The Compleat Discography

Evan Saft, noted Golem enthusiast, rejoins us (with more than a moment's notice this time) to discuss one of the most loved Guards novels, Feet of Clay . Our guest, Evan Saft, can be found at @namesequipped or at their podcast Roll Out! ft. the Young Vanguard Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Help us keep the lights on via our Patreon ! Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai ,...

While Jingo is broadly classified as a Guards book, it really is the beginning of a series of Sam Vimes books with the Watch in orbit around him. There's also a LOT of our favorite carnivorous flamingo, The Patrician himself. There's submarine action, a plot head-fake that would be at home in film noir or Tom Clancy, and lots and lots of politics. It also marks an inflection point in Discworld nov...

Maskerade! Every face a different shade... after reading Nanny Ogg's new cookbook, that is. Seeking unpaid royalties (and a young witch to replace newly married Magrat), Nanny and Granny head to Ankh-Morpork. They experience Culture, commit shenanigans, and consider questions of morality. Meanwhile, when Sir Terry isn't making her the butt of every single fat joke he can think of, Agnes Nitt has a...

Hogfather is a fun Death book, a great Susan book, and Ana's favorite. And to help us celebrate the Glorious 25th of May in style, we're joined by TV's thrice published author and president of the One Shot Podcast Network , James D'Amato . