemesis.
Death or Susan appears in five Discworld novels. He also appears in the short stories
Witches
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Witches
in Pratchett's universe act as
herbalists
, nurses, adjudicators and wise women who can use
magic
but generally prefer not to, finding simple but cunningly applied psychology (called "headology") far more effective.
The principal witch,
Granny Weatherwax
, a taciturn, bitter old crone from the small mountain country of
Lancre
, largely despises people but acts as their healer and protector because no one else can do this as well as she can. Her closest friend is
Nanny Ogg
, a jolly, personable witch with the "common touch" who enjoys a smoke and a pint of beer, and often sings bawdy folk songs like the notorious "Hedgehog Song". The two take on apprentice witches: first
Magrat Garlick
, then
Agnes Nitt
, then
Tiffany Aching
, who become accomplished witches.
Other characters in the Witches series include:
- King Verence II of Lancre, a onetime
Fool
- Jason Ogg
, Nanny Ogg's eldest son, the local blacksmith
- Shawn Ogg
, Nanny's youngest son who serves as his country's entire army and civil service
- Nanny's murderous cat Greebo.
The witches appear in many Discworld books, and are protagonists in seven. They also appeared in the short story "
The Sea and Little Fishes
". Their stories frequently draw on ancient European folklore and fairy tales, and parody famous works of literature, particularly by
Shakespeare
.
City Watch
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The stories featuring the
Ankh-Morpork City Watch
are
urban fantasy
, and frequently depict a traditional, magically-run fantasy world coming into contact with modern technology. They revolve around the growth of the
Ankh-Morpork
City Watch from a hopeless gang of three to a fully-equipped and efficient police force. The stories are largely
police procedurals
, featuring crimes with heavy political or societal overtones.
The main character
Sam Vimes
is a haggard, cynical, working-class street copper. When introduced in
Guards! Guards!
, he is the alcoholic captain of the three-person Night Watch, which also includes the lazy, cowardly, and none-too-bright sergeant
Fred Colon
and Corporal
Nobby Nobbs
, a petty thief in his own right. Then
Carrot Ironfoundersson
, a 6-foot-6-inch-tall (1.98 m) dwarf-by-adoption, joins the Watch.
Other main characters include
- Angua
, a werewolf,
- Detritus, a troll,
- Reg Shoe, a zombie and Dead Rights campaigner,
- Cuddy, a
Dwarf
in
Men at Arms
,
- Golem Constable Dorfl.
Cheery Littlebottom
, the Watch's
forensics
expert and one of the first openly female dwarves, tried to rename herself "Cheri" without success. Constable Visit-the-infidel-with-explanatory-pamphlets appears in some novels, and Sam's wife,
Lady Sybil Vimes (nee Ramkin)
is integral to certain storylines.
Inspector A E Pessimal
was recruited by Vimes as his adjutant after
Havelock Vetinari
, the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, sent him as an auditor.
The City Watch starred in eight Discworld stories, and cameoed in a number of others, including
Making Money
, the children's book
Where's My Cow?
,
and the short story "
Theatre of Cruelty
".
Pratchett stated on numerous occasions that the presence of the City Watch makes Ankh-Morpork stories "problematic", as stories set in the city that do not directly involve Vimes and the Watch often require a Watch presence to maintain the story?at which point, it becomes a Watch story by default.
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Wizards
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The Wizards of
Unseen University
(UU) have a strong thread through many of the
Discworld
novels, although the only books that they star in exclusively are The Science of the Discworld series and the novels
Unseen Academicals
and
The Last Continent
. In the early books, the faculty of UU changed frequently; promotion usually involved assassination. However, after the ascension of the bombastic
Mustrum Ridcully
to the position of
Archchancellor
, the hierarchy settled down and characters had the chance to develop. Earlier books featured the wizards in possible invasions of Discworld by creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions, Lovecraftian monsters that hungered for magic.
The wizards of UU employ the traditional "whizz-bang" type of magic seen in
Dungeons & Dragons
games, but also investigate the rules and structure of magic in terms highly reminiscent of
particle physics
. Prominent members include
- Ponder Stibbons
, a geeky young wizard
- Hex
, the Disc's first computer/semi-sentient thinking engine
- the Librarian
, turned into an orangutan by magical accident, who refuses to be turned back
- the Dean
- the mentally unstable
Bursar
- the Chair of Indefinite Studies
- the Lecturer in Recent Runes
- the Senior Wrangler.
In later novels, Rincewind joins their group, while the Dean leaves to become the Archchancellor of Brazeneck College in the nearby city of Pseudopolis.
The Wizards feature prominently in nine
Discworld
books and star in The
Science of Discworld series
and the short story "
A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices
".
Tiffany Aching
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Tiffany Aching
is a young apprentice witch in a series of Discworld books aimed at young adults. Her stories often parallel mythic heroes' quests, but also deal with Tiffany's difficulties as a young girl maturing into a responsible woman. She is aided in her task by the
Nac Mac Feegle
, a gang of blue-tattooed, 6-inch tall, hard-drinking, loud-mouthed
pictsie
creatures also called "The Wee Free Men" who serve as her guardians. She is the protagonist of five novels,
The Wee Free Men
,
A Hat Full of Sky
,
Wintersmith
,
I Shall Wear Midnight
, and
The Shepherd's Crown
. Major characters in this series include Miss Tick, a travelling witch who discovers Tiffany; Nac Mac Feegle chieftain Rob Anybody; and the other young witches Annagramma Hawkin and Petulia Gristle. Both
Granny Weatherwax
and
Nanny Ogg
also appear in her stories.
Moist von Lipwig
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Moist von Lipwig
is a professional criminal and con man to whom Havelock Vetinari gives a "second chance" after staging his execution, recognising the advantages his
jack-of-all-trades
abilities will give to the development of the city. After putting him in charge of the
Ankh-Morpork Post Office
in
Going Postal
, with good results, Vetinari orders him to clear up the city's corrupt financial sector in
Making Money
. In a third book,
Raising Steam
, Vetinari directs Lipwig to oversee the development of a railway network for Dick Simnel's newly invented steam locomotive. Other characters in this series include
Adora Belle Dearheart
, Lipwig's acerbic, chain-smoking love interest; Gladys, a golem who develops a strange crush on Lipwig;
Stanley Howler
, an obsessive young man who was raised by peas and becomes the Discworld's first
stamp collector
; and the very old Junior Postman Groat, who never got promoted to Senior Postman because there was never a Postmaster alive long enough to promote him.
Discworld
cultures
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Several other books can be grouped together as "Other cultures of Discworld" books. They may contain characters or locations from other arcs, typically not as protagonist or antagonist but as a supporting character or even a throwaway reference. These include
Pyramids
(Djelibeybi),
Small Gods
(Omnia), and
Monstrous Regiment
(Zlobenia and Borogravia).
Characters
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Short descriptions of many of the notable characters:
Bibliography
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Novels
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No.
|
Title
|
Published
|
Subseries
|
Notes
|
1
|
The Colour of Magic
|
1983
|
Rincewind
|
93rd in
the Big Read
[7]
|
2
|
The Light Fantastic
|
1986
|
Continues from
The Colour of Magic
|
3
|
Equal Rites
|
1987
|
Witches
|
|
4
|
Mort
|
Death
|
65th in the Big Read
[7]
|
5
|
Sourcery
|
1988
|
Rincewind
|
|
6
|
Wyrd Sisters
|
Witches
|
135th in the Big Read
[8]
|
7
|
Pyramids
|
1989
|
Standalone
|
British Science Fiction Award winner, 1989
[9]
|
8
|
Guards! Guards!
|
City Watch
|
69th in the Big Read
[7]
|
9
|
Eric
|
1990
|
Rincewind
|
Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by
Josh Kirby
|
10
|
Moving Pictures
|
Industrial Revolution
|
|
11
|
Reaper Man
|
1991
|
Death
|
126th in the Big Read
[8]
|
12
|
Witches Abroad
|
Witches
|
197th in the Big Read
[10]
|
13
|
Small Gods
|
1992
|
Standalone
|
102nd in the Big Read
[8]
|
14
|
Lords and Ladies
|
Witches
|
|
15
|
Men at Arms
|
1993
|
City Watch
|
148th in the Big Read
[8]
|
16
|
Soul Music
|
1994
|
Death
|
151st in the Big Read
[10]
|
17
|
Interesting Times
|
Rincewind
|
|
18
|
Maskerade
|
1995
|
Witches
|
|
19
|
Feet of Clay
|
1996
|
City Watch
|
|
20
|
Hogfather
|
Death
|
137th in the Big Read;
[8]
British Fantasy Award nominee, 1997
[11]
|
21
|
Jingo
|
1997
|
City Watch
|
|
22
|
The Last Continent
|
1998
|
Rincewind
|
|
23
|
Carpe Jugulum
|
Witches
|
|
24
|
The Fifth Elephant
|
1999
|
City Watch
|
153rd in the Big Read;
[10]
Locus Fantasy Award nominee, 2000
[12]
|
25
|
The Truth
|
2000
|
Industrial Revolution
|
193rd in the Big Read
[10]
|
26
|
Thief of Time
|
2001
|
Death
|
152nd in the Big Read;
[10]
Locus Award nominee, 2002
[13]
|
27
|
The Last Hero
|
Rincewind
|
Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by
Paul Kidby
|
28
|
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
|
Standalone
|
A YA (young adult or children's) Discworld book; winner of the 2001
Carnegie Medal
[14]
|
29
|
Night Watch
|
2002
|
City Watch
|
Received the
Prometheus Award
in 2003;
[15]
came 73rd in the Big Read;
[7]
Locus Award nominee, 2003
[15]
|
30
|
The Wee Free Men
|
2003
|
Tiffany Aching
|
The second YA Discworld book; also published in larger format and fully illustrated by Stephen Player
|
31
|
Monstrous Regiment
|
Industrial Revolution
|
2004 nominee for
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
.
[16]
The title is a reference to
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women
[17]
|
32
|
A Hat Full of Sky
|
2004
|
Tiffany Aching
|
The third YA Discworld book
|
33
|
Going Postal
|
Moist von Lipwig
|
Locus and Nebula Awards nominee, 2005
[18]
|
34
|
Thud!
|
2005
|
City Watch
|
Locus Award nominee, 2006
[19]
|
35
|
Wintersmith
|
2006
|
Tiffany Aching
|
The fourth YA book.
|
36
|
Making Money
|
2007
|
Moist von Lipwig
|
Locus Award
winner
, Nebula nominee, 2008
[20]
|
37
|
Unseen Academicals
|
2009
|
Industrial Revolution
|
Locus Award Nominee, 2010
[21]
|
38
|
I Shall Wear Midnight
|
2010
|
Tiffany Aching
|
The fifth YA book, Andre Norton
winner
, 2010
[22]
|
39
|
Snuff
|
2011
|
City Watch
|
The third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days.
[23]
|
40
|
Raising Steam
|
2013
|
Moist von Lipwig
|
|
41
|
The Shepherd's Crown
|
2015
|
Tiffany Aching
|
The sixth YA book, Completed mid-2014 and published posthumously in 2015
[24]
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Short stories
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Short stories by Pratchett based in the Discworld, including published miscellanea such as the fictional game origins of
Thud
, were reprinted in Pratchett's collection
A Blink of the Screen
(2012), and elsewhere.
Seven of the short stories or short writings were also collected in a compilation of the majority of Pratchett's known short work named
Once More* With Footnotes
(2004).
Additionally, another short story "
Turntables of the Night
" (1989) is set in England but features
Death
as a character; it is available online and in both anthologies.
"Mapps"
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Although Terry Pratchett said, "There are no maps. You can't map a sense of humour,"
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there are four "Mapps":
The Streets of Ankh-Morpork
(1993),
The Discworld Mapp
(1995),
A Tourist Guide to Lancre
(1998), and
Death's Domain
(1999). The first two were drawn by Stephen Player, based on plans by Pratchett and
Stephen Briggs
, the third is a collaboration between Briggs and
Paul Kidby
, and the last is by Kidby. All also contain booklets written by Pratchett and Briggs. Terry later collaborated with the Discworld Emporium to produce two much larger works, each with the associated map with the book in a folder,
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork City Guide
(2012) and
The Compleat Discworld Atlas
(2015).
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Science books
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Pratchett also collaborated with
Ian Stewart
and
Jack Cohen
on four books, using the Discworld to illuminate
popular science
topics. Each book alternates chapters of a
Discworld
story and notes on real science related to it. The books are:
Quiz books
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David Langford
has compiled two
Discworld
quiz
books:
Diaries
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Most years see the release of a Discworld Diary and Discworld Calendar, both usually following a particular theme.
The diaries feature background information about their themes. Some topics are later used in the series; the character of Miss Alice Band first appeared in the
Assassins' Guild Yearbook
, for example.
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The Discworld Almanak ? The Year of The Prawn
has a similar format and general contents to the diaries.
