Dining Table Discworld

Podcast update: The Night Watch - coming soon The Wee Free Men - recorded and being edited Quadrant 3 - to be discussed, it's strange to think we're (basically) 3/4s through! Due to doing a Christmas special in December, and the Quadrant 3 episode, it'll be a bit before we have a full book episode.

Of course Nigh Watch is our next episode, still editing as it's a long one. I used this pun in the synopsis, cos you might as well.

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.”

This month we're talking about the recent Discworld RPG from Modiphius, Tales of Ankh-Morpork Looking at dice, cards and the rulebooks. Due to the nature of the episode there is more background noise than usual. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

Podcast update: -Discworld RPG from @modiphius.bsky.social - final edits, coming soon -Night Watch - recorded, to be edited, it'll be a long one but only a single episode One of us will start reading Wee Free Men next, depends who finishes their current book first.

Loving this Tumblr post about various Discworld characters vs Bugs Bunny. Much fun discussion of Bugs and his powers on other parts of Bluesky.

Our Amazing Maurice episode references: Wind in the Willows - including the Eleanor & Alastair Read That episode about it Urban Jungle Beatrix Potter Mrs Frisby & the Rats of NIMH Dick King Smith Enid Blyton The Nutcracker Hilda Redwall

We're going to be taking a run up to Night Watch, as there'll be much to say. So later this month we'll have a special episode about the new Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork RPG from @modiphius.bsky.social

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents The first Discworld YA book is grimmer than we expected, there's something nasty underground. We discuss various other talking animal books this one might be in conversation with. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

The Last Hero Cohen the Barbarian plans to return fire to the gods, and the leadership of Ankh-Morpork develops space travel to stop him. We discuss the art of this Discworld Fable and discover the limited circumstances where Dave enjoys Rincewind. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

the only Trojan Horse discourse I’m interested in

The Last Hero plans to return fire to the gods, and civic leaders of Ankh-Morpork send a genius, a watchman and a wizzard to stop him. We discuss this illustrated Discworld Fable and discover the (rare) situation when Dave enjoys Rincewind. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

Feels like this is what we should put on the wall once we get all the Discworld books on their designated shelves

Thief of Time, a very full book which talks about time and humanity and -as ever- has a load of puns. We discuss Susan as Death's unwitting loophole, a slightly problematic portrayal of savantism, how you the book gets grim in some places. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

Thief of Time In which a glass clock is someone's white whale, Susan is her grandfather's loophole and we meet the 5th Horseman who left before they were famous. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

You'll be able to listen to us discussing Ronnie very soon.

Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time

Podcast update: Thief of Time - already recorded and being edited Last Hero - just recorded

'Terry Pratchett is a towering figure in fantasy literature – a mythmaker & a mirth-maker. His comedic novels twinkle with humour, humanity, an enduring sense of wonder & a fierce belief in justice & dignity for all. His readership was heartbroken when he died in 2015.' inews.co.uk/culture/book...

Our recent episode about The Truth references: -Clark Kent & the Daily Planet -Men in Black -Common People by Pulp - cos everybody hates a tourist - @effjayem.bsky.social talking about hobbies on @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social -Fraiser - when Niles finds out your true source of Maris' wealth

“average discworld resident escapes death 3 times a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average discworld resident escapes death 0 times per year. Wizzard Rincewind, who lives on the run & escapes over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

@transworldbooks.bsky.social has donated 10,000 copies of Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals to the National Literacy Trust to mark the National Year of Reading’s Go All In campaign. 👇

For the late weekend crowd, The Truth. We question the Industrial Revolution category for Discworld books, discuss newspapers, printing, class and whether this could have been a Watch book. We also decide we're the phamplet of Discworld podcasts. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

Join us as we discuss The Truth (the Discworld novel, not the concept). New characters, a fresh look at the Watch & the explosion of movable type in Ankh-Morpork. With digressions about printing on the Disc, class & our own thoughts about newspapers. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

Hello, new followers! Nice to see you. Do consider downloading the podcast, you don't necessarily need to start from the beginning, cos it's Discworld. We don't necessarily talk about the problems of modern Britain in every episode, but it comes up a fair bit. Otherwise we mostly keep it light.

Time to get out the lilac. #Glorious25th #GNUTerryPratchett

Remembering the Glorious 25th wear you lilac with pride #Glorious25th #Discworld #TerryPratchett #lilac & a #hardboiledegg

It is the #Glorious25th and I'm currently editing our episode on the 25th Discworld novel, The Truth. Coming soon to all good podcatchers. The Thief of Time episode has been recorded. One of us is reading The Last Hero.

THE GLORIOUS 25TH. Where we remember the sacrifice of John Keel and others lost at the barricades of Treacle Mine Road. Time to re-read Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, one of his finest works. I love my Penguin Modern Classics annotated edition 😍 (And Happy Towel Day too, Hitchhikers!) #Booksky 💙📚

Night Watch is the greatest argument for a long-running book series that exists. #booksky

Gah! What? Stopped clock and all that. The second part of our The Fifth Elephant episode has over 10 minutes talking about British transphobia. Because seeing someone so full of bigoted hatred that they'd ally with fascists to tear down an institution that benefits them is the mood music here rn.

We did our first 2-part episode for The Fifth Elephant (which is not usually listed as a Discworld highlight), and a lot of that was talking about dwarves, especially Cheery - and I don't think we even mentioned this specific bit. There was also stuff about UK transphobia, which takes a while.

Happy Terry Pratchett Day! This month we have a special episode discussing the Wyrd Sisters animated TV series from Cosgrove Hall. A very faithful adaptation, with a good cast and a slightly rushed ending. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...

GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man)

Today - 28th April - is Terry Pratchett day. Terry was an author with extraordinary wisdom and wit, whose stories continue to touch and inspire ✨ ‘No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away…’ Reaper Man #terrypratchettday #booksky

Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️

Podcast Update: Wyrd Sisters TV Show - coming soon The Truth - recorded and being edited Thief of Time - started reading Also read part of A Tale of Time City to our kid (who has bounced off it), so a lot of reading about places outside of -and people controlling- history.

References from 2nd part of Fifth Elephant: -TNG, Troi being in the command hierarchy & the dress uniforms -Trigger's Broom from Only Fools & Horses, or the Ship of Theseus (mentioned in WandaVision) -OFMD nose jar -The ear mouse & Dolly the Sheep -German food rules & eating currywurst in Berlin