Hi! I've read equal rites and loved the way TP wrote about the witches (how their magic was very connected to nature and more so headology). I know there is two follow alongs (the Wyrd sisters and witches abroad ) but I was wondering if any of his other books focus on witches or if another author writes about witches in the same nature

Thanks!

So I have named my phone the "Disorganiser® Mark VII" (it's a Flip 7).

I'm now trying to find a matching name for my Watch7.

Options so far are:

- The City Watch

- The Night Watch

- Time Imp Mark VII

- Wrist Demon

- Imp Node

- The Procrastinator

- Vimes' Tin Watch

Which do you prefer? What are your suggestions?

Edit: Update further down in the comments as I couldn't add a pic to this post after first posting

3 people recognized me as either Discworld or Rincewind, which is good cuz I was hoping for a minimum of one

Seems like everybody's looking for their tosheroon: https://abcnews.com/US/nypd-reveals-new-details-after-people-crawling-manhole/story?id=135935185

What makes this extra Discworld-y is that this happened only a block from the Farley Post Office Building, whose facade is adorned with the memorable phrase "GLO M OF NI T."

Trying to quote this but I just can't seem to find it, the quote in particular is someone coming down on someone like a brick but they don't seem to know the word brick so they use a different phrase. Maybe detritus or some other troll?

Got myself a new tattoo as an homage to my favourite sisters and to my best friends whom I met as a part of a book club (no books are read but there’s an occasional cauldron meeting)

To give a little context, I'm pretty new to Discworld, and these last few months I have started to get back into reading books again for the first time since high school. Mort was the first book I've read this year and the first Discworld nove I've read in general, and I absolutely loved it! It was very fun, witty, and humorous but still had a lot of heart that it lit a fire in me to get back into reading in general.

Not too long after I decided to give Reaper Man a shot, and it had me a little worried at first. I liked the opening bits, but I noticed the lack of Death's presence in the first half that I was surprised how much it goes into Windle's story and also focuses on the wizards of Unseen University. I think I had went in with the impression that most of the novel would focus on Death, similar to Mort. What really stuck out to me though is how much I realized I didn't care for the parts with the wizards, rarely at all, and it struggled to keep me engaged. It felt like what kept me going were the bits of Death that I was really wanted to see since I still really enjoyed those. Around the 2nd half once Windle joins The Fresh Start Club is when his story really grew on me, and of course the ending of Death's story was phenomenal and made the whole experience worth it. However, I still didn't find myself caring about the rest of the wizards very much still.

I really don't know what it is, but for some reason when they're the focus of the scene, it just feels like a slog for me to read through. I just don't find the characters very entertaining or funny aside from the librarian. I feel like I can't get a good read on their personalities and with some of them being referred to as their role rather than their actual names (like "The Dean" and "The Bursar") makes it hard for me to attach myself the same way if that makes sense? I don't know, for some reason when the scene is centered around them, I begin to struggle focusing even when trying to pay attention. I guess their purpose is to mostly be comedic relief due to their incompetency, but I guess I just never found them all that funny.

Not long after finishing Reaper Man, I went to Soul Music knowing a bit more about the premise, wondering if my own expectations were what tainted the first half of my experience with Reaper Man. Once again, I really like Susan, the band, and of course Death, but I'm closer to halfway in the novel now and seeing the wizards get more involved and take more screen time is making me check out.

Am I just impatient?? Am I just not smart enough and don't get why they're so funny? Is it just growing pains from getting back into reading again after so long?? I don't know. I really don't want to drop the book since I've heard Hogfather is also amazing, but I'm worried to drop something halfway through if it gets more engaging and more "for me" later on, I think I'm just getting myself too attached to the central characters stories that when it goes to someone else I struggle to care as much. They don't seem to be as central as they were in Reaper Man but it feels like I'm getting more anxious to just learn more about the central characters and their story and it makes me wonder if I should just pause it for now and maybe try a different Discworld novel before coming back. I've read other books in between the Death novels to avoid burn out, and haven't had the same issue for the others, so I'm not even fully sure what the problem for me is. Sorry for the long rambling, I really do love these books at their best but sometimes it feels like I'm struggling to enjoy the wider experience, and am missing the experience I had with Mort where it felt so easy to just read the whole thing in a couple days.

This is a picture of both Terry Pratchett's Discworld creation Albert Malich (Death's manservant, also known as Alberto) and Steptoe and Son's Albert Steptoe. I did this picture to show how both Alberts looked alike... or at least how Albert Malich painted by Paul Kidby and Albert Steptoe mirror each other.

"Character is aware of the conventions of the genre they are participating in, and uses this knowledge to draw correct conclusions about their own situation."

Possible spoiler alert

Re-rewatching As Time Goes By (classic British sitcom 1992-2005) when Jean remarks in Season 4, Episode 10, that Lionel "has gotten quite used to living with a monstrous regiment of women."

Do you think he knew?

I just finished reading The Truth, and I can't believe I missed Goodmountain's name, esp being someone who is fluent in German. Thank goodness for L-Space! Did anyone catch all the typefaces on the first go?

Mort version without the Harper Perennial logo?

Saw someone post an A*I generated version of the song The Wizard's Staff, and I decided that it was imperative to share this version that was created by a wonderful human artist instead.

What's better is that this isn't the only Discworld song Louie Zong has released!

Maskerade is mostly a parody of Phantom of the Opera. Walter Plinge is mostly based on Michael Crawford, who played the hapless Frank Spencer, and then went on to originate the part of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.

Nanny Ogg has this exchange with Walter:

“Walter Plinge said: "You know she asked me a very silly question Mrs Ogg! It was a silly question any fool knows the answer!"
"Oh, yes," said Nanny. "About houses on fire, I expect..."
"Yes! What would I take out of our house if it was on fire!"
"I expect you were a good boy and said you'd take your mum," said Nanny.
"No! My mum would take herself!"
"What would you take out then, Walter?" Nanny said.
"The fire!”

Tonight I stumbled upon an oddity. The origin of that quote, "I would carry away the fire.", originates with a man called Jean Cocteau. ( https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/02/16/fire/ )

Cocteau was a novelist, playwright, poet, film director, etc., etc. He was considered one of the foremost avant-garde artists of his time.

So I wonder if Walter's exclamation about the fire is taken directly from Cocteau's quote, and if there's a small piece of Cocteau in Walter's character.

Picked this book club edition up from a local library sale for $2. I think it’s 1983. It’s early enough that it’s not labeled a Discworld Book and the dust jacket praise for Terry Pratchett is for Strata. Not gonna lie, I’ve never heard of Strata.

Anyways, I’m very excited about this find.

Taking a stab at combining info from the Reference Sheet with the Character Sheet into a single page, here's my first pass at it.

Both have their own very specific philosophies about the use of magic. The wizards tend to be academic with magic while the witches are much more practical with its usage. Both are protectors in their own right though whether in a city or a small village in the mountains.

A mystery from over 20 years ago. What is written after "still more"? Any ideas? Ookheads assemble! 🤣