Other books
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Other
Discworld
publications include:
- The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio
(1993) A collection of Josh Kirby's artwork, published by Paper Tiger.
ISBN
978-1-85028-259-4
.
- The Discworld Companion
(1994) An encyclopedia of
Discworld
information, compiled by Pratchett and Briggs.
ISBN
978-0-575-05764-7
.
- An updated version was released in 2003, titled
The New Discworld Companion
.
ISBN
978-0-575-07555-9
.
- A further updated version was released in 2012, titled
Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far
.
[31]
ISBN
978-0-575-09120-7
.
- A new updated version was released in 2021, titled
The Ultimate Discworld Companion
.
ISBN
978-1-473-22350-9
.
- The Pratchett Portfolio
(1996) A collection of Paul Kidby's artwork, with notes by Pratchett.
ISBN
978-0-575-06348-8
.
- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook
(1999) A collection of
Discworld
recipes, combined with etiquette, language of flowers etc., written by Pratchett with
Stephen Briggs
and
Tina Hannan
. Illustrated by
Paul Kidby
.
ISBN
978-0-385-60005-7
.
- The Art of Discworld
(2004) Another collection of Paul Kidby's art.
ISBN
978-0-06-075827-1
.
- The Discworld Almanak
(2004) An
almanac
for the
Discworld
year, in the style of the Diaries and the Cookbook, written by Pratchett with
Bernard Pearson
.
ISBN
978-0-385-60683-7
.
- Where's My Cow?
(2005) A
Discworld
picture book referenced in
Thud!
and
Wintersmith
, written by Pratchett with illustrations by
Melvyn Grant
.
ISBN
978-0-385-60937-1
.
- The Unseen University Cut Out Book
(2006) Build your own Unseen University, written by Pratchett with Alan Batley and
Bernard Pearson
, published 1 October 2006.
ISBN
978-0-385-60944-9
- The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld
(2007) A collection of quotations from the series.
ISBN
978-0-385-61177-0
- The Folklore of Discworld
(2008) A collaboration with British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson, discussing the myths and folklore used in
Discworld
.
ISBN
978-0-385-61100-8
- The World of Poo
(2012) Another in-universe children's book (similar to
Where's My Cow
), referenced in
Snuff
.
ISBN
978-0-85752-121-7
- The Compleat Ankh-Morpork: City Guide
[32]
(2012) The complete guide to the city of Ankh-Morpork.
ISBN
978-0-85752-074-6
- Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook
(2014)
[33]
A guide book to the new railway system on the Disc; a parody of
Bradshaw's Guides
, and mentioned in
Raising Steam
.
ISBN
978-0-85752-243-6
.
- The Compleat Discworld Atlas
(2015) A follow-up to
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork
, and the Discworld Emporium's final collaboration with Terry Pratchett.
ISBN
978-0-85752-130-9
.
- The Ankh-Morpork Archives
Vol. 1 (2019) and Vol. 2 (2020) - anthologies of material written for the Discworld Diaries.
- The Nac Mac Feegle's Big Wee Alphabet Book
(2022) - a parody of children's alphabet books, using words from the
Scots
-like Feegle language.
ISBN
978-1-99980-810-5
.
- Mr Bunnsy Has an Adventure
[34]
(2023) - a tie-in with
The Amazing Maurice
, a facsimile of the book from the story based on the version seen in the film.
- Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
(2023) - the first published Discworld work written by
Rhianna Pratchett
, announced in May 2023. Co-authored with Gabrielle Kent and illustrated by Paul Kidby.
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Reading order
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The books take place roughly in
real time
and the characters' ages change to reflect the passing of years. The meetings of various characters from different narrative threads (e.g., Ridcully and
Granny Weatherwax
in
Lords and Ladies
, Rincewind and Carrot in
The Last Hero
) indicate that all the main storylines take place around the same period (end of the Century of the Fruitbat, beginning of the Century of the Anchovy). The main exception is the stand-alone book
Small Gods
, which appears to take place at some point earlier than most of the other stories, though even this contains cameo appearances by Death and the Librarian.
Some main characters may make
cameo appearances
in other books where they are not the primary focus; for example, City Watch members
Carrot Ironfoundersson
and
Angua
appear briefly in
Going Postal
,
Making Money
, and
Unseen Academicals
(placing those books after
Guards! Guards!
and
Men at Arms
). A number of characters, such as members of staff of
Unseen University
and Lord Vetinari, appear prominently in many different storylines without having specific storylines of their own. The two most frequently recurring central protagonists, Rincewind and
Sam Vimes
, are very briefly in a room together in
The Last Hero
, but they do not interact.
Continuation
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After Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with
Alzheimer's disease
, he said that he would be happy for his daughter
Rhianna
to continue the series.
[36]
Pratchett co-founded Narrativia in 2012 along with Rob Wilkins to serve as a production company for adaptations of his works, with Rhianna as a member of its writing team.
[36]
Rhianna Pratchett said that she would be involved in spin-offs, adaptations and tie-ins, but there would be no more novels.
[37]
The first such spin-off by Rhianna was the tie-in book
Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch
, co-written with children's author Gabrielle Kent.
Adaptations
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Audiobooks
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Most of Pratchett's novels have been released as
audio cassette
and CD
audiobooks
.
Comics
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The Colour of Magic
,
The Light Fantastic
,
[42]
Mort
,
[43]
Guards! Guards!
,
[44]
and
Small Gods
[45]
have been adapted into
graphic novels
.
Film and television
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]
Due in part to the complexity of the novels,
Discworld
has been difficult to adapt to film ? Pratchett was fond of an anecdote of a producer attempting to pitch an adaptation of
Mort
in the early 1990s but was told to "lose the Death angle" by US backers.
[46]
Cosgrove Hall series (1996-1997)
[
edit
]
Cosgrove Hall
produced several animated adaptations for
Channel 4
from 1996 to 1997. All three star
Christopher Lee
as Death. These were made available on DVD and VHS in the US from Acorn Media.
Sky TV movie trilogy (2006-2010)
[
edit
]
Three television movies were commissioned by
Sky One
in the late 2000s, each of which were broadcast in two parts. Terry Pratchett cameos as a minor character in all three.
- Terry Pratchett's Hogfather
(2006), an adaptation of
Hogfather
with
Ian Richardson
as Death,
David Jason
as Albert and
Michelle Dockery
as Susan Sto Helit. It was first broadcast in December 2006.
[47]
[48]
- Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic
(2008), based on both
The Colour of Magic
and
The Light Fantastic
, starring David Jason as Rincewind. Christopher Lee replaces the late Ian Richardson in the role of Death.
[49]
[50]
- Terry Pratchett's Going Postal
(2010), an adaptation of
Going Postal
starring
Richard Coyle
,
David Suchet
,
Charles Dance
,
Claire Foy
,
Steve Pemberton
,
Andrew Sachs
and
Tamsin Greig
.
Other adaptations
[
edit
]
- Run Rincewind Run!
(2007): A Snowgum Films original story created for Nullus Anxietas. Stars Troy Larkin as
Rincewind
, and features Terry Pratchett as himself.
- Troll Bridge
(2019): A live-action / hand-animated short film by the Australian group Snowgum Films.
[51]
It premiered at the
Flickerfest
International Film Festival in January 2019.
[52]
- The Watch
, a TV series inspired by
[53]
the
Ankh-Morpork City Watch
,
The Watch
has been in development by Terry and then Rhianna Pratchett since 2011.
[54]
[55]
It was greenlit as an eight-episode series by
BBC America
in October 2018, with Simon Allen as writer and Hilary Salmon, Ben Donald, Rob Wilkins and Phil Collinson as executive producers.
[56]
[57]
However, Rhianna Pratchett has since distanced herself from the adaptation.
[58]
- The Amazing Maurice
, an animated film adaptation of
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
was released to theatres in 2022.
[59]
Fan works
[
edit
]
- Mort
(2001): A fan movie adaptation of
the eponymous novel
by Orange Cow Production, 26 minutes.
[60]
- Lords and Ladies
(2005): A fan movie adaptation of
Lords and Ladies
by Almost No Budget Films was completed in Germany.
[61]
Radio
[
edit
]
There have been several
BBC radio
adaptations of Discworld stories, including:
- Eric
(1990), a 4-part dramatised adaptation began airing on
BBC Radio 4
on 6 March 2013.
[62]
- Guards! Guards!
