Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle^[1], Great A'Tuin. The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series Ronald William "Josh" Kirby ( 27 November 1928 &ndash 23 October 2001) was an English commercial artist born in Waterloo Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting A book series is a sequence of Books with certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld fantasy novels The idea of a flat Earth is the idea that the surface of the Earth is flat (a plane) rather than the view that it is a very close approximation of The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld fantasy novels The books frequently parody, or at least borrow ideas from, J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, H. P. Lovecraft and William Shakespeare, as well as mythology, folklore and fairy tales, often using them for satirical parallels with current cultural, technological and scientific issues. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy William Shakespeare ( baptised The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving

Since the first novel, The Colour of Magic (1983), the series has expanded, spawning several related books and maps, four short stories, cartoon and theatre adaptations, and even music inspired by the series. The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series The year 1983 in literature involved some significant events and new books The first live-action screen adaptation for television (Terry Pratchett's Hogfather) was broadcast over Christmas 2006. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob A second, two-part TV adaptation of The Colour of Magic was broadcast in March 2008 in the UK. The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by

Newly released Discworld books regularly top The Sunday Times best-sellers list, making Pratchett the UK's best-selling author in the 1990s, although he has since been overtaken by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Harry Potter is a series of seven Fantasy novels written by British author J Joanne "Jo" Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965 who writes under the Discworld novels have also won awards such as the Prometheus Award and the Carnegie Medal. The Prometheus Award is an award for Libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society which also publishes a quarterly journal The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. In the BBC's Big Read, five Discworld books were in the top 100, and a total of fifteen in the top 200. The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web SMS and telephone

Contents 1 Writings 1.1 Rincewind 1.2 Death 1.3 The Witches 1.4 The City Watch 1.5 The Wizards 1.6 Tiffany Aching 1.7 Moist von Lipwig 1.8 The History Monks 2 Reading orders 3 Themes 3.1 Villains 3.1.1 Elves and auditors 3.1.2 Humans 3.2 Heroes 3.3 Society 4 Bibliography 4.1 Novels 4.2 Short stories 4.3 The Mapps 4.4 Science books 4.5 Quiz books 4.6 Diaries 4.7 Other books 5 Adaptations 6 Merchandise 6.1 Music 6.2 Games 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 Characters, locations, etc

Writings

As of 2008, there have been 36 Discworld novels published, four of which are marketed as children's or "young adult" (YA) books. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The original British editions of the first 26 novels, up to Thief of Time (2001), had distinctive cover art by Josh Kirby; the American editions, published by HarperCollins, used their own cover art. Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. Ronald William "Josh" Kirby ( 27 November 1928 &ndash 23 October 2001) was an English commercial artist born in Waterloo Since Kirby's death in October 2001, the covers have been designed by Paul Kidby. Paul Kidby (born 1964 is an English artist. He was born in Northolt and is currently living and working in Fordingbridge, New Forest Recent British editions of Pratchett's older novels no longer reuse Kirby's art. There have also been six short stories (some only loosely related to the Discworld), three popular science books, and a number of supplementary books and reference guides.

Very few of the Discworld novels have chapter divisions, instead featuring interweaving story-lines. Pratchett is quoted as saying that he "just never got into the habit of chapters",^[2] later adding that "I have to shove them in the putative YA books because my editor screams until I do". ^[3] However, the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was divided into "books", as is Pyramids. The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series Additionally, Going Postal and Making Money do indeed have chapters, prologue, 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. Going postal is an American English Slang term used as a verb meaning to suddenly become extremely and uncontrollably angry possibly to the point of violence Making Money is a Terry Pratchett novel in the Discworld series published in the UK on 20 September, 2007. Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction Jerome Klapka Jerome ( May 2, 1859 – June 14, 1927) was an English writer and Humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue

To a greater or lesser degree, Discworld stories stand alone as independent works set in the same fantasy universe. However, a number of novels and stories can be grouped together into grand story arcs dealing with a set number of characters and events. A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as Television, Comic books Comic strips The main threads within the Discworld series are:

Rincewind

Rincewind was the first Discworld "hero"; a wizard with no skill, no training and no interest in heroics. Rincewind the Wizzard is a Fictional character Nonetheless, he is constantly thrust into adventures that take him from one end of the Discworld to the other, much against his will. His stories mainly serve to reveal the geography of the Disc to the reader, since Rincewind's stories take him into far and exotic locations. 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, Twoflower, a naive tourist from the Agatean Empire (the Discworld's equivalent of China) and The Luggage, a semi-sentient and exceptionally vicious travelling case. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels Twoflower is a Fictional character featured in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels The Agatean Empire is a fictitious country that occupies the equally fictitious Counterweight Continent of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The Luggage is a fictional object that appears in several of the Discworld Novels by Terry Pratchett. Rincewind has appeared in six Discworld novels, as well as the three Science of Discworld supplementary books. The Science of Discworld is a 1999 book written by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. Cohen the Barbarian also appears in the short story, Troll Bridge. Troll Bridge is a Discworld short story written by Terry Pratchett in 1991 for a collection entitled After The King Stories in Honour of

Death

Death is the closest thing the Discworld series has to a main character (in that he appears in nearly every book; however, sometimes he has no more than a few lines). Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series He has appeared in every novel except The Wee Free Men, sometimes in a cameo, sometimes as the main protagonist. For The Wee Free see the Free Church of Scotland. The Wee Free Men, first published in 2003 is the second Story of The Discworld As dictated by tradition, he is a seven-foot-tall skeleton with a black robe and a scythe who sits astride a pale horse (called Binky). The anthropomorphic personification of death, his job is to guide souls onward from this world into the next. An anthropomorphic personification is a natural process endowed with human form and personality Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Over millennia in the role, Death has developed a fascination with humanity, even going so far as to create a house for himself in his personal pocket dimension. See also Discworld (world The Discworld, the fantastical setting for Terry Pratchett 's bestselling series of novels of the same name, Characters that often appear with Death include his "butler" Albert, his "granddaughter" Susan Sto Helit, the Death of Rats, a mini-version of Death in charge of gathering the souls of rodents, Quoth, a talking raven(a parody of The Raven), and the Auditors of Reality, personifications of the orderly laws of nature, who have declared war on life itself, believing that it is "messy". Albert (known as Alberto Malich when he founded the Unseen University) is a character from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Susan Sto Helit (also spelled Sto-Helit) once referred to as Susan Death, is a Fictional character who has featured in three of Terry Pratchett Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 See also Anthropomorphic personifications (Discworld, Death (Discworld, Discworld gods The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in A physical law or scientific law is a Scientific generalization based on empirical Observations of physical behavior (i Since Death cannot exist without life, he finds himself taking its side against the machinations of the Auditors. Death or Susan appear as the main characters in five Discworld novels. He also appears in the short stories Death and What Comes Next, Theatre of Cruelty and Turntables of the Night. "Death and What Comes Next" is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. "Theatre of Cruelty" is a short Discworld story by Terry Pratchett written in 1993.

