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[[Image:TCoM.cover.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of an early edition of ''[[The Colour of Magic]]''; art by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
'''''Discworld''''' is a [[comedy|comedic]] [[fantasy]] [[book series]] by the British author [[Terry Pratchett]], set on [[Discworld (world)|the Discworld]], a [[Flat Earth|flat world]] balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle,<ref>
{{cite book
| last = Pratchett
| first = Terry
| title = The Colour of Magic
| publisher = Corgi Adult
| date = [[January 18]], [[1985]]
| isbn = 0552124753}}
</ref> [[Discworld (world)#Great A'Tuin, the star turtle|Great A'Tuin]]. 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.
Since the first novel, ''[[The Colour of Magic]]'' ([[1983 in literature|1983]]), the series has expanded, spawning several related books and maps, four short stories, cartoon, theatre adaptations, computer games, and music inspired by the series. The first live-action screen adaptation for television (''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather]]'') was broadcast over Christmas 2006. A second, two-part TV adaptation of ''[[The Colour of Magic (TV film)|The Colour of Magic]]'' was broadcast in March 2008 in the UK.
Newly released ''Discworld'' books regularly top ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' best-sellers list, making Pratchett the [[United Kingdom|UK's]] best-selling author in the 1990s, although he has since been overtaken by ''[[Harry Potter]]'' author [[J.K. Rowling]]. ''Discworld'' novels have also won awards such as the [[Prometheus Award]] and the [[Carnegie Medal]]. In the [[BBC]]'s [[Big Read]], five ''Discworld'' books were in the top 100, and a total of fifteen in the top 200.
==Writings==
As of 2008, there have been 36 ''Discworld'' novels published, four of which are marketed as children's or "young adult" (YA) books. 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. Since Kirby's death in October 2001, the covers have been designed by [[Paul Kidby]]. 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",<ref name="afp92">{{cite newsgroup |title= Chapters |author= Terry Pratchett |date= 1992-07-30 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |id= memo.550062@cix.compulink.co.uk |url= http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/458d0849777faf48?dmode=source |accessdate= 2007-06-09 }}</ref> later adding that "I have to shove them in the putative YA books because my editor screams until I do".<ref name="afp93">{{cite newsgroup |title= Re: Posting to TP |author= Terry Pratchett |date= 1993-09-26 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |id= 749073107snz@unseen.demon.co.uk |url= http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/3b119fcb1984cb53?dmode=source |accessdate= 2007-06-09 }}</ref>
However, the first ''Discworld'' novel, ''[[The Colour of Magic]]'', was divided into "books", as is ''[[Pyramids (Discworld)|Pyramids]]''. 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]].
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 arc]]s dealing with a set number of characters and events. 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. 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. Rincewind has appeared in six ''Discworld'' novels, as well as the three ''[[Science of Discworld]]'' supplementary books. Cohen the Barbarian also appears in the short story, ''[[Troll Bridge]]''.
===Death===
[[Death (Discworld)|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). He has appeared in every novel except ''[[The Wee Free Men]]'', sometimes in a cameo, sometimes as the main protagonist. 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 personifications (Discworld)|anthropomorphic personification]] of [[death]], his job is to guide souls onward from this world into the next. Over millennia in the role, Death has developed a fascination with humanity, even going so far as to create a [[Other dimensions of the Discworld#Death's Domain|house for himself]] in his personal pocket dimension. Characters that often appear with Death include his "butler" [[Albert (Discworld)|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". 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 (Discworld)|Theatre of Cruelty]]'' and ''[[Turntables of the Night]]''.
===The Witches===
[[Witches (Discworld)|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 [[herbalist]]s, ajudicators and wise women. That is not to say that witches on the Disc cannot use [[Discworld (world)#Magic|magic]]; they simply prefer not to, finding simple psychology is often far more effective. The principal witch in the series is [[Granny Weatherwax]], a taciturn, bitter old crone from the small mountain country of [[Lancre]]. 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. 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. 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]]. 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]]''. Their stories frequently draw on ancient European folklore and fairy tales, and also parody famous works of literature, particularly by [[Shakespeare]].
===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. 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]]. The stories are largely [[police procedural]]s, featuring a mystery that frequently has political or societal overtones. 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 [[Fred Colon| Sargeant Colon]]) grows and takes on new recruits, particularly from the Disc's "minority groups", such as dwarfs, trolls, and the undead. Other main characters include [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]], (possibly) the rightful heir to the redundant 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 (Discworld)|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. 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 (Discworld)|Theatre of Cruelty]]''.
===The Wizards===
The [[Wizards (Discworld)|Wizards]] of the [[Unseen University]] have represented a strong thread through many of the Discworld novels, although the only books that they star in exclusively are the "Science of the Discworld" series. 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 (Discworld)|Archchancellor]], the hierarchy has settled and characters have been given the chance to develop. The earlier books featuring the wizards also frequently dealt with the possible invasion of the Discworld by the creatures from the [[Dungeon Dimensions]], Lovecraftian monsters that hunger for the magic and potential of the Discworld. 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]]. Prominent members include [[Ponder Stibbons]], a geeky young wizard who, unlike the rest of the staff, actually wants to learn about the universe, [[Hex (Discworld)|Hex]], the Disc's first supercomputer, [[Librarian (Discworld)|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 [[The Bursar|Bursar]], the clinically insane savant who crunches the UU's numbers and subsists on a diet of his own nerves and dried frog pills. 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]]''.
===Tiffany Aching===
[[Tiffany Aching]] is a young apprentice witch and star of a series of Discworld books aimed at young adults. 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. Both [[Granny Weatherwax]] and [[Nanny Ogg]] have also appeared in her stories. 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. 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. 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, [[Golems (Discworld)#Gladys|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]].
===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. In that sense, as Pratchett says, they straddle the boundary between human beings and [[Anthropomorphic personifications (Discworld)|personifications]]. 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. 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 far 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 establishment. 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.<ref name=order> [http://www.lspace.org/books/reading-order-guides/the-discworld-reading-order-guide-1-5.pdf The Discworld Reading Order Guide 1.5] - [[PDF]] showing the interrelationships between the books and series within ''Discworld'', with suggested starts.</ref> Some main characters may make [[cameo appearance]]s in other books where they are not the primary focus; for example, [[Carrot Ironfoundersson]] and [[Angua|Angua von Überwald]] appear briefly in ''[[Going Postal]]''. The books take place roughly in [[Real-time (media)|real-time]] and the characters' ages change to reflect the passing of years. No distinction will ever be clear-cut. Many stories (such as ''[[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]'' and ''[[Monstrous Regiment]]'') nominally stand alone but, nonetheless, tie in heavily with main story-lines. 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. 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 "[[Clacks (Discworld)|the clacks]]".
==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 [[Discworld characters#Lord Rust|Lord Rust]], are depicted merely as egocentric dullards. 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.
==== 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 [[elf (Discworld)|Elves]].
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. 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.
==== Humans ====
His [[good witch]], [[Granny Weatherwax]], takes the form of an archetypical evil crone:
:[[Mrs Earwig]] would definitely have objected to the cottage. 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. 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.
:{{smallcaps|Some people will do anything for the sheer fascination of doing it}}, said Death. {{smallcaps|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. In particular, that it is constructed out of [[narrative|stories]]. 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. You're saying humans need ... ''fantasies'' to make life bearable."
:{{smallcaps|No. Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.}}
:"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers?"
:{{smallcaps|Yes. As practice. You have to start out learning to believe the ''little'' lies.}}
:"So we can believe the big ones?"
:{{smallcaps|Yes. Justice. Mercy. Duty. That sort of thing.}}
:"They're not the same at all!"
:{{smallcaps|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'' — "
:{{smallcaps|My point exactly.}}
: – ''[[Hogfather]]''
Also in the Elf books, Pratchett presents elves as nasty, evil creatures. This follows original English folk songs and stories e.g. [[Tam Lin]]<!-- Yes, the Faerie folk or Fae ARE Elves. Fairies (note different spelling) are Tinkerbell's mob. There are even Tam Lin allusions in Lords & Ladies IIRC Wikipedia only has a Fairy article which vaguely mentions that Elves & faeries are linked -->, quite in contrast with how they were portrayed by [[Tolkien]] which is more commonly known these days.
: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). 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. 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 [[Antisocial personality disorder|sociopaths]]. Examples include [[Discworld characters#Vorbis|Vorbis]] (''Small Gods'') and [[Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild#Mr Teatime|Mr Teatime]] (''Hogfather''). 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.
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.
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. 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 (novel)|Moving Pictures]]' Victor Tugelbend and [[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]'s William de Worde.
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. 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 (Pratchett novel)| 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.
===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 [[revolution]]s end up replacing one tyrant with another?
* Is [[democracy]] just a choice among [[tyrant]]s?
* Does organized [[religion]] destroy belief in the supernatural?
* Does [[insurance]] just [[moral hazard|increase property damage]]?
==Bibliography==
===Novels===
{| class="wikitable sortable" id="noveltable" border="1"
!width=2%|Nº
!Name
!width=8%|Published
!Group
!Notes
!Motifs
|- align="left"
|1
|''[[The Colour of Magic]]''
|1983
|[[Rincewind]]
|Came 93rd in the [[Big Read]].
|[[Fantasy]] [[cliché]]s, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], [[tourism]], [[insurance]], [[Dungeons & Dragons]]
|-
|2
|''[[The Light Fantastic]]''
|1986
|Rincewind
|
|[[Tourism]], [[apocalypse]], [[Conan the Barbarian]]
|- align="left"
|3
|''[[Equal Rites]]''
|1987
|[[Witches (Discworld)|The Witches]]
|
|[[Feminism|Gender equality]], [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s [[Earthsea]] trilogy<ref>[http://www.ansible.co.uk/writing/eqrites.html Dave Langford review at ansible.co.uk]</ref>
|-
|4
|''[[Mort]]''
|1987
|Death
|Came 65th in the Big Read
|[[Death (Discworld)|Death]] and its [[Death (personification)|personification]], [[apprenticeship]]
|-
|5
|''[[Sourcery]]''
|1988
|Rincewind, [[Wizards (Discworld)|The Wizards]]
|
|[[Apocalypse]], ''[[Kubla Khan]]'', ''[[Aladdin]]'',<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/sourcery.html ''Sourcery'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref> ''[[Arabian Nights]]''
|- align="left"
|6
|''[[Wyrd Sisters]]''
|1988
|The Witches
|Came 135th in the Big Read
|[[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] (especially [[Macbeth]] and [[Hamlet]]), [[Sleeping Beauty]]
|- align="left"
|7
|''[[Pyramids (Discworld)|Pyramids]]''
|1989
|Miscellaneous
|
|[[Egyptian mythology]], [[quantum physics]], [[Greek philosophy]] (including [[Zeno's paradoxes]]), [[United Kingdom driving test]]<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/pyramids.html ''Pyramids'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref>
|-
|8
|''[[Guards! Guards!]]''
|1989
|The City Watch
|Came 69th in the Big Read
|Cop novels, [[show dog]]s, [[dragon]]s, [[fraternal organisation]]s, [[aristocracy]], [[secret societies]]
|- align="left"
|9
|''[[Eric (novel)|<s>Faust</s> Eric]]''
|1990
|Rincewind
|First published 1990 in a larger format, fully illustrated by [[Josh Kirby]]; reissued as a paperback without illustrations.
|[[Faust]], [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''[[The Divine Comedy|Inferno]]'', [[Homer|Homer's]] [[Iliad]]
|-
|10
|''[[Moving Pictures (novel)|Moving Pictures]]''
|1990
|Media, The Wizards
|
|[[Hollywood]] (especially [[silent movies]] and the early years of the [[studio system]]), the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], [[celebrity|celebrities]], ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and many other films
|-
|11
|''[[Reaper Man]]''
|1991
|Death, The Wizards
|Came 126th in the Big Read
|[[Death]] and its [[Death (personification)|personification]], [[Alien invasion]] [[science fiction|SF]], "[[Man with No Name]]" [[Western fiction|westerns]], [[Civil rights|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 godmother]]s), [[Voodoo]], [[tourism]]
|-
|13
|''[[Small Gods (novel)|Small Gods]]''
|1992
|Miscellaneous, the History Monks
|Came 102nd in the Big Read
|[[Abrahamic religions]], the [[Spanish Inquisition]] (especially [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]]), [[ancient philosophy]]
|-
|14
|''[[Lords and Ladies (novel)|Lords and Ladies]]''
|1992
|The Witches, The Wizards
|
|Shakespeare (especially ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''), [[unidentified flying object|UFOs]], [[fairy]] lore, the [[mythopoetic men's movement]]
|- align="left"
|15
|''[[Men at Arms]]''
|1993
|The City Watch
|Came 148th in the Big Read
|Cop novels, [[gun politics]], [[racism]], "kings in hiding"
|- align="left"
|16
|''[[Soul Music]]''
|1994
|Media, Death, The Wizards
|Came 151st in the Big Read
|[[Rock music]], [[Beatlemania]],[[punk subculture]],[[Woodstock Festival]] , [[Welsh language]], "''Blues Brothers''" (movie)
|-
|17
|''[[Interesting Times]]''
|1994
|Rincewind, the Wizards
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|[[Imperial China]], [[Maoism]], ''[[Lemmings (video game)|Lemmings]]''<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/interesting-times.html ''Interesting Times'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref>
|-
|18
|''[[Maskerade]]''
|1995
|The Witches
|
|[[Opera]], ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', [[goth subculture]]
|-
|19
|''[[Feet of Clay]]''
|1996
|The City Watch
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|Cop novels, I Robot, [[List of fictional robots|robots]], [[golem]] mythology, [[atheism]], [[race relations]], [[heraldry]], [[slavery]] and [[serfdom]]
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|20
|''[[Hogfather]]''
|1996
|Death, The Wizards
|Came 137th in the Big Read
|[[Christmas]], [[mythology]], [[Mary Poppins]]<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/hogfather.html ''Hogfather'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref>
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|21
|''[[Jingo (novel)|Jingo]]''
|1997
|The City Watch
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|[[War]], [[diplomacy]], [[imperialism]], [[xenophobia]], [[multiculturalism]], [[jingoism]], [[Captain Nemo]], the [[Cthulhu Mythos]], the [[John F. Kennedy]] assassination
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|22
|''[[The Last Continent]]''
|1998
|Rincewind, The Wizards
|
|[[Australia]] (''[[Mad Max]]'', ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]'', [[Indigenous Australians|Aborigines]], [[Dreamtime]]),<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/the-last-continent.html ''The Last Continent'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref> [[evolution]], [[creation myth|creation]]
|- align="left"
|23
|''[[Carpe Jugulum]]''
|1998
|The Witches
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|[[Vampires]], [[existentialism]]
|-
|24
|''[[The Fifth Elephant]]''
|1999
|The City Watch
|Came 153rd in the Big Read
|Diplomacy, [[Eastern Europe]]an [[folklore]] and [[literature]], Political-[[conspiracy (political)|conspiracy]] novels, [[global economy]], [[national myth]]s, [[homophobia]], [[The Fifth Element]]
|-
|25
|''[[The Truth (novel)|The Truth]]''
|2000
|Media, The City Watch
|Came 193rd in the Big Read
|[[Watergate scandal]], [[newspaper]]s, [[organized crime]], [[yellow journalism]], [[oligarchy]], ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]''
