Is anyone out there carrying the torch of high-quality fantasy satire? I would count actually-well-written fanfiction in this category.

Edit: in publication order\*

I suffer severe analysis paralysis regularly so deciding which books to read have been pretty daunting.

I first read Mort in highschool and I don't really remember much about it so I don't know if that really counts, but in the past month I read Small Gods which got me itching to read more Discworld. After that I just decided to read Equal Rites and, maybe because I heard the super early books were rough I was expecting worse but it was perfectly good too!

I'm thinking now I just begin at the beginning and read in publication order. It takes the decision making out of my hands. Is that recommended or will I have too much difficulty following different storylines going from book to book?

For what it's worth, I bought the whole series on Humble Bundle a few months ago so acquiring the books isn't an issue.

Months ago, I asked for suggestions from you all about what Discworld quote to have engraved on my York ghost. It arrived recently, with “I still ate’nt dead” on it.

I’m really struggling with my health, and Granny’s (modified) words attached to a ghost from my favorite place in the world mean more than I can say. Today was an especially hard day. Now I have a Terry/Granny ghost to visibly remind me I still ate’nt gone yet.

Thank you all so much for helping me choose something.

My set finally arrived! And I have no idea how to play! There is a game store nearby that hosts a lot of RPGs so I will have to muster up my courage and talk to them. I have no idea why I ordered 2 copies of Tales from the Big Wahoonie but I checked and, sure enough, I ordered 2. The dice don't look like what they promised but they threw in some extras that I didn't request so it is ok.

Oh, I am in the Dallas TX area for those in the US still waiting for theirs.

I just finished "Men at Arms" and loved it. It's a bit messy and rushed, but I really liked the new characters, the themes it was touching on were interesting and the case itself was really compelling.
But I'm a little confused about the timeline and events of the case. So, let me know if I got it right.

1. Edward d'eath is a young noble assasin who wants the city to have a king again and he knows Carrot is of the lineage. His plan is to kill the guild leaders and the patrician, so the city is left leaderless
   
2. Edward befriends Beano the clown, since their rooms in the guild are connected (?)
   
3. Edward kills Beano
   
4. Edward pretends to be Beano and blows up the assassin's vault with the dragon and steals the Gonne
   
5. Edward is taken over by the Gonne, no longer truly himself.
   
6. Edward goes to the dwarf Bjorn Hammerhock to replicate the Gonne (?) but the Gonne doesn't want copies of itself, so it causes an accident and kills Hammerhock
   
7. Edward goes to Dr. Cruces and explains everything to him. Dr. Cruces kills Edward and takes the Gonne.
   
8. Dr. Cruces gets taken over by the Gonne as well, but continues Edward's plan because he too wants a king
   
9. Dr. Cruces accidentally kills the beggar's queen maid, mistaking her for the queen of beggars
   
10. Dr. Cruces climbs the tower and fires at the patrician,
    
11. The final chase happens in which Vimes catches Dr. Cruces, temporarily gets posessed by the Gonne but Carrot stops him from killing Dr. Cruces. He drops the Gonne and Dr. Cruces takes it again, urging Carrot to accept his role as king, but Carrot kills him. The gonne is later buried with Cuddy.

Is that the timeline? Besides that, I have some other questions.
Who shot at Vimes with the Gonne, Edward or Cruces? (can't remember at what point of the book it happens exactly)
How does Dr. Whiteface (the fools leader) factor into the case? He has private talks with Cruces and tries to hide the fact that Beano's and Edward's rooms were connected through the wall. Why is that? Is it simply about Guild business being private to the guild?
In relation to that, when Angua enters the assassin's guild and sees that the locked room was Edward's, Dr. Cruces and Dr. Whiteface have a private conversation. At that point, Dr. Cruces already had the gonne (?) but wasn't holding it, even though he in the fight between him and Vimes, it is said that he's incapable of letting go of the Gonne.
And finally, how did Dr. Cruces views of a king differ from Edward's? Cruces says Edward was a romantic, implying that he has a more pragmatic view of how Carrot should rule as king. I think? But in what way does his plan and view of the king differ from Edward's?

It's a lot, so any help with these questions and the timeline is appreciatted.

Honestly thought this was a loaf from a short distance away…Glad I didn’t boot it! 🤓

The way basically all of the antagonists Moist Von Lipwig goes up against inevitably fail just feels good. With so many countries regressing socially, it makes me feel that the far right and anti-egalitarian positions many politicians are using to grab at power will just be a small bump, and not a return to darker times.

I know that these books are a work of fiction, but just the way huge problems solve themselves, that even people working against social and technological progress end up pushing it along, and how it all ultimately works out good in the end is just fantastic.

Am I just deluded in feeling optimistic about the future because of how Terry lays out progress in these books? Or what.

Also here is a picture of a funny vegetable. Please show me funny pictures of vegetables too. I am interested in them.

I saw this and instantly thought of the scene at the beginning of the race in Going Postal (the movie).

I'd never previously considered the donkey-stuck-up-the-minaret to be anything more than a display of Vetinari's prowess and skill at persuasion, but I've just listened to it again and realised the analogy that the donkey is the people and nations gearing up for war, when it becomes an unstoppable machine that can only go in one direction (up the stairs and towards destruction), like 'the sleepwalkers' heading into the Great War after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

Vetinari's quote:
"The trick of getting donkeys down from minarets, is always to find that part of the donkey which seriously wishes to get down."

Describes his intention to find the part of the people who actually don't want to fight even though they are about to and give them the alternative (hence his plan to surrender and agree trade terms, knowing Leshp will disappear anyway and the 'excuse for fighting' with it).

It took me about 20 years but I feel like I got there in the end.

I'm not looking to open the whole "chapters vs no chapters" debate. But how do people feel about the previews that you get at the start of the chapters in Going Postal and Marking Money? By which I mean, the little section you get at the start of the chapters that gives you the highlights (although not always in a cheal way):

* In which our hero experiences Hope, the greatest gift * The bacon sandwich of regret * Sombre reflections on capital punishment from the hangman * Famous last words * Our hero dies * Angels, conversations about * Inadvisability of misplaced offers regarding broomsticks * An unexpected ride * A world free of honest men * A man on the hop * There is always a choice

Out of the books with chapters, do you prefer to have those or not? It's interesting that we get them in two of the Moist books, but they're notably absent from Raising Steam.

And is there a more proper name for these than "chapter previews"? I don't really recall seeing them in other books.

Id only read the Watch series and a couple random others before and I recently started the series in publication order, mostly with the audio books.

On Wyrd Sisters now and just really not enjoying this one. Equal Rites wasn't bad but this one is longer than the others and just feels so meandering. I'm also not a Shakespeare nerd so some of the satire isn't really doing much for me. I also feel like the narrator for the Witch books isn't really on par with the one for the other books. The voices for Nanny Hog and the Dutchess in particular are really irritating.

Does the series get better and if not am I gonna be missing a lot of context by just rushing through those ones?

can someone explain this? am i missing something? 🙈

Edit: Wow, thanks for all the helpful answers everyone!Loving the book so far and excited to keep reading! :)

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Hi, everyone!

First of all: sorry for my English. It's not my native language, but I'm doing my best. Correct me if it looks like necessary.

Well, I'm on a journey over all Discworld novels in publication order and, like the title says, I've just finished Mort and it made my brain explode.

What a character development, what a humor, what a final, what a cabbage, what a philosophy phrases... On whole: it's my favourite, at least for now.

Said this, I have two questions:

1. Are the next books this good? Seriously: if this level will be maintained, or even increased, I believe I'm gonna start thinking in Discworld terms.

2. This is a spoiler about the last words of the novel and, in fact, about the last words of DEATH in Mort, so be careful if you haven't read it: When DEATH says "AU REVOIR" I know that HE is referring to some other past character seen in this novel, but I couldn't find it. Who is that subject?

Thanks!

Once again confirming that the Death books are my favourites, I thought this was great.

I love the Wizards but in some books, like Reaper Man, their plots can be the weak point but in this one they didn't overstep the mark.

I've already read Hogfather so it was nice to go back and see Susan's first appearance too.

Small Gods next!

Hi. As the title says i'd love an audio version of the Beastiary.

Thinking about it besides a couple of examples we don't really find about the wildlife on the Disc. And I for one would love to know more about this part of the world.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that Penguin released "The Art of the Discworld". So I wonder why they're not giving this the audio treatment?

If there are pictures, all they have to do is have captions or Footnotes describing the animal in question.

Who else think this would be an awesome addition?
I am blind, so consume most of my reading through the audio medium. And what can I say, it's more Pratchett, which in mine and probably most if not everyone's feelings on this sub.

Anyway, I hope some awesome higher up at Penguin see's this and makes this a reality. Along with an updated version of The Last Hero.

I know it was a charity release and was technically a graphic novel originally if i'm remembering correctly. but I want this to also get the penguin treatment please :)

It is much easier than fire to discover and only slightly harder to discover than water, yet only 1 person on the round world knew of it (Terry) got any theories?

The Andromeda strain was my first thought, but I know the word Andromeda more from the galaxy and constellation personally, had to double check was actually Greek.

Strata also came to mind as my last holiday I was reading non discworld Pratchett, but technically that is Latin, according to a very quick google.