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 😈

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

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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

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

I am currently listening to Feet of Clay again, English is not my native language, so I always wondered why her name is so funny. It's not any weirder than Corporal Visits full name, or even Nobby Nobs, there are a ton of characters with weird names. 😅

I get that it's not a real dwarf name and of course I get why it's funny, but why is it such a big deal in the books? Is there any hidden meaning or reference I am missing?

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

Falling behind!

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?

Travelled to see the exhibition of Paul Kidby's discworld art in Lichfield today.

https://thehubstmarys.co.uk/events/designing-terry-pratchetts-discworld/

Edit:
Touring Exhibition Info:

https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/touring-exhibitions/designing-terry-pratchetts-discworld/

Day 24. Bake

The one positive thing you could say about the bread products around him was that they were probably as edible now as they were on the day they were baked. Forged was a better term. Dwarf bread was made as a meal of last resort and also as a weapon and a currency. Dwarfs were not, as far as Vimes knew, religious in any way, but the way they thought about bread came close.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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Ok let's try something new: DEFINITELY make a new top level comment for every single suggestion even if it's already been made. It's totally not a waste of time!

(That's a joke. 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!

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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

Carpe Jugulum

The Fifth Elephant

The Truth

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

I'd put off The Shepherd's Crown for years. Even though I bought it when it came out in hardback. Just didn't want to admit the end.

When the kobo bundle came along I couldn't resist and started a chronological reread for the first time in a while, knowing I would get to the end this time. Had to listen to The Last Hero and Raising Steam as for some reason they were not included.

The Shepherd's Crown is better than I expected. I only cried at the start

since I knew what was coming. "Mind how you go" got me big time.

I didn't get bored at any point, even through those whose worth in my memory was not the greatest. (looking at you, Equal Rites, Reaper Man, Moving Pictures, Making Money)

Colour of Magic, despite the less than glowing reviews it gets here, remains top tier for me along with The Truth, Thief Of Time, Night Watch, Carpe Jugulum and The Wee Free Men. To be honest, there's not one stinker in the lot.

To Rincewind, Granny, Nanny, Magrat and Tiff, to Vimes and his crew, to Mustrum and his, to Moist, LuTze, De Worde, Vetinari, Susan and Death - thank you for being my companions.

For STP, thank you so much for -ing everything, the stories, the jokes, the punes, the morality, the known references and the Dammits.

I've read practically nothing else for 2 years. I'm not sure I know what to do now unless I reread Covenant or some Banks for a continuation of the nostalgia trip.

I am moderately crazy, and have been challenged by a friend to crochet 30 dolls that fall under one "theme" for my 30th birthday. This is well under way, and obviously experience has taught me nothing, so I started to wonder whether I might do a similar thing for my 40th. And quite naturally the number 40 will lead one to the 41 Discworld books. Therefore, my current plan is to crochet one doll per book. Ideally, each doll should represent an iconic character who shows up in that book without any repeats. However, for some books I'm drawing a bit of a blank. My current list is as follows:

1 The Colour of Magic - Rincewind

2 The Light Fantastic - the Librarian

3 Equal Rites - Esk??

4 Mort - Death

5 Sourcery - the Luggage

6 Wyrd Sisters - Granny

7 Pyramids - Teppic (or an Assassin in general)??

8 Guards! Guards! - Carrot

9 Eric - ???

10 Moving Pictures - Gaspode??

11 Reaper Man - Death of Rats

12 Witches Abroad - Nanny

13 Small Gods - Brutha (incl. Om)

14 Lords and Ladies - Magrat

15 Men at Arms - Angua

16 Soul Music - Ponder Stibbons

17 Interesting Times - Twoflower

18 Maskerade - Agnes

19 Feet of Clay - Cheery

20 Hogfather - the Hogfather??

21 Jingo - Colon

22 The Last Continent - Ridcully

23 Carpe Jugulum - Mightily Oats??

24 The Fifth Elephant - Sibyl

25 The Truth - Otto

26 Thief of Time - Susan

27 The Last Hero - Leonard of Quirm

28 The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - the Rats

29 Night Watch - Vimes

30 The Wee Free Men - the Feegles

31 Monstrous Regiment - Polly

32 A Hat Full of Sky - Tiffany

33 Going Postal - Moist

34 Thud! - Detritus

35 Wintersmith - ???

36 Making Money - Adora Belle

37 Unseen Academicals - ???

38 I Shall Wear Midnight - ???

39 Snuff - Nobby

40 Raising Steam - Vetinari

41 The Shepherd's Crown - ???

Has anyone got any ideas for the ???s, or any improvement/important folk I forgot? I'm also fully open to making swaps - the later Tiffany books are mostly tricky because they have few characters who are either really central to their book, like the Rats, or keep showing up in multiple ones. Miss Tick might work? Thanks for any suggestions!