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|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]]<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/the-amazing-maurice-and-his-educated-rodents.html ''The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref>
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|29
|''[[Night Watch (Pratchett novel)|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]]'',<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/night-watch.html ''Night Watch'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref> [[time travel]], [[revolutions]]
|-
|30
|''[[The Wee Free Men]]''
|2003
|Tiffany Aching
|The second YA Discworld book
|Folklore, mythic [[Scotland]] (e.g. ''[[Braveheart]]''),<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/the-wee-free-men.html ''The Wee Free Men'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref> [[The Smurfs]]
|-
|31
|''[[Monstrous Regiment (novel)|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]]''<ref>[http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/monstrous-regiment.html ''Monstrous Regiment'' annotations at lspace.org]</ref>
|[[Folk song]]s, [[Joan of Arc]], [[crossdressing during wartime]], the [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] and other wars, single mothers, [[Taliban]], [[feminism]], [[pacifism]]
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|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 [[Extraterrestrial life|aliens]] in science fiction
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|33
|''[[Going Postal]]''
|2004
|[[Moist von Lipwig]]
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|[[Politics]], [[confidence trick|cons]], [[corporate crime]] and [[business practices]], [[monopoly|monopolies]], [[libertarianism]], the [[Mail|postal system]] and [[stamp collecting]], the [[Internet]], [[system cracking|cracking]] and [[phreaking]], [[Fraternal and service organizations|fraternal organization]]s, [[alternative medicine]], [[golem]]s
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|34
|''[[Thud!]]''
|2005
|The City Watch
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|Cop novels, politics, [[affirmative action]], race relations, [[chess]] and [[tafl]] games
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|35
|''[[Wintersmith]]''
|2006
|Tiffany Aching, Witches
|The fourth YA book.
|''[[The Snow Queen]]'', [[Orpheus]], [[Persephone]], ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[The Snow Maiden]]''
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|36
|''[[Making Money]]''
|2007
|Moist von Lipwig
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|[[gold standard]] vs. [[fiat currency]], [[computer simulation]], fraud, golems,
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;Possible future novels
Pratchett has occasionally hinted at other possible future ''Discworld'' novels. These include
* ''Unseen Academicals''<ref name="Nation">[http://www.alternativenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=87270 Alternative Nation interview]</ref> about [[Football (soccer)|football]] at [[Unseen University]]. On [[December 11]], [[2007]], Pratchett stated that he started to compile basic notes for this book, as the book ''Nation'' nears completion.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Terry Pratchett, PaulKidby.com | url = http://www.paulkidby.com/news/embuggerance.html | title = An Embuggerance | date = 2007-12-11 | accessdate = 2007-12-15}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = theBookseller.com | url = http://www.thebookseller.co.uk/in-depth/trade-profiles/56984-on-embuggerance-and-humour.html | title = On Embuggerance and Humour | date = 2008-04-17 | accessdate = 2008-07-08}}</ref> An interview in ''[[SFX (magazine)|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.<ref>"Tough at the Top", ''SFX Collection Special Edition'' #34, [[Future Publishing]], June 2008</ref>
* ''[[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.{{Fact|date=October 2007}}
* ''Scouting for Trolls''<ref name="Nation" /> the title of which would parody ''[[Scouting for Boys]]''.
