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Mar 9, 2016 · Structurally, the Discworld novels can be grouped into reasonably logical subsets: novels which feature the same characters and which, if read sequentially in their own right, provide both...
Discworld is a comic fantasy [1] book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle.
- PRATCHETT WROTE THE FIRST FOUR INSTALLMENTS WHILE WORKING AS A SPOKESMAN FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. In 1980, Pratchett left the Bucks Free Press to take a job as a press officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), where his responsibilities mainly involved reassuring the public about the safety of this organization’s nuclear power plants.
- RINCEWIND’S NAME WAS LIFTED FROM A NEWSPAPER COLUMN. Many Discworld inhabitants go by peculiar names (just ask Moist von Lipwig or Carrot Ironfoundersson), but many of them don't come from thin air.
- THE SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD SERIES WAS INSPIRED BY A POPULAR STAR TREK BOOK. The Science of Discworld novels combine fantasy and hard science. In the first of these books, a mishap at Unseen University creates “Roundworld,” a bizarro universe laden with strange, spherical planets governed not by magic but by the laws of physics.
- PRATCHETT WITHDREW GOING POSTAL FROM HUGO AWARD CONSIDERATION. Discworld books have received plenty of accolades: The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents took home the Carnegie Medal in 2001; Night Watch won a Prometheus Award two years later; and Pyramids earned the 1989 British Science Fiction Award for best novel.
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- The Discworld. Despite its outlandish geology, and a cast of inhabitants that includes wizards, witches, trolls and dwarves, the Discworld has much more in common with Charles Dickens at his comic and indignant best than it has with Lord of The Rings.
- He is the King of Ridiculous Fantastical Comedy. Before he became a full-time writer, Pratchett had already had a thorough grounding in unbelievable and ridiculous situations.
- You don’t have to start at the beginning. In fact I recommend you don’t. One of the intimidating things about a long series is the fear that it won’t make sense unless you start at the beginning.
- You have several different series to choose from. While you don’t have to read sequentially, there are distinct strands or mini-series within the Discworld books.
Mar 23, 2014 · Discworld is an expansive fantasy series created by Terry Pratchett. It features a flat, disc-shaped world (who would have guessed) resting upon the backs of four enormous elephants standing on the shell of a giant turtle, the Great A’Tuin.
Sep 11, 2018 · Traditional or a curated list, here's our recommendation for a Discworld reading order based on Terry Pratchett's huuuuuge series.
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Aug 1, 2017 · Discworld society and technology started embracing new ideas on a more permanent basis, without incurring the wrath of terrible Things from the Dungeon Dimensions, and the events of each book...
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