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A world, and a mirror of worlds. The Discworld, a flat planet carried by four elephants standing on the back of a gigantic space-turtle (sex unknown), is ….
- Characters
The Discworld has numerous characters, so here they will be...
- TearJerker
Terry Pratchett's Discworld has a lot of these: Main...
- Dark Places
The second crime novel by Gillian Flynn that deals with...
- Eleanor & Park
Eleanor and Park contains examples of:. Abusive Parents:...
- Quotes
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series is very quotable. This...
- Headscratchers
Why doesn't Carrot - who was found by Dwarfs, raised by...
- Pantheon
In the Trope Pantheons, the following were chosen:. Terry...
- Fridge
Discworld is literally made of ideas. To elaborate on the...
- Characters
The Discworld has numerous characters, so here they will be grouped roughly by "series" most of which have their own character pages. Characters that mainly appear in only one book will be grouped at One Book Wonders, with a complete lack of alphabetical order.
A Point and Click game based on Terry Pratchett 's book series of the same name, developed by Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions and released by Psygnosis in 1995 for the PC and PlayStation. This game in question is very loosely adapted from Guards!
Discworld is a comedic fantasy book series by Terry Pratchett. The novels are 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, Great A'Tuin.
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As of 2015, there have been 41 Discworld novels published, five 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 i...
Reading order is not restricted to publication order; however, each arc may be best read chronologically. 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. The books take place roughly in real-time and the ch...
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. 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 Dimensionscannot be cons...
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 wi...
Society
Many concepts of government and types of social systems appear in Discworld: 1. Does the social contractextend to feeding virgins to dragons? 2. Is crime best addressed by legalizing it, regulating it, and allowing thieves and assassins to control theft and murder? 3. Do revolutionsend up replacing one tyrant with another? 4. Is democracy just a choice among tyrants? 5. Does organized religiondestroy belief in the supernatural? 6. Does insurance just increase property damage?
Novels
Possible future novels Pratchett has occasionally hinted at other possible future Discworldnovels. These include 1. Unseen Academicals about 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. 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...
The Mapps
Furthermore, there are four "Mapps": 1. The Streets of Ankh-Morpork(1993) 2. The Discworld Mapp(1995) 3. A Tourist Guide to Lancre(1998) 4. 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 and Jack Cohen on three books using the Discworld to illuminate popular science topics. Each book alternates chapters of a Discworldstory and notes on real science related to it. The books are: 1. The Science of Discworld(1999) 2. The Science of Discworld II: The Globe(2002) 3. The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch(2005)
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 following tropes are common to many or all entries in the Discworld franchise. For tropes specific to individual installments, visit their respective work pages.
This article contains brief biographies for characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Characters are listed here either if they only appear in one novel or if their biographies consist only of a single paragraph.