, six 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 1992, narrated by
Martin Jarvis
[63]
- Mort
, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2004, starring
Anton Lesser
and
Geoffrey Whitehead
[64]
- Night Watch
five 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2008, starring
Ben Onwukwe
and
Philip Jackson
[65]
- Small Gods
, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 2006, starring Anton Lesser
[66]
- Wyrd Sisters
, four 30-minutes episodes, first broadcast in 1995, starring
Sheila Hancock
,
Lynda Baron
and Deborah Berlin
[67]
Stage
[
edit
]
- Stephen Briggs
published stage adaptations of 18
Discworld
novels. Most of them were first produced by the Studio Theatre Club in
Abingdon
, Oxfordshire. They include adaptations of
The Truth
,
Maskerade
,
Mort
,
Wyrd Sisters
and
Guards! Guards!
[68]
[69]
- Irana Brown directed her adaptation of
Lords and Ladies
, first performed in 1995 at the Winton Studio Theatre. Her adaptation was published in 2001 by
Samuel French
, and is still being performed as of 2016.
[70]
[71]
- Allen Stroud
directed his adaptation of
Reaper Man
in 1996, first performed at the Winton Studio Theatre. He retains the script version.
[72]
- A stage version of
Eric
, adapted by
Scott Harrison
and Lee Harris, was produced and performed by The Dreaming Theatre Company in July 2003 inside
Clifford's Tower
, the 700-year-old castle keep in
York
.
[73]
[74]
It was revived in 2004 in a tour of England,
[75]
along with
Robert Rankin
's
The Antipope
.
- Small Gods
was adapted for the stage by Ben Saunders and was performed in February 2011 at the Assembly Rooms Theatre,
Durham
by Ooook! Productions
[76]
and members of
Durham Student Theatre
. Ooook! Productions also adapted and staged
[77]
Terry Pratchett's
Night Watch
(February 2012),
Thief of Time
(February 2013; adapted by Tim Foster
[78]
),
Lords and Ladies
(February 2014, adapted by Irana Brown
[79]
),
Monstrous Regiment
(2015),
[80]
and
Soul Music
(February 2016; adapted by Imogen Eddleston).
[81]
- A stage version of
Monstrous Regiment
was produced by
Lifeline Theatre
in Chicago, Illinois in June, July, and August 2014 with an adaptation written by one of Lifeline's ensemble members, Chris Hainsworth.
[82]
- A stage musical version of
Witches Abroad
, adapted by Amy Atha-Nicholls, was performed at the 2016
International Discworld Convention
.
Video Games
[
edit
]
- Two point-and-click adventure games were created in the 1990s-
Discworld
[83]
and
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?
(
Mortality Bites
in the US/North America).
[84]
- The first follows Rincewind as he is asked to look into the sudden and mysterious appearance of a dragon in Ankh-Morpork, while the second has him investigating the mysterious disappearance of Death.
Discworld
released in 1995 for PC (
MS-DOS
),
Macintosh
,
PlayStation
, and
Sega Saturn
, being one of the first games for the original Playstation, it came in a longbox case, rather than a CD Jewel case.
- The direct sequel,
Discworld II
, released the following year for PC (MS-DOS and
Microsoft Windows
), Playstation, and Sega Saturn.
Eric Idle
plays Rincewind. The game contains many beautifully hand-animated cutscenes.
- Another game,
Discworld Noir
, was released in 1999, for PC (Microsoft Windows) and Playstation, exclusively in Europe. It is more of a detective story, following a completely new main character- a PI named Lewton.
[85]
Other video games are:
Merchandise
[
edit
]
Various other types of related merchandise have been produced by
cottage industries
with an interest in the books, including
Stephen Briggs
,
Bernard Pearson
,
Bonsai Trading
,
Paul Kidby
and
Clarecraft
.
Games
[
edit
]
- Thud
, 2002, by
Trevor Truran
, publisher The Cunning Artificer. It resembles ancient
Norse
games such as
Hnefatafl
, and involves two unequal sides,
Trolls
and
Dwarves
with different moves and 'capture' abilities.
[88]
- Guards Guards
, 2011, by Backspindle Games (Designers: Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw), Published in conjunction with Z-Man Games. This is a 'quest' game where players have to manoeuvre their piece around the board collecting stolen spells to return to the Unseen University, while dealing with various Discworld characters.
[89]
- Ankh-Morpork
, 2011, by
Martin Wallace
, published by
Treefrog Games
. This is a game where each player has a secret victory condition, usually relating to owning buildings in, or controlling, various areas of the city of Ankh-Morpork. During the game, players play cards from their hand to place control elements in the city, remove other players' pieces, or otherwise manipulate the ownership of areas.