The Witches

Witches in Pratchett's universe are largely stripped of their modern occultist, Wiccan associations (though Pratchett does frequently use his stories to lampoon such naive conceptions of witchcraft), and act more in their traditional role as herbalists, ajudicators and wise women. See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. An herbalist is A person whose life is dedicated to the economic or medicinal uses of plants That is not to say that witches on the Disc cannot use magic; they simply prefer not to, finding simple psychology is often far more effective. The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld fantasy novels The principal witch in the series is Granny Weatherwax, a taciturn, bitter old crone from the small mountain country of Lancre. Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax or Mistress Weatherwax on formal occasions such as when being addressed by not-yet witches She largely despises people but takes on the role of their healer and protector because no one else can do the job 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. Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series The two take on apprentice witches, initially Magrat Garlick, then Agnes Nitt, and then Tiffany Aching, who in turn grow on to become accomplished witches in their own right, or, in Magrat's case, Queen of Lancre. See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. Tiffany Aching is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's satirical Discworld series of fantasy novels Other characters in the Witches series include King Verence II of Lancre, a onetime jester who as a result takes his job as king very seriously, Jason Ogg, Nanny Ogg's eldest son and local blacksmith (and also, like the smiths of old, something of a magician himself), Shawn Ogg, Nanny's youngest son who serves as his country's entire army, and Nanny's murderous cat Greebo. Verence II of Lancre is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series A jester, joker, jokester, fool, wit-cracker, prankster, or buffoon is a member of a profession that came into popularity This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series This article refers to the Discworld character For the UK subculture term the character is named after see Grebo Greebo is a fictional character in The witches have appeared in numerous Discworld books, but have featured as main protagonists in seven. They have also appeared in the short story, The Sea and Little Fishes. The Sea and Little Fishes is a short story by Terry Pratchett, written in 1998 Their stories frequently draw on ancient European folklore and fairy tales, and also parody famous works of literature, particularly by Shakespeare. William Shakespeare ( baptised

The City Watch

The stories featuring the Ankh-Morpork City Watch are urban-set, and frequently show the clashes that result when a traditional, magically run fantasy world such as the Disc comes into contact with modern technology and civilisation. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch (originally the Night Watch commonly referred to as "The Watch" is a Fictional Police force within the Discworld Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt They centre around the growth of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from a hopeless gang of three to a modern, fully equipped and efficient police force. Geography Ankh-Morpork lies on the River Ankh (the most polluted waterway on the Discworld and reputedly solid enough to walk on where the fertile loam of the Sto Plains Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force The stories are largely police procedurals, featuring a mystery that frequently has political or societal overtones. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes The main character is Sam Vimes (later His Grace, Sir Samuel Vimes), a haggard, cynical street copper who finds himself swept up in history as his inept cadre of law enforcement officials (comprising petty thief Nobby Nobbs and perennially lazy Sargeant Colon) grows and takes on new recruits, particularly from the Disc's "minority groups", such as dwarfs, trolls, and the undead. Cecil Wormsborough St John "Nobby" Nobbs is a Fictional character in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. Frederick "Fred" Colon is a fictional character in the Discworld Novels of Terry Pratchett. Other main characters include Carrot Ironfoundersson, the rightful heir to the throne of Ankh-Morpork, who thus has a traditional hero's destiny thrust upon him but chooses to ignore it; his girlfriend Angua, a werewolf; Detritus, a troll; Cheery Littlebottom, the Watch's forensics expert who is one of the first dwarfs to be openly female; Sam's wife, Lady Sybil Vimes; and his boss, Havelock Vetinari, the alternately Machiavellian/benevolent Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. Carrot Ironfoundersson is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels Delphine Angua von Überwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. Detritus is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld. Dwarfs in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J Lady Sybil Deidre Olgivanna Vimes (née Ramkin Duchess of Ankh, is a character in Terry Pratchett ’s Discworld novels Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional City state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchett 's The City Watch have starred in eight Discworld stories, and have cameoed in a number of others, including the children's book, Where's My Cow? and the short story Theatre of Cruelty. Where's My Cow? is a Picture book written by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Melvyn Grant. "Theatre of Cruelty" is a short Discworld story by Terry Pratchett written in 1993.

The Wizards

The Wizards of the Unseen University, though they have yet to star in a novel of their own, have nonetheless comprised a strong thread through many of the Discworld novels. The Wizards are major characters in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Unseen University (UU is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty In the early books, the faculty of the UU changed frequently, as rising to the top usually involved assassination. However with the ascension of the bombastic Mustrum Ridcully to the position of Archchancellor, the hierarchy has settled and characters have been given the chance to develop. Mustrum Ridcully is a Fictional character in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. Unseen University (UU is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty The wizards of the 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. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by Particle physics is a branch of Physics that studies the elementary constituents of Matter and Radiation, and the interactions between them Prominent members include Ponder Stibbons, a geeky young wizard who, unlike the rest of the staff, actually wants to learn about the universe, Hex, the Disc's first supercomputer, the Librarian, who was turned into an orangutan by magical accident early in the series and shows no desire to be turned back, and the Bursar, the clinically insane savant who crunches the UU's numbers and subsists on a diet of his own nerves and dried frog pills. Ponder Stibbons is a wizard in the Fictional universe of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Hex is an elaborate Heath Robinson / Rube Goldberg -esque magic-powered Computer housed at Unseen University (UU in the city of Ankh-Morpork The Librarian of Unseen University is a character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of fantasy novels The orangutans are two Species of great apes known for their intelligence long arms and reddish-brown hair The Bursar is a faculty member of Unseen University in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels In later novels, Rincewind also joins their group. The Wizards have featured prominently in eight Discworld books and have also starred in the Science of Discworld series and the short story, A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices. A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett.

Tiffany Aching

Tiffany Aching is a young apprentice witch and star of a series of Discworld books aimed at young adults. Tiffany Aching is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's satirical Discworld series of fantasy novels 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 job by the Nac Mac Feegle, a gang of hard-drinking, loudmouthed pictsie creatures who serve as her guardians. The Nac Mac Feegles (also known as Pictsies the Wee Free Men the Little Men and 'Person or Persons Unknown Believed to be Armed' are a type of Fairy appearing Both Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have also appeared in her stories. Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax or Mistress Weatherwax on formal occasions such as when being addressed by not-yet witches Gytha Ogg (usually called Nanny Ogg) is a character from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series She has to date appeared in three novels, and a fourth is planned.

Moist von Lipwig

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 would have to the development of the city. Moist von Lipwig is a Fictional character from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series After setting him in charge of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, to good result, Vetinari ordered him to clear up the city's corrupt financial sector, to which he rather ironically acquitted himself well. The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in Going Postal, one of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of books and the 2007 Discworld A third book, in which Lipwig is ordered to organise the city's taxation system, is planned. Other characters in this series include Adora Belle Dearheart, Lipwig's acerbic, chain-smoking lover, Gladys, a golem who develops a strange crush on Lipwig, and Stanley Howler, a mildly autistic young man who becomes the Disc's first stamp collector. This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Golems in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series are derived from Golems in Jewish mythology; early forms of a clay Robot, supposedly The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is featured in Going Postal, one of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series of books and the 2007 Discworld Language development. The terminology Stamp collecting is the Collecting of Postage stamps and related objects such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them

The History Monks

The History Monks are a group of vaguely Buddhist-like monks who have taken on the job of ensuring that history passes smoothly. The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices In that sense, as Pratchett says, they straddle the boundary between human beings and personifications. An anthropomorphic personification is a natural process endowed with human form and personality They perform their task in two ways: first, their monastery is home to the History Books; 20,000 ten-foot long, lead-bound volumes that record every event of historical relevance as it occurs. Second, they manage and control the flow of time, much like a public utility. For other uses see Time (disambiguation Time is a component of a measuring system used to sequence events to compare the durations of Whenever the orderly flow of time gets disrupted (if, say someone is sent back into the past), the History Monks send agents into the field to repair the damage as best as possible. The principal History Monk in the novels is Lu-Tze, nominally the monastery's sweeper but in fact one of the highest ranking monks in the organisation. Lu-Tze is a character in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett. The History Monks have appeared in three Discworld novels to date.