===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 (Discworld)|Death]] has a featured role:
*''[[Turntables of the Night]]'' (1989); available online<ref>[http://members.fortunecity.com/bookdepository/stories/pratchett/turntables/turntables.html Turntables of the Night]</ref>
*''[[Troll Bridge]]'' - in ''After The King: Stories in honour of J. R. R. Tolkien'' (1992); reprinted in ''The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy'' edited by [[Mike Ashley]] (1998) ; available online<ref>[http://members.fortunecity.com/bookdepository/stories/pratchett/trollbridge/trollbridge.html Troll Bridge]</ref>
*''[[Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld)|Theatre of Cruelty]]'' (1993); available online<ref name = "wzxcek">[http://www.lspace.org/books/toc/ Theatre of Cruelty] and [http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/ Death and What Comes Next] at Lspace.org</ref>
*''[[The Sea and Little Fishes]]'' - in ''[[Legends (book)|Legends]]'' (1998), anthology of novellas taking place within popular fantasy cycles edited by [[Robert Silverberg]]
*''[[Death and What Comes Next]]'' (2002); available online<ref name = "wzxcek"/>
*''[[A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]]'' (2005); available online<ref>[http://loki.ovh.org/T%20Pratchett%20-%20A%20Collegiate%20Casting-Out%20Of%20Devilish%20Devices.htm A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices]</ref>
Four of the short stories along with ''Discworld'' miscellany (e.g. the history of [[Thud (game)|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]]''.
===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]]. 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 (mathematician)|Ian Stewart]] and [[Jack Cohen (scientist)|Jack Cohen]] on three books using the Discworld to illuminate [[popular science]] topics. 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|Discworld Diary}}
Most years see the release of a ''Discworld Diary'' and ''Calendar'', both usually following a particular theme.
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 Discworld Almanak - The Year of The Prawn]]'' has a similar format and general contents to the diaries.
===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. 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., 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]]).
* ''[[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, England|Abingdon]], [[Oxfordshire]].
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.<ref name=afp-mort>{{cite newsgroup |title= DW Film... (was Re: Guards! Guards! play |author= Terry Pratchett |date= 1992-11-02 |newsgroup= alt.fan.pratchett |id= memo.725659@cix.compulink.co.uk |url= http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/74f15906c92f4212?dmode=source |accessdate= 2007-06-09 }}</ref>
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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'. 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 ''[[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' with [[David Jason]] playing the role of Albert, which premiered 17/18 December 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/13757/sky-set-for-more-pratchett-adaptations | title = More Adaptations by Sky to follow}}</ref>
* ''[[Lords and Ladies (novel)|Lords and Ladies]]'': A fan movie adaptation by [[Almost No Budget Films]] was completed in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/%7Ejknoblo2/LnL/index.html | title = Lords and Ladies fan movie adaptation}}</ref>
* ''[[Run Rincewind Run!]]'': A [[Snowgum Films]] original story created for [[Nullus Anxietas]]. Stars [[Troy Larkin]] as [[Rincewind]], and features Terry Pratchett himself.
* [[Cosgrove Hall]] produced 6x30 minute adaptations of two books for [[Channel 4]] in 1996. 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 [[DVD region code#Region 2|Region 2]]
** ''[[Soul Music (TV series)|Soul Music]]'' - Starring [[Christopher Lee]] as Death, also featuring [[Neil Morrissey]] and [[Graham Crowden]]. First episode broadcast on [[18 May]] [[1997]]. The [[soundtrack]] to ''Soul Music'' was also released on CD.
** ''[[Wyrd Sisters (TV series)|Wyrd Sisters]]'' - Starring Christopher Lee as Death, also featuring [[Annette Crosbie]], [[June Whitfield]], [[Jane Horrocks]] and [[Les Dennis]]. First episode broadcast on [[28 Dec]] 1998.
A list of adaptations in pre-production include:
* ''[[Troll Bridge (movie)|Troll Bridge]]'': [[Australia]]n group [[Snowgum Films]] has completed principal photography and are currently working through post-production.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.snowgumfilms.com/ | title = Snowgum Films}}</ref>
* ''[[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]]''<ref>{{cite news | url = http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/680/680582p1.html | title = Raimi's a Free Man, Spidey helmer signs for new flick | date = [[10 January]] [[2006]] | publisher = IGN}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.paulkidby.com/news/jan2006.html | title = Sam Raimi set to direct The Wee Free Men|date = [[10 January]] [[2006]]}}</ref> but [[Sam Raimi]] has moved on to other projects.
