The scheduling goblins got us this month, and we’ve had to delay our planned short story episode. But while we get that sorted out, Ben’s embracing the chaos – and the theme of Terry Pratchett Day 2024, “Start in the Wrong Place”! Join him as he shares some of your stories of unusual places to start reading Pratchett.
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If you’d like to honour Terry, you can find a list of his preferred charities (and a recipe for banana daiquiris) at the Terry Pratchett Day page at terrypratchettbooks.com.
If you’d like to hear us discuss any of the Terry Pratchett books mentioned this episode, you can find our episodes in our handy list, or this list by book. Or use the Guild of Recappers and Podcasters, where you’ll also find Dining Table Discworld, and the “Starting in the Wrong Place” episode of The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret, which Ben can’t believe he forgot to mention during this episode.
You can find the threads of responses at the links below, and add to them by replying, or using the hashtag #PratchatDay2024. Use #TerryPratchettDay as well to really get into the spirit of things! (Note that on several of these platforms you’ll need to be logged in to see some of the responses. Reddit and Twitter had the most if you don’t want to visit them all.)
- Our Reddit post on r/discworld
- The Twitter thread (yes, we still refuse to call it “X”)
- Our Instagram post
- Our Facebook post
- The Bluesky thread
- The Mastodon post
We’ll be back next month on the 7Ath; keep an eye on our social media for confirmation of the next book or story, though also listen out in the feed for something before then!
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Hello, I’ve just listened to this episode, thank you it was a lot of fun to hear everyone’s story! For me it started with watching my dad playing the Discworld Noir videogame from 1999 (in French, but the French translation is awesome) and we loved it so much, it was a crime game but with fantasy and so much humor!! Like nothing we knew. We discovered only later that it was related to a series of books and we fell in love with the work of Terry. I would soooo love if you were making an episode on this videogame, it is a whole city watch (kinda) story in itself, and for me it is part of the story of Ankh-Morpork as much as any Discworld book. Anyway, thanks again for the podcast!
Oh, what a way to start with Discworld Auriane! Thank you for sharing your story with us. Which book did you read first?
We recently did our first videogame episode about the 1995 adventure game, and I certainly plan for us to cover Discworld Noir. Watch this space!