Reading orders

Reading order is not restricted to publication order; however, each arc may be best read chronologically. ^[4] Some main characters may make cameo appearances in other books where they are not the primary focus; for example, Carrot Ironfoundersson and Angua von Überwald appear briefly in Going Postal. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as Carrot Ironfoundersson is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels Delphine Angua von Überwald is a character from the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett. Going postal is an American English Slang term used as a verb meaning to suddenly become extremely and uncontrollably angry possibly to the point of violence The books take place roughly in real-time and the characters' ages change to reflect the passing of years. Real time within the media is a method of Narratology within a motion picture television series radio program computer game, comic book or comic strip wherein No distinction will ever be clear-cut. Many stories (such as The Truth and Monstrous Regiment) nominally stand alone but, nonetheless, tie in heavily with main story-lines. The Truth is the twenty-fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 2000. A number of characters, such as members of staff of the Unseen University, Lord Vetinari and the Elves, appear prominently in many different story-lines without having titles of their own. Unseen University (UU is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty As it is, many of these "standalone" stories deal with the development of the city of Ankh-Morpork into a technologically and magically advanced metropolis that readers will find analogous to real-world cities: for example, The Truth catalogues the rise of a newspaper service for the city, the Ankh-Morpork Times, and Going Postal similarly deals with the development of a postal service and the rise of the Discworld's telecommunications system, called "the clacks". Geography Ankh-Morpork lies on the River Ankh (the most polluted waterway on the Discworld and reputedly solid enough to walk on where the fertile loam of the Sto Plains A metropolis (from the Greek μήτηρ mētēr meaning 'mother' and πόλις pólis meaning 'city/town' is a big City, in most cases with A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The clacks in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels is a network of semaphore towers stretching along the Sto Plains, into

Themes

Villains

Discworld has a relative lack of recurring or overarching villains. Many of Pratchett's potential villains, such as Lord Vetinari and Lord Downey, are too complex or multifaceted to be simplistically characterised as "evil", while other more standard villains, such as Lord Rust, are depicted merely as egocentric dullards. This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Principal villains in Discworld novels tend to die or be put similarly out of action by the story's end. The Lovecraftian creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions cannot be considered evil in the traditional sense, since they are utterly amoral. Lovecraftian horror is a sub-genre of horror Fiction which emphasizes the Psychological horror of the unknown (in some cases unknowable over gore or other See also Discworld (world The Discworld, the fantastical setting for Terry Pratchett 's bestselling series of novels of the same name,

Elves and auditors

There are, however, two groups of villains that feature prominently in many of the stories and have, in their own ways, come to represent the force of 'wrongness' in the Discworld: the Auditors of Reality and the Elves. A wrong or being wrong is a concept in Law, Ethics, and Science. See also Anthropomorphic personifications (Discworld, Death (Discworld, Discworld gods The Auditors of Reality are fictional godlike beings in In Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels elves are extradimensional inhuman Monsters Elves on the Discworld are based more on the

The Auditors, cosmic bureaucrats who prefer a universe where electrons spin, rocks float in space and imagination is dead, represent the perils of handing yourself over to a completely materialist and deterministic vision of reality, devoid of the myths and stories that make us human. The Elves, innately psychopathic beings who seek to dominate people by usurping their free will with glamour and false magic, represent the dangers of giving yourself over completely to stories and superstition.

Together they appear to reflect the philosophy Pratchett expresses in Hogfather and is a recurring theme throughout the series; that while the stories we weave may not be true, we still need them to continue our existence. Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something However, it would be wrong to categorise the Auditors or Elves simply as 'evil'. While their actions cause misery, it is merely incidental. Elves do not understand the suffering they cause as they have no empathy, while the Auditors are simply a form of supernatural bureaucrat who think humans cause too much inefficiency. A bureaucrat is a member of a Bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the Government.

Humans

His good witch, Granny Weatherwax, takes the form of an archetypical evil crone:

Mrs Earwig would definitely have objected to the cottage. Good witch may refer to The Good Witch, a Hallmark Channel made-for-tv movie Glinda, good witch from Wizard of Oz White witch Esmerelda "Esme" Weatherwax (usually called Granny Weatherwax or Mistress Weatherwax on formal occasions such as when being addressed by not-yet witches See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. It was out of storybook. The walls leaned against one another for support, the thatched roof was slipping off like a bad wig, and the chimneys were corkscrewed. If you thought a gingerbread house would be too fattening, this was the next worst thing.

"In a cottage deep in the forest lived the wicked old witch . . . "

It was a cottage out of the nastier kind of fairy tale.

– A Hat Full of Sky

His good public servant, Lord Havelock Vetinari, is an assassin and a tyrant, but acting in his city's best interests as a benevolent dictator nonetheless. A Hat Full of Sky is a novel written by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, written with younger readers in mind Lord Havelock Vetinari is the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, the head of the fictional City state of Ankh-Morpork in Terry Pratchett 's AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. It is speculated that he is based on one of the Medici rulers of Renaissance Florence, or perhaps Machiavelli.

In general, Pratchett presents the notion that to be good quite often results in being perceived as bad or evil by the very people you're doing good for, and in many of his stories image is eventually overcome, without fanfare, by substance.

Some people will do anything for the sheer fascination of doing it, said Death. Or for fame. Or because they shouldn't.

– Hogfather

In the Elf books, as elsewhere, he presents the notion that our "world" is subjective, and is constructed internally. Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something In particular, that it is constructed out of stories. A narrative or story is a construct created in a suitable format (written spoken poetry prose images song Theater, or Dance) that describes a sequence of Related to this is the idea that most of our experience is filtered out before it reaches consciousness:

You build little worlds, little stories, little shells around your mind and that keeps infinity at bay and allows you to wake up in the morning without screaming!

– A Hat Full of Sky

"All right," said Susan, "I'm not stupid. A Hat Full of Sky is a novel written by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, written with younger readers in mind You're saying humans need . . . fantasies to make life bearable. "

No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers?"

Yes. As practice. You have to start out learning to believe the little lies.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

Yes. Justice. Mercy. Duty. That sort of thing.

"They're not the same at all!"

Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through with the finest sieve and then show me one atom of justice, one molecule of mercy. And yet you act as if there were some sort of rightness in the universe by which it may be judged.

"Yes. But people have got to believe that or what's the point — "

My point exactly.

– Hogfather

Also in the Elf books, Pratchett presents elves as nasty, evil creatures. Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something This follows original English folk songs and stories e. g. Tam Lin, quite in contrast with how they were portrayed by Tolkien which is more commonly known these days. Tamas " Tam " Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lane, or True Thomas

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.

Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.

Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.

Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.

Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.

Elves are terrific. They beget terror.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

Nobody said elves were nice.

Elves are bad.

– Lords and Ladies

A large portion of Carpe Jugulum is about "internal struggles", and how pieces of our mind do not always agree with other pieces of our mind (and how some of us feel we have "Darker" selves within us, that we keep deep, deep down). Lords and Ladies can be Lords and ladies ( Arum maculatum) a flowering plant Aside from the obviously "split" mind character (Perdita and Agnes, Good Oats and Bad Oats), it is shown that even characters as decisive as Granny Weatherwax have inner "selves" with whom they struggle.

While central human villains do not recur from novel to novel, the individuals often share certain personality traits. The most prominent of these traits is the lack of the aforementioned "internal struggle". They are villains not because their bad self has won the struggle, but because they never had a conception of good and bad in the first place. This results in a person who is completely dispassionate, egocentric, and lacking most recognizable human emotions. In Psychology, egocentrism is defined as a the incomplete differentiation of the self and the world including other people and b the tendency to perceive understand and interpret This is very similar to the character of the elves, but portrayed in a more negative light, since such characteristics are inherent in elves as a species, while the reason for a human to act in such a manner is less clear cut. These amoral human villains are often highly intelligent and develop schemes to shape society or the world to conform to their views of how things should work. While the description may not apply to every central villain, many of them could be described as sociopaths. Antisocial personality disorder ( APD) is a Mental disorder.It is defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Examples include Vorbis (Small Gods) and Mr Teatime (Hogfather). This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series The Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchett 's long-running Discworld series of fantasy novels In the book "Night Watch" Commander Vimes considers that the book's villain, Carcer, is not a madman but is actually dangerously sane, having realised that the laws and conventions most people follow don't have to apply to him if he doesn't want them to.

The concept of racial hatred is touched upon often when Trolls and Dwarves are present and forms a significant plot pillar in Thud!, in which the most ardent proponents of racial hatred are the clear villains. Thud! is Terry Pratchett 's 34th Discworld novel released in the United States of America on September 13 2005 The problems of racial integration, multiculturalism, and racial hatred are also a topic of "Jingo", which also echoes the long held divisions and superstitions between rival great powers in this world, such as U. S. and USSR, using the metaphor of "two big men in a small room".

Heroes

In several books, characters or narration bring up the question of precisely what constitutes a "hero" and whether there's anything really "heroic" about gung-ho violence. A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and

This is generally the basis for Cohen the Barbarian and the actions of his Silver Horde, as shown in The Last Hero, in which the Patrician points out that when people say that heroes defeat tyrants, steal things from the gods, seduce women and kill monsters, they are, in fact, saying, that heroes murder, steal, rape, and wipe out endangered species. Ghenghiz Cohen, known as Cohen the Barbarian is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels This article is about the fantasy novel For the adventure novel by Leslie Charteris and featuring Simon Templar, see The Last Hero (The Saint Lord Vetinari also asks the question, "When a tyrant is defeated or a monster killed, who is the person defining the monstrousness of the monster, or the tyranny of the tyrant? The hero. In fact, when a hero kills someone, he is in fact saying that, if you have been killed by a hero, then you are a person who is suitable to be killed by a hero. "

Many Discworld stories feature Rincewind, a dour and ill-fated wizard who specializes in the art of the escape. Any 'heroic' actions on Rincewind's part are, for the most part, caused by accident or sheer bad luck, which often puts him straight back into the very situation he was running from in the first place. Rincewind is categorically not a 'hero' in the traditional sense, since he merely wants to be left alone. Many Discworld protagonists share this trait, such as Moving Pictures' Victor Tugelbend and The Truth's William de Worde. Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990 The Truth is the twenty-fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 2000.

In particular, The Fifth Elephant raises the point of view that if someone can kill a villain and then joke about it, they are no less a murderer than the villain himself. The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. This thought is had by Commander Vimes, who actually considers several possible "quips" after tricking the villain to his death, but declines to say them out loud, raising the prospect (dealt with at greater length in Night Watch, among many other books) that the most effective heroes are natural villains who choose to act in accordance with a particular system of ethics. Night Watch is the 29th Novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series published in 2002

Society

Many concepts of government and types of social systems appear in Discworld:

• Does the social contract extend to feeding virgins to dragons?
• Is crime best addressed by legalizing it, regulating it, and allowing thieves and assassins to control theft and murder?
• Do revolutions end up replacing one tyrant with another?
• Is democracy just a choice among tyrants?
• Does organized religion destroy belief in the supernatural?
• Does insurance just increase property damage?

Bibliography

Novels

Nº	Name	Published	Group	Notes	Motifs
1	The Colour of Magic	1983	Rincewind	Came 93rd in the Big Read. Social contract describes a broad class of republican theories whose subjects are implied agreements by which people form Nations and maintain a Social order A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system In modern usage a tyrant is a single ruler holding absolute power over a State or within an Organization. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Insurance, in Law and Economics, is a form of Risk management primarily used to hedge against the Risk of a contingent loss Moral hazard is the prospect that a party insulated from risk may behave differently from the way it would behave if it were fully exposed to the risk The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series Rincewind the Wizzard is a Fictional character The Big Read was a 2003 survey carried out by the BBC, with the goal of finding the "Nation's Best-loved Book" by way of a viewer vote via the Web SMS and telephone	Fantasy clichés, H. P. Lovecraft, tourism, insurance, Dungeons & Dragons
2	The Light Fantastic	1986	Rincewind		Tourism, apocalypse, Conan the Barbarian
3	Equal Rites	1987	The Witches		Gender equality, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea trilogy[5]
4	Mort	1987	Death	Came 65th in the Big Read	Death and its personification, apprenticeship
5	Sourcery	1988	Rincewind, The Wizards		Apocalypse, Kubla Khan, Aladdin,[6] Arabian Nights
6	Wyrd Sisters	1988	The Witches	Came 135th in the Big Read	Shakespeare (especially Macbeth and Hamlet), Sleeping Beauty
7	Pyramids	1989	Miscellaneous		Egyptian mythology, quantum physics, Greek philosophy (including Zeno's paradoxes), United Kingdom driving test[7]
8	Guards! Guards!	1989	The City Watch	Came 69th in the Big Read	Cop novels, show dogs, dragons, fraternal organisations, aristocracy, secret societies
9	Faust Eric	1990	Rincewind	First published 1990 in a larger format, fully illustrated by Josh Kirby; reissued as a paperback without illustrations. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting A cliché (from French, klɪ'ʃe or cliche is a phrase expression or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Insurance, in Law and Economics, is a form of Risk management primarily used to hedge against the Risk of a contingent loss Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by The Light Fantastic is a Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian, from the name of his homeland Cimmeria) is a Fictional character often associated with Equal Rites is a Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1987 it is the third novel in the Discworld series and the See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches of Lancre. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (ˈɝsələ ˈkroʊbɚ ləˈgwɪn (born October 21, 1929) is an American author Earthsea is a Fictional realm created by Ursula K Le Guin for her short story " The Word of Unbinding " published in 1964 but that became more MoRT (an acronym for "Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories" Mort is also the French word for death) is an Avant-garde metal Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe Apprenticeship is a system of Training a new generation of practitioners of a skill Sourcery is the fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1988 The Wizards are major characters in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series " Kubla Khan or a Vision in a Dream A Fragment " is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which takes its title from the Mongol and Chinese Aladdin (an Anglicisation of the Arabic name (originally Syrian Alāʼ ad-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of the faith" Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett 's sixth Discworld novel published in 1988 and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal William Shakespeare ( baptised Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 Sleeping Beauty ( "La Belle au Bois dormant" (The Beauty asleep in the wood is a Fairy tale classic the first in the set published in 1697 by Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and rituals practiced in Ancient Egypt from the predynastic period until the adoption of Christianity Quantum mechanics is the study of mechanical systems whose dimensions are close to the Atomic scale such as Molecules Atoms Electrons Ancient Greek philosophy focused on the role of Reason and Inquiry. The United Kingdom driving test first introduced in 1934 is a test which United Kingdom Drivers must pass to obtain a full driving licence. Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989 Show dog is not a variety, kind, type, or breed of dog neither is it a dog trained for a specific skill as in assistance dog or The dragon is a Legendary creature of which some interpretation or depiction appears in almost every culture worldwide Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations Secret society is a term used to describe a variety of organizations Eric is the ninth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It was originally published in 1990 as a " Discworld story" Ronald William "Josh" Kirby ( 27 November 1928 &ndash 23 October 2001) was an English commercial artist born in Waterloo	Faust, Dante's Inferno, Homer's Iliad
10	Moving Pictures	1990	Miscellaneous, The Wizards		Hollywood (especially silent movies and the early years of the studio system), the Cthulhu Mythos, celebrities, King Kong, Gone with the Wind and many other films
11	Reaper Man	1991	Death, The Wizards	Came 126th in the Big Read	Death and its personification, Alien invasion SF, "Man with No Name" westerns, Minority rights movements, Consumerism
12	Witches Abroad	1991	The Witches	Came 197th in the Big Read	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, fairy tales (especially fairy godmothers), Voodoo, tourism
13	Small Gods	1992	Miscellaneous, the History Monks	Came 102nd in the Big Read	Abrahamic religions, the Spanish Inquisition (especially Nietzsche), ancient philosophy
14	Lords and Ladies	1992	The Witches, The Wizards		Shakespeare (especially A Midsummer Night's Dream), UFOs, fairy lore, the mythopoetic men's movement
15	Men at Arms	1993	The City Watch	Came 148th in the Big Read	Cop novels, gun politics, racism, "kings in hiding"
16	Soul Music	1994	Death, The Wizards	Came 151st in the Big Read	Rock music, Beatlemania, Welsh language, "Blues Brothers" (movie)
17	Interesting Times	1994	Rincewind, the Wizards		Imperial China, Maoism, Lemmings[8]
18	Maskerade	1995	The Witches		Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, goth subculture
19	Feet of Clay	1996	The City Watch		Cop novels, robots, golem mythology, atheism, race relations, heraldry, slavery and serfdom
20	Hogfather	1996	Death, The Wizards	Came 137th in the Big Read	Christmas, mythology, Mary Poppins[9]
21	Jingo	1997	The City Watch		War, diplomacy, imperialism, xenophobia, multiculturalism, jingoism, Captain Nemo, the Cthulhu Mythos
22	The Last Continent	1998	Rincewind, The Wizards		Australia (Mad Max, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Aborigines, Dreamtime),[10] evolution, creation
23	Carpe Jugulum	1998	The Witches		Vampires, existentialism
24	The Fifth Elephant	1999	The City Watch	Came 153rd in the Big Read	Diplomacy, Eastern European folklore and literature, Political-conspiracy novels, global economy, national myths, The Fifth Element
25	The Truth	2000	Miscellaneous, The City Watch	Came 193rd in the Big Read	Watergate scandal, newspapers, organized crime, oligarchy, Pulp Fiction
26	Thief of Time	2001	Death, the History Monks	Came 152nd in the Big Read	Martial arts, Eastern monastic mysticism, quantum physics, teaching, the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (& the Beatles), chocolate lovers
27	The Last Hero	2001	Rincewind	Published in a larger format and fully illustrated by Paul Kidby	Legends, Prometheus, Dungeons & Dragons, Apollo program
28	The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents	2001	Miscellaneous	A YA (young adult or children's) Discworld book; winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal	The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Beatrix Potter[11]
29	Night Watch	2002	The City Watch, the History Monks	Received the Prometheus Award in 2003; came 73rd in the Big Read	Cop novels, Les Misérables,[12] time travel, revolutions
30	The Wee Free Men	2003	Tiffany Aching	The second YA Discworld book	Folklore, mythic Scotland (e. Faust or Faustus ( Latin for "auspicious" or "lucky" is the protagonist of a classic German Legend in which he makes The Divine Comedy Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Moving Pictures is the name of the tenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 1990 The studio system was a means of film production and distribution dominant in Hollywood from the early 1920s through the early 1950s The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention King Kong is a landmark Black-and-white Adventure film about a gigantic Gorilla named " Kong " and how he is captured from Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American dramatic - romantic - War film adapted from Margaret Mitchell 's 1936 Reaper Man is a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Published in 1991 it is the 11th Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe This article is about invasion by Extra-terrestrial beings as a theme for other uses of the term see Alien invasion (disambiguation. The Man with No Name is a Stock character in western films but the term usually applies specifically to the character (or possibly characters played by Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West between the years of 1860 and 1900 Consumerism is the equation of personal Happiness with the purchase of material possessions and consumption. Witches Abroad is the twelfth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, originally published in 1991 A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving In Fairy tales a fairy godmother is a Fairy with magical powers who acts as a Mentor or Parent to someone in the role that an actual Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett 's popular Discworld Novels, published in 1992 The Spanish Inquisition started and was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to maintain Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15 1844 August 25 1900 ( was a nineteenth-century German philosopher and classical philologist This page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Western philosophy, the spread of Christianity through the Roman Empire marked the end of Hellenistic Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from A fairy (also fay, fey, fae, faerie; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair The mythopoetic men's movement (sometimes mistakenly referred to simply as the men's movement refers to a loose collection of organizations active in Men's work since Men at Arms is the 15th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett first published in 1993 Gun politics is a set of legal issues surrounding the ownership use and regulation of firearms as well as safety issues related to firearms both through their direct use and through List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy (particularly demonstrated by young teen girls directed toward The Beatles, particularly Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Interesting Times is the seventeenth Novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River ( valley in the Neolithic era Maoism, variably and officially known as Mao Zedong Thought ( is a variant of Marxism derived from the teachings of the late Chinese leader Lemmings is a puzzle computer game, developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis in, originally for the Commodore Amiga Maskerade is the eighteenth novel in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto The Phantom of the Opera (in French, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a French Novel by Gaston Leroux. The goth subculture is a contemporary Subculture found in many countries Feet of Clay is the nineteenth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, and a parody of detective novels This list of fictional robots and androids is a Chronological list categorised by medium In Jewish folklore, a golem (גולם sometimes as in Yiddish, pronounced goilem) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter Atheism Race relations is the area of Sociology that studies the Social, Political, and Economic relations between races at all different Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Hogfather is the 20th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. The Hogfather is also a character in the book representing something The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by PL Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. Jingo is the twenty-first novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his Discworld series War is an international relations Dispute, characterized by organized Violence between National Military units Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting Negotiations between representatives of groups or states Imperialism has two meanings one describing an action and the other describing an attitude Xenophobia is an intense and/or irrational dislike and sometimes fear of people from other countries The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified Jingoism is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "extreme Patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy" Captain Nemo is a Fictional character featured in Jules Verne 's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870 and The Mysterious The Cthulhu Mythos is a Shared universe created in the 1920s by American horror writer H The Last Continent is the twenty-second Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Mad Max is a 1979 Australian apocalyptic action thriller Film directed by George Miller and written The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Academy Award -winning Australian Film about three Drag queens Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The traditions and lore of Australia's indigenous peoples belongs to what may be the oldest continuous culture on Earth (circa 50000 years eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 A creation myth is a supernatural mytho-[[religion religious]] story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, Earth, life, and Carpe Jugulum is a Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the twenty third in the Discworld series Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Existentialism is a philosophical doctrine which posits that individuals create the meaning and essence of their lives and that this essence follows from their existence The Fifth Elephant is the 24th Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter In a political sense conspiracy refers to a group of persons united in the goal of usurping or overthrowing an established political power The rising Technology has allowed our environment to be characterized as a global one See also National mysticism A national myth is an inspiring narrative or Anecdote about a nation's past The Fifth Element is a French 1997 Science fantasy, action, Comedy, Techno thriller film directed by The Truth is the twenty-fifth Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett, published in 2000. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. "Crime syndicate" redirects here For the DC Comics group of villains see Crime Syndicate. Oligarchy' ( Greek, Oligarkhía) is a Form of government where Political power effectively rests with a small elite segment Thief of Time is the 26th Discworld Novel written by Terry Pratchett. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Quantum mechanics is the study of mechanical systems whose dimensions are close to the Atomic scale such as Molecules Atoms Electrons The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 This article is about the fantasy novel For the adventure novel by Leslie Charteris and featuring Simon Templar, see The Last Hero (The Saint Paul Kidby (born 1964 is an English artist. He was born in Northolt and is currently living and working in Fordingbridge, New Forest A legend ( Latin, legenda, "things to be read" is a Narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Προμηθεύς "forethought" is a Titan known for his wily intelligence who stole Fire from Zeus Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a Fantasy Role-playing game (RPG originally designed by The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is the 28th Novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series published in 2001 The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin ( Hameln) Germany. Night Watch is the 29th Novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series published in 2002 The Prometheus Award is an award for Libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society which also publishes a quarterly journal Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively For The Wee Free see the Free Church of Scotland. The Wee Free Men, first published in 2003 is the second Story of The Discworld Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. g. Braveheart),[13] The Smurfs
31	Monstrous Regiment	2003	Miscellaneous, the City Watch	The title is a reference to The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women[14]	Folk songs, Joan of Arc, crossdressing during wartime, the Napoleonic and other wars, single mothers, Taliban, feminism, pacifism
32	A Hat Full of Sky	2004	Tiffany Aching, Witches	The third YA Discworld book	The history and folklore of witches in Britain, mind controlling aliens in science fiction
33	Going Postal	2004	Moist von Lipwig		Politics, cons, corporate crime and business practices, monopolies, the postal system and stamp collecting, the Internet, cracking and phreaking, fraternal organizations, alternative medicine, golems
34	Thud!	2005	The City Watch		Cop novels, politics, affirmative action, race relations, chess and tafl games
35	Wintersmith	2006	Tiffany Aching, Witches	The fourth YA book. Braveheart is a 1995 historical action-drama movie produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role The Smurfs ( Les Schtroumpfs) are a fictional group of small Sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods Monstrous Regiment is the 31st novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women is a work by the Scottish Reformer John Knox, published in 1558 Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The Taliban ( طالبان, also anglicised as Taleban; translation "students" is a Sunni Islamist, predominately Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate A Hat Full of Sky is a novel written by Terry Pratchett set on the Discworld, written with younger readers in mind Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Going postal is an American English Slang term used as a verb meaning to suddenly become extremely and uncontrollably angry possibly to the point of violence Moist von Lipwig is a Fictional character from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme In Criminology, corporate crime refers to crimes committed either by a Corporation (i Business ethics is a form of Applied ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment In Economics, a monopoly (from Greek monos, alone or single + polein, to sell exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient Mail, or post, is a method for transmitting information and tangible objects wherein written Documents typically enclosed in Envelopes and also Stamp collecting is the Collecting of Postage stamps and related objects such as covers (envelopes or packages with stamps on them The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks In common usage hacker is generic term for a computer criminal often with a specific specialty in computer intrusion Phreaking is a Slang term coined to describe the activity of a Subculture of people who study experiment with or explore telecommunication systems like equipment The term alternative medicine, as used in the modern western world encompasses any healing practice "that does not fall within the realm of conventional Medicine. In Jewish folklore, a golem (גולם sometimes as in Yiddish, pronounced goilem) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter Thud! is Terry Pratchett 's 34th Discworld novel released in the United States of America on September 13 2005 Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. This article is about the novel For the wintersmith himself see the wintersmith Wintersmith is the title of the third Tiffany Aching novel	The Snow Queen, Orpheus, Persephone, Sleeping Beauty, The Snow Maiden
36	Making Money	2007	Moist von Lipwig		gold standard vs. The Snow Queen ( Sneedronningen) is a Fairy tale by Author Hans Christian Andersen ( 1805 - 1875) Orpheus ( Greek: Ὀρφεύς ˈɔrfiəs ( OHR-fee-uhs) or /ˈɔrfjuːs/ ( OHR'-fews) in English is a figure from Greek mythology born in In Greek mythology, Persephone ( Kore or Cora) was the embodiment of the Earth's fertility at the same time that she was the Queen of the Underworld Sleeping Beauty ( "La Belle au Bois dormant" (The Beauty asleep in the wood is a Fairy tale classic the first in the set published in 1697 by The Snow Maiden&ndashA Spring Fairy Tale ( Снегурочка&ndashВесенняя сказка, Snegúrochka&ndashVesennyaya Skazka) is an Making Money is a Terry Pratchett novel in the Discworld series published in the UK on 20 September, 2007. The gold standard is a monetary system in which a region's common media of exchange are paper notes that are normally freely convertible into pre-set fixed quantities of Gold fiat currency, computer simulation, fraud, golems,

Possible future novels

Pratchett has occasionally hinted at other possible future Discworld novels. The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or Money whose usefulness results not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be A computer simulation, a computer model or a computational model is a Computer program, or network of computers that attempts to simulate an These include

• Unseen Academicals^[15] about football at Unseen University. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Unseen University (UU is a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty On December 11, 2007, Pratchett stated that he started to compile basic notes for this book, as the book Nation nears completion. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[16] An article in The Bookseller indicated that Pratchett had begun the writing process of Unseen Academicals, and that future Discworld novels would have to be dictated. An interview in SFX magazine's SF and Fantasy Books Special confirms that he has begun work on this book, and says that it includes many details about life "below stairs" at UU, as well as Ridcully's formation of the football team. SFX is a British Magazine devoted to Science fiction and Fantasy subjects especially media-related topics but not containing fiction ^[17]
• I Shall Wear Midnight a possible future Tiffany Aching novel confirmed by the author at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 6, 2007
• Raising Taxes The third book in Moist's series, announced on 21 September 2007 at the book signing in Torrance, CA. I Shall Wear Midnight is the working title of the possible fourth Tiffany Aching novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
• Scouting for Trolls^[15] the title of which would parody Scouting for Boys. Scouting for Boys A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship is the first book on the Scout Movement, published in 1908

Short stories

There are five short stories by Pratchett based in the Discworld, and an additional short story (Turntables of the Night), that is based in the United Kingdom and Death has a featured role:

• Turntables of the Night (1989); available online^[18]
• Troll Bridge - in After The King: Stories in honour of J. Death, is a Fictional character in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series Troll Bridge is a Discworld short story written by Terry Pratchett in 1991 for a collection entitled After The King Stories in Honour of R. R. Tolkien (1992); reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy edited by Mike Ashley (1998) ; available online^[19]
• Theatre of Cruelty (1993); available online^[20]
• The Sea and Little Fishes - in Legends (1998), anthology of novellas taking place within popular fantasy cycles edited by Robert Silverberg
• Death and What Comes Next (2002); available online^[20]
• A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices (2005); available online^[21]

Four of the short stories along with Discworld miscellany (e. Michael or Mike Ashley may refer to Mike Ashley (radio presenter, British radio presenter on Heart "Theatre of Cruelty" is a short Discworld story by Terry Pratchett written in 1993. The Sea and Little Fishes is a short story by Terry Pratchett, written in 1998 Legends (1998 is a collection of "short novels" by a number of noteworthy Fantasy authors edited by Robert Silverberg. Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American author best known for writing Science fiction. "Death and What Comes Next" is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices is a Discworld short story by Terry Pratchett. g. the history of Thud and the Ankh-Morpork national anthem) have been collected in a compilation of the majority of Pratchett's known short work named Once More* With Footnotes. For other uses of the word see Thud Thud is a Board game devised by Trevor Truran and first published in 2002 inspired Once More* With Footnotes is a book by Terry Pratchett, published by NESFA Press in 2004 when he was the Guest of Honor for Noreascon Four the

The Mapps

Furthermore, there are four "Mapps":

• The Streets of Ankh-Morpork (1993)
• The Discworld Mapp (1995)
• A Tourist Guide to Lancre (1998)
• 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 Kidby, and the last is by Paul Kidby. The first of the Discworld Mapp series despite the author's original long-held opinion that a fantasy world could not and should not be mapped The Discworld Mapp is an Atlas that contains a large fold out map of the Discworld (sold by Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler) drawn by Stephen Player A Tourist Guide To Lancre is the third book in the Discworld Mapp series and the first to be illustrated by Paul Kidby. See also Discworld (world The Discworld, the fantastical setting for Terry Pratchett 's bestselling series of novels of the same name, Stephen Briggs (1951&ndash is in his own words "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics" Paul Kidby (born 1964 is an English artist. He was born in Northolt and is currently living and working in Fordingbridge, New Forest All also contain booklets written by Pratchett and Briggs.