* ''[[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]]''. 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 book]]s. For the unabridged recordings, books 1-23 in the above list, except for books 3 and 9, are read by [[Nigel Planer]]. Book 3 is read by [[Celia Imrie]]. Book 9 and most of the books from 24 onward are read by [[Stephen Briggs]]. Abridged versions are read by [[Tony Robinson]].
;Comic books
''The Colour of Magic'', ''[[The Light Fantastic]]'', ''[[Mort]]'' and ''[[Guards! Guards!]]'' have been adapted into [[graphic novels]].
==Merchandise==
Various other types of related merchandise have been produced by [[cottage industry|cottage industries]] with an interest in the books, including [[Stephen Briggs]], [[Bernard Pearson]], [[Bonsai Trading]] and [[Clarecraft]].
===Music===
* [[Dave Greenslade]]: ''Terry Pratchett's From the Discworld'', 1994 (Virgin CDV 2738.7243 8 39512 2 2).<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000070MA Amazon.co.uk page]</ref>
* [[Keith Hopwood]]: ''Soul Music - Terry Pratchett's Discworld'', 1998 (Proper Music Distribution / Pluto Music TH 030746), soundtrack to the animated adaptation of ''Soul Music''.
===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 (computer game)|The Colour of Magic]]'' ([[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]])
* [[Discworld MUD]] ([[Internet]])
* ''[[Discworld (computer game)|Discworld]]'' ([[IBM PC compatible|PC]]/[[MS-DOS|DOS]], [[Macintosh]], [[PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]])
* ''[[Discworld 2|Discworld II: Missing, Presumed...!?]]'' (''Discworld II: Mortality Bytes!'' in [[North America]]) (PC/[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], PC/DOS, PlayStation, Saturn)
* ''[[Discworld Noir]]'' (PC/Windows, PlayStation)
*''[[Discworld: The Colour of Magic]] ([[Mobile phone]])
The [[board game]], [[Thud (game)|Thud]] was created by puzzle compiler [[Trevor Truran]]. The card game [[Cripple Mr Onion]] is adapted from the novels.
==See also==
{{portal}}
* [[Discworld characters]]
* [[Discworld geography]]
* [[Other dimensions of the Discworld]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* [http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ Terry Pratchett Books], Terry Pratchett's official website
* [http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Discworld Monthly] (free monthly newsletter about Terry Pratchett OBE and his Discworld and other novels.)
* [http://www.lspace.org Lspace.org] Home of the Annotated Pratchett File, which details the many references, allusions, parodies and in-jokes in the Discworld novels.
* [http://wiki.lspace.org/ Discworld & Pratchett Wiki]
* [http://dwc.uam.dmkhosting.com/ Discworld Covers Wiki] Book covers collection from all over the world.
* [http://www.fromrimtohub.com/ Discworld fan site] From Rim To Hub. Includes character lists, quotes, and frequently updated news.
* [http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett/ Terry Pratchett Quotes archive] A searchable database of quotes from Terry Pratchett's novels.
* [http://www.discworldemporium.com/ The Cunning Artificer's Discworld Emporium] The shop for Discworld artificats including models, posters, stamps and jewellery
* [http://www.dwcon.org Discworld Convention] The UK Discworld Convention
* [http://www.nadwcon.org The Turtle Moves!] The North American Discworld Convention
* [http://www.ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] The Australian Discworld Convention
* [http://www.skyoneonline.co.uk/tcom/index.html SkyOne's The Colour of Magic] Skyone's The Colour of Magic Home Page.
* [http://www.paulkidby.com/ Discworld Art] Paul Kidby's Discworld Art and other stuff.
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