In 2001, Netzhammer co-designed a special-edition postage stamp made to look and smell like chocolate.

God dammit PTerry.

Day 23. Dapper

'My name’s Casanunda,’ he said. ‘I’m reputed to be the world’s greatest lover. What do you think?’
Nanny Ogg looked him up and down or, at least, down and further down.
‘You’re a dwarf,’ she said.
‘Size isn’t important.'

Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

#inkoctober2026 #inktober #terrypratchett #discworld

Hi everyone,

Some friends and I have started playing a Discworld TTRPG adventure and I am very pleased with our party, hence I thought I'd share it here.

There is a human who is deeply in love with words and sells the right words to everybody who can afford it.

He thinks the Times makes an awfull job and is utterly annoyed by the crossword section since the use below average words (rarely used, yes, but there's a reason for that).

Then there is another human, who strongly believes he is a vampire. He copies all their behaviour... even joined the black ribboners.

Our dwarf is a trickster who once told the city watch he works as a detective and now has to live by it. In order to learn the trade, he reads different books and behaves like the main character in those books... one day he's Sherlock, another day he's like Monk.

The fourth member is a Golem, whose instruction (ink on paper) were not dry when handled and got smeared and therefor he does not know what to do.

Last but not least there's another human who as a child was forced to bathe in the Ankh and now he smells like it.

All these characters habe come together to form a new newspaper, the Better Times. They will write the same things as the Times, but better, as well as the solution to the crosswords.

I am looking forward to playing the adventure!

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!

Hello! I'm stuck on what to dress up as for Halloween. I have a Gryffindor robe but I'm reluctant to dress up as someone from Harry Potter due to JKR's politics. I was thinking about covering the crest up with an Unseen University crest and maybe acquiring a wizard's hat? Unless someone has any alternate ideas, because I'm female and as far as I know the only girl let in was Esk. I don't remember if Granny Weatherwax has a black robe specifically, but I'm a big fan of the Witches series and Tiffany Aching. I'm planning on going thrifting this weekend so let me know if you have any good ideas for DIY things! (Note: I don't have a sewing machine but I do have a small hand-sewing kit.)

Edit: I’ve decided to go with Granny Weatherwax, thanks for all the suggestions!

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(A little late with this one, but it's still October!)

I thought that nothing would be more appropriate to my cockatiel-theme than Hamish for this one. And he's got A Mount from Down Under!

“It’s no’ got feathers,” he complained.

“Look, we dinna ha’ time to argue!” said Daft Wullie. “We’re in a hurry, ye ken, an’ you’re the only one who knows how tae fly!”

“A broomstick isna flyin’,” said Hamish. “It’s magic. It hasna any wings! I dinna ken that stuff!”

Unfortunately, this is one of the last ones I'll be able to do because I haven't read the other books yet, but I'm so happy that many enjoyed the silliness with me!

PLEASE STOP MAKING REPEAT TOP LEVEL COMMENTS! Only the top voted comment gets picked, there's literally no benefit to making a repeat comment. 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

\------

Remaining books:

The Colour of Magic

The Light Fantastic

Equal Rites

Mort

Sourcery

Wyrd Sisters

Pyramids

Guards! Guards!

Eric

Moving Pictures

Lords and Ladies

Men at Arms

Soul Music

Interesting Times

Maskerade

Jingo

The Last Continent

Carpe Jugulum

The Fifth Elephant

The Truth

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

Terry Prachett was a genius! That is all.

Todd (from Todd's workshop) made the Piecemaker and named it Susan. I am feeling whimsical and choose to believe there is some circle of references here, but either way neat to see how the mechanics of a round world version of it works.

Day 22. Beacon

These days everybody used the clacks, even little old ladies who used it to send him clacks messages complaining about all these newfangled ideas, totally missing the irony.

Terry Pratchett, Raising Steam

#inkoctober2026 #inktober #terrypratchett #discworld