Terry Pratchett also admitted: "There are no maps. You can't map a sense of humour. "

Science books

Pratchett has also collaborated with Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen on three books using the Discworld to illuminate popular science topics. Ian Nicholas Stewart (born 1945) is a professor of Mathematics at University of Warwick, England and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction Jack Cohen, FIBiol (born 19 September 1933) is a British reproductive biologist also known for his popular science books For the 1935-1949 film series see Popular Science (film. Popular Science is an American monthly Magazine founded in 1872 Each book alternates chapters of a Discworld story and notes on real science related to it. The books are:

• The Science of Discworld (1999)
• The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (2002)
• The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch (2005)

Quiz books

Two Discworld Quiz books have been compiled by David Langford:

• The Unseen University Challenge (1996), parodying the TV quiz show University Challenge
• The Wyrdest Link (2002), parodying the TV quiz show The Weakest Link

Diaries

Main article: Discworld Diary

Most years see the release of a Discworld Diary and Calendar, both usually following a particular theme. The Science of Discworld is a 1999 book written by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. The Science of Discworld II The Globe is a 2002 book written by the Novelist Terry Pratchett and the popular Science writers Ian Stewart The Science of Discworld III Darwin's Watch is a book set on the Discworld, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. A quiz is a form of Game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams attempt to answer questions correctly David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953 is a British author editor and Critic, largely active within the Science fiction field The Unseen University Challenge is a book of Trivia questions related to Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show, licensed and produced by Granada Television. The Weakest Link is a television Game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August, 2000 The Discworld Diaries are a series of themed diaries based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett.

The diaries feature background information about their themes. Some topics are later used in the series; the concept of female assassins and the character of Miss Alice Band were two notable ideas that first appeared in the Assassins' Guild Yearbook.

The Discworld Almanak - The Year of The Prawn has a similar format and general contents to the diaries. The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's

Other books

Other Discworld publications include:

• The Discworld Portfolio (a collection of Paul Kidby's artwork, with notes by Pratchett)
• The Discworld Companion (an encyclopaedia of Discworld information, compiled by Pratchett and Briggs. The Pratchett Portfolio is a small collection of the artistic works of Paul Kidby, illustrating the characters of Terry Pratchett 's Discworld The Discworld Companion is an Encyclopedia of all things Discworldian created by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs. An updated version was released in 2003, titled The New Discworld Companion. )
• Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (a collection of Discworld recipes, combined with etiquette, language of flowers etc. Nanny Ogg's Cookbook is a book of Recipes and wisdom of the Discworld character Nanny Ogg by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs , written by Pratchett with Stephen Briggs and Tina Hannan)
• The Art of Discworld (another collection of Paul Kidby's art)
• The Discworld Almanak (an almanac for the Discworld year, in the style of the Diaries and the Cookbook, written by Pratchett with Bernard Pearson)
• Where's My Cow? (a Discworld picture book referenced in Thud! and Wintersmith, written by Pratchett with illustrations by Melvyn Grant)
• The Unseen University Cut Out Book (Build your own Unseen University, written by Pratchett with Alan Batley and Bernard Pearson, published 1 October 2006). Stephen Briggs (1951&ndash is in his own words "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics" Tina Hannan (AKA Misty) is a London -based writer most noted for the book Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, co-written with the well-known fantasy author Terry The Art of Discworld is a descriptive book of the world of the Discworld as portrayed in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series The Discworld Almanak is a spin-off book from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld novels in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg's ALMANAC is the name of a major Breast cancer trial The Acronym stands for "Axillary Lymphatic Mapping Against Nodal Axillary Clearance Bernard Pearson is an artist best known for his sculptures of Discworld characters and buildings Where's My Cow? is a Picture book written by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Melvyn Grant. Thud! is Terry Pratchett 's 34th Discworld novel released in the United States of America on September 13 2005 This article is about the novel For the wintersmith himself see the wintersmith Wintersmith is the title of the third Tiffany Aching novel Melvyn Grant (born in London, England) is an English digital Graphic artist and Illustrator. The Unseen University Cut-Out Book is a cut-out book that allows a reader to construct a replica of Unseen University from Terry Pratchett 's Discworld Bernard Pearson is an artist best known for his sculptures of Discworld characters and buildings Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
• The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld (a collection of quotations from the series)
• The Folklore of Discworld (forthcoming)

Adaptations

Stage

Stage adaptations of 15 Discworld novels have been published. The adaptations are by Stephen Briggs (apart from Lords and Ladies by Irana Brown), and were first produced by the Studio Theatre Club in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. History See also History of Oxfordshire The county of Oxfordshire was formed in the early years of the 10th century and is broadly situated in the They include adaptations of The Truth, Maskerade, Mort, Wyrd Sisters and Guards! Guards! Stage adaptations of Discworld novels have been performed on every continent in the world, including Antarctica.

Film & Television

Due in part to the complexity of the novels, Discworld has been difficult to adapt to film – Pratchett is fond of an anecdote of a producer attempting to pitch an adaptation of Mort in early 1990s but told to "lose the Death angle" by US backers. MoRT (an acronym for "Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories" Mort is also the French word for death) is an Avant-garde metal ^[22]
A list of completed adaptations include:

• Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (based on both The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic): David Jason played 'Rincewind'. The Colour of Magic is a two-part television adaptation of the bestselling novels The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic by The Colour of Magic is a 1983 Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, and is the first book of the Discworld series The Light Fantastic is a Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series He has also been quoted as saying he would like to appear in more Discworld adaptations. This adaptation aired in the UK over Easter 2008
• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather: In the UK, Sky One commissioned a £6 million 'made for television' adaptation of Hogfather with David Jason playing the role of Albert, which premiered 17/18 December 2006. Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Terry Pratchett's Hogfather is a two-part Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by The Mob Sir David John White OBE, known by his Stage name David Jason (born 2 February 1940 is an English Actor, known ^[23]
• Lords and Ladies: A fan movie adaptation by Almost No Budget Films was completed in Germany. Lords and Ladies is the fourteenth Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ^[24]
• Run Rincewind Run!: A Snowgum Films original story created for Nullus Anxietas. Snowgum Films is an independent film company based in Melbourne, Australia. Stars Troy Larkin as Rincewind, and features Terry Pratchett himself. Rincewind the Wizzard is a Fictional character
• Cosgrove Hall produced 6x30 minute adaptations of two books for Channel 4 in 1996. Cosgrove Hall Films is a British Animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England that is a major producer of children's Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began These were made available on DVD and VHS in the US from Acorn Media, though they are now out of print. Both series are available on a DVD boxset in Region 2
  • Soul Music - Starring Christopher Lee as Death, also featuring Neil Morrissey and Graham Crowden. DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played Soul Music is a seven-part animated Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July, 1962 in Stoke-on-Trent) is an English Actor. Graham Crowden (born 30 November 1922) is a Scottish Actor. Biography Crowden was born in Edinburgh, the son of Anne First episode broadcast on 18 May 1997. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The soundtrack to Soul Music was also released on CD.
  • Wyrd Sisters - Starring Christopher Lee as Death, also featuring Annette Crosbie, June Whitfield, Jane Horrocks and Les Dennis. Wyrd Sisters is a two-part animated Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February 1934 is a Scottish character actress. June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE (born 11 November 1925 is an English actress, known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for roles in Radio Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, Musician, and singer Les Dennis (born Leslie Heseltine on 12 October 1953 in Liverpool, Lancashire) was an English Television presenter and First episode broadcast on 28 Dec 1998. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

