Questions tagged [discworld]
Questions about Terry Pratchett's series of comic fantasy novels that are set on the planet Discworld. Use this tag with the tag [terry-pratchett].
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What is the meaning of Lord Vetinari's dungeon door in Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!"?
The following passage is taken from the section of the book where Captain Vimes gets thrown into the dungeon, where he realizes that the Patrician is also being held captive:
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Are there any other industries apart from Post and Railways that Terry Pratchett explored in Discworld series?
I enjoyed Raising Steam a lot, and while reading Postal enjoyed that too. Are there any other industries that Sir Terry Pratchett explored in the Discworld series?
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Meaning of Pratchett's quote about coffee from "Thud!"
Terry Pratchett wrote in Thud!:
Coffee was only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your slightly older self.
I am struggling to understand the meaning of it. Is it pro/contra ...
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Meaning of “It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air" in Small Gods by Terry Pratchett?
I am currently on page 36 of Terry Pratchett's Small Gods.
One sentence reads:
Kitchens and storerooms and craftsmen's workshops belonging to the Church's civilian population honey- combed the ...
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Why does Tiffany insist on using "young woman" for Amber in Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight"?
In the "rough music" scene towards the beginning of I Shall Wear Midnight, when Tiffany and her father are taking care of Amber, who was beaten by her father hard enough that she miscarried ...
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Is this mention of "people from another world" a reference to something in Pratchett's "Thud!"?
In Terry Pratchett's Thud!, when Vimes and company are heading to Koom Valley with the assistance of the Unseen University, there's this passage with exploding vegetables:
'Don't try!' Vimes said ...
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What is Azrael's quote at the end of "Reaper Man" supposed to mean?
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett, part of the Discworld universe, leaves off like this:
Picture a tall, dark figure, surrounded by cornfields...
NO, YOU CAN'T RIDE A CAT. WHO EVER HEARD OF THE DEATH OF ...
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Is Casanunda a reference in "Witches Abroad"?
In Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett, the witches meet a dwarf named Casanunda who claims to be the "greatest lover in the world":
''Allo, foxy lady,' said a voice behind her. She looked ...
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Why are the Nac Mag Feegle Scottish?
In The Wee Free Men - and other places where the Nac Mac Feegle are mentioned - they are quite obviously depicted as Scottish. The easiest example of that is their speech:
"Crivens! We wanna coo ...
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What’s the link between “The Amazing Maurice” and the Tiffany Aching books?
I’m slowly reading the novels of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, and I finished all the Tiffany Aching saga.
Then I read The Amazing Maurice and its Educated Rodents since from this Discworld ...
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Meaning/translation of title "The Light Fantastic" by Terry Pratchett
I have read The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett in English and always interpreted the title as "The Fantastic (adjective) light (noun)". Mostly because I do not see "Fantastic" ...
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What does "Maybe it's a Big Horse I'm Morporkian" mean?
In Terry Pratchett's book Raising Steam, there is an explanation of the phrase "Have seen the big horse" where the author uses the sentence "Maybe it's a Big Horse I'm Morporkian". ...
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