[90]
- The Witches
, 2013, by Martin Wallace, published by Treefrog Games. This is a game aimed at younger players. They must move around the town of Lancre and its surrounds, dealing with 'problems' ranging from a sick pig to an invasion by vampires. It is a semi-cooperative game, in that all players can lose if the game wins, but if they resolve all the problems, then one of them will win.
[91]
- Clacks
, 2014, by Backspindle Games (Designers: Leonard Boyd & David Brashaw), Published in conjunction with Z-Man Games. In this game players compete to send their 'message' on a clacks board while disrupting their opponents' messages. It resembles the game Amoeba.
[92]
with its constantly changing board.
[93]
- There are several sets of fan-created rules for the card game "
Cripple Mr Onion
" which appears in the novels. One of them was published in
Turtle Recall
.
Musical releases
[
edit
]
- Dave Greenslade
:
Terry Pratchett's From the Discworld
(1994; Virgin CDV 2738.7243 8 39512 2 2).
[94]
- Keith Hopwood
:
Soul Music?Terry Pratchett's Discworld
, (1998; Proper Music Distribution / Pluto Music TH 030746), soundtrack to the animated adaptation of
Soul Music
.
- Steeleye Span
:
Wintersmith
, (2013; Park Records), a collection of folk-rock songs based on the book Wintersmith and on other Tiffany Aching stories. There is a spoken contribution by Terry Pratchett.
Role-playing games
[
edit
]
Pratchett co-authored with
Phil Masters
two
role-playing game
supplements for Discworld, utilising the third edition of the
GURPS
system:
A revised second edition, the
Discworld Roleplaying Game
, was published in 2016. It combined the content of the previous two books with new material, and updated the rules to
GURPS
Fourth Edition.
Stamps
[
edit
]
In August 2023,
Royal Mail
introduced a series of eight stamps based on Discworld characters, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first book's publication.
[95]
Twin cities
[
edit
]
Critical reception
[
edit
]
On 5 November 2019, the
BBC News
listed
The Discworld Series
on its list of the
100 most influential novels
.
[98]
See also
[
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Maloni, Kelly; Baker, Derek; Wice, Nathaniel (1994).
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ISBN
0-679-75592-6
.
Discworld
Discworld
?"the land of the midnight frog, the place to be if you are a frog in a person's clothing"?is the setting. Based on the
Discworld
series of books by Terry Pratchett, the MUD is as social and light-hearted as an LP gets, albeit with constant bar brawls and killing sprees. For the adventurous, there are close to 40 quests based on the Pratchett stories. Check out the infamous Mended Drum, a favorite hangout. [...] Difficulty: average [...] Server: LPMUD
- ^
"Thud"
.
BoardGameGeek
.
Archived
from the original on 20 September 2020
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame"
.
BoardGameGeek
.
Archived
from the original on 22 September 2020
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"18C2C: Manifest Destiny"
.
BoardGameGeek
.
Archived
from the original on 22 September 2020
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"The Witches: A Discworld Game"
.
BoardGameGeek
.
Archived
from the original on 25 September 2020
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"Amoeba/Tantalus"
.
boardgamegeek.com
.
Archived
from the original on 26 March 2013
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"Clacks: A Discworld Board Game"
.
BoardGameGeek
.
Archived
from the original on 25 October 2020
. Retrieved
14 September
2020
.
- ^
"page"
. Amazon.co.uk.
Archived
from the original on 11 March 2021
. Retrieved
29 August
2009
.
- ^
"Stamps celebrate Terry Pratchett's Discworld saga"
.
BBC
. 3 August 2023
. Retrieved
3 August
2023
.
- ^
"Discworld link is sign of Somerset's entrepreneurial spirit"
.
intosomerset.wordpress.com
. Archived from
the original
on 13 July 2012.
- ^
Town names streets after Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
Archived
26 October 2018 at the
Wayback Machine
?
The Guardian
, 5 April 2009
- ^
"100 'most inspiring' novels revealed by BBC Arts"
.
BBC News
. 5 November 2019.
Archived
from the original on 3 November 2020
. Retrieved
10 November
2019
.
The reveal kickstarts the BBC's year-long celebration of literature.
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- Kristin Noone (2010). "Shakespeare in Discworld: Witches, Fantasy, and Desire".
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
.
21
(1): 26?40.
JSTOR
24352335
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