A list of adaptations in pre-production include:

• Troll Bridge: Australian group Snowgum Films has completed principal photography and are currently working through post-production. Troll Bridge is a planned Live action Short film adaptation of a short story by Terry Pratchett produced by Snowgum Films. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Snowgum Films is an independent film company based in Melbourne, Australia. ^[25]
• The Wee Free Men: In January 2006 it was announced that Sam Raimi would direct this adaptation for Sony Pictures following his completion of Spider-Man 3^[26][27] but Sam Raimi has moved on to other projects. For The Wee Free see the Free Church of Scotland. The Wee Free Men, first published in 2003 is the second Story of The Discworld Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc ( SPE) is the television and Film production/distribution unit of Japanese Media conglomerate Sony For the video game based on the film see Spider-Man 3 (video game. Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American Film director, producer, Actor and
• Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, to be produced by Sky One

Radio

There have been several BBC radio adaptations of Discworld stories, including Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards! (narrated by Martin Jarvis), The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, Mort and Small Gods. Terry Pratchett's Going Postal is a two-part Television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett 's sixth Discworld novel published in 1988 and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989 Martin Jarvis can refer to Martin Jarvis (actor, UK actor Martin Jarvis (conductor, Australian conductor and lecturer in music The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is the 28th Novel in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld series published in 2001 MoRT (an acronym for "Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories" Mort is also the French word for death) is an Avant-garde metal Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett 's popular Discworld Novels, published in 1992 On 27 February, 2008, BBC Radio 4 aired the first of a five-part, weekly adaptation of Night Watch.

Audio books

Most of Pratchett's novels have been released as audio books. For the unabridged recordings, books 1-23 in the above list, except for books 3 and 9, are read by Nigel Planer. Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953 in London) is an English Actor, Novelist and Playwright. Book 3 is read by Celia Imrie. Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952 is an Olivier Award-winning English actress. Book 9 and most of the books from 24 onward are read by Stephen Briggs. Stephen Briggs (1951&ndash is in his own words "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics" Abridged versions are read by Tony Robinson. Dr Tony Robinson (born 15 August 1946 in Leytonstone, London) is an English Actor, broadcaster and

Comic books

The Colour of Magic, The Light Fantastic, Mort and Guards! Guards! have been adapted into graphic novels. The Light Fantastic is a Comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series MoRT (an acronym for "Metamorphosis of Realistic Theories" Mort is also the French word for death) is an Avant-garde metal Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett, first published in 1989 A

Merchandise

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 and Clarecraft. The putting-out system was a means of subcontracting work It was also known as the workshop system. Stephen Briggs (1951&ndash is in his own words "a civil servant who dabbles in amateur dramatics" Bernard Pearson is an artist best known for his sculptures of Discworld characters and buildings Clarecraft was a company which produced Fantasy Figurines Its most popular series was an officially licensed series of figurines based on the Discworld

Music

• Dave Greenslade: Terry Pratchett's From the Discworld, 1994 (Virgin CDV 2738. Dave Greenslade (born 18 January 1943 in Woking, Surrey, England) is a British keyboards player 7243 8 39512 2 2). ^[28]
• Keith Hopwood: Soul Music - Terry Pratchett's Discworld, 1998 (Proper Music Distribution / Pluto Music TH 030746), soundtrack to the animated adaptation of Soul Music. Keith Hopwood (born 26 October 1946, Davyhulme, Urmston, Lancashire) served as Rhythm guitarist / Backing vocalist

Games

Pratchett co-authored with Phil Masters two role-playing game supplements for Discworld, utilising the GURPS system:

• GURPS Discworld (republished as The Discworld Roleplaying Game)
• GURPS Discworld Also

Computer games:

• The Colour of Magic (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64)
• Discworld MUD (Internet)
• Discworld (PC/DOS, Macintosh, PlayStation, Saturn)
• Discworld II: Missing, Presumed...!? (Discworld II: Mortality Bytes! in North America) (PC/Windows, PC/DOS, PlayStation, Saturn)
• Discworld Noir (PC/Windows, PlayStation)
• Discworld: The Colour of Magic (Mobile phone)

The board game, Thud was created by puzzle compiler Trevor Truran. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, commonly known as GURPS, is a Role-playing game system designed to adapt to any imaginary gaming GURPS Discworld and the related supplements are Role-playing game sourcebooks set in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld fantasy GURPS Discworld and the related supplements are Role-playing game sourcebooks set in Terry Pratchett 's Discworld fantasy The Colour of Magic is a Text adventure game developed by Delta 4 and published by Piranha Games in 1986 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal Home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd Specifically * DO NOT add detailed game information to this page The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Discworld ( aka Discworld The Trouble With Dragons) is a graphic Adventure game developed by Teeny Weeny Games and IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. MS-DOS (short for M icro' s' oft D isk O perating S ystem is an Operating system commercialized by Microsoft. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The is a 32-bit Video game console that was first released on November 22 1994 in Japan, May 11 1995 in North America Discworld II Missing Presumed!? ( Discworld II Mortality Bytes! in North America) is the second graphic Adventure game based on Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Discworld Noir is a Computer game based on Terry Pratchett 's Discworld comic Fantasy novels and unlike the previous A board game is a Game in which counters or pieces that are placed on removed from or moved across a "board" (a premarked surface usually specific to that game For other uses of the word see Thud Thud is a Board game devised by Trevor Truran and first published in 2002 inspired Trevor Truran (born 1942 is a United Kingdom former Mathematics teacher best known as the creator of many Games and Puzzles Truran began making The card game Cripple Mr Onion is adapted from the novels. Cripple Mr Onion was originally a fictional Card game played by characters in Terry Pratchett 's novels Wyrd Sisters, Reaper Man

See also

• Discworld characters
• Discworld geography
• Other dimensions of the Discworld

References

External links

• Terry Pratchett Books, Terry Pratchett's official website
• Discworld Monthly (free monthly newsletter about Terry Pratchett OBE and his Discworld and other novels. )
• Lspace.org Home of the Annotated Pratchett File, which details the many references, allusions, parodies and in-jokes in the Discworld novels.
• Discworld & Pratchett Wiki
• Discworld fan site From Rim To Hub. Includes character lists, quotes, and frequently updated news.
• Terry Pratchett Quotes archive A searchable database of quotes from Terry Pratchett's novels.
• The Cunning Artificer's Discworld Emporium The shop for Discworld artificats including models, posters, stamps and jewellery
• Discworld Convention The UK Discworld Convention
• The Turtle Moves! The North American Discworld Convention
• Nullus Anxietas The Australian Discworld Convention
• SkyOne's The Colour of Magic Skyone's The Colour of Magic Home Page.
• Discworld Art Paul Kidby's Discworld Art and other stuff.

Characters, locations, etc

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