24 November 2023 marks forty years since Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic was first published. That’s right – it’s Discworld’s fortieth birthday! To celebrate, join Pratchat producer and co-host Ben McKenzie as he – and a bunch of special guests – try to figure out why that book, and moreso the Discworld series it started, have endured for so long.
This episode is something of an experiment for Pratchat, and as Ben says during the episode, this can’t possibly cover all the reasons why the series is so beloved. We want to hear about your favourite Discworld books, and what the Discworld means to you. And we’d love to know what you thought of this episode, and whether you’d like to hear more like it in the future! Tell us via the hashtag #PratchatRuby on social media, or get in touch via email or our subscriber Discord.
Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to this episode:
Our original discussion of The Colour of Magic can be found in #Pratchat14, “City-State Lampoon’s Disc-Wide Vacation”, from December 2018.
Our December episode will be #Pratchat73, discussing the stories of Father Christmas’s Fake Beard. But we are hoping to bring you one more little extra before the year is out.
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A Finite Number of Shakespeares (The Science of Discworld II: The Globe)
The Helen Green Preservation Society (The Long War)
Twice as Alive (live special; Men at Arms)
Hogswatch in Grune ("Twenty Pence, with Envelope and Seasonal Greeting")
A Short Announcement re: The Long War
Cosmic Turtle Soup (The Light Fantastic)
Eeek Club 2021 (subscriber questions)
Big Wee Hag: Far Fra' Home (A Hat Full of Sky)
Truth, the Printing Press and Every -ing (The Truth)
The Adventures of Crab Boy and Trouser Girl (Nation)
The King and the Hole of the King (The Fifth Elephant)
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Moisten to Steal (Going Postal)
The Shopping Trolley Problem (Johnny and the Bomb)
Home Alone, But Vampires (Carpe Jugulum)
Great Balls of Physics (The Science of Discworld)
Only You Can Save Deadkind (Johnny and the Dead)
Cat, Rats and Two Meddling Kids (The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents)
Meet the Feegles (The Wee Free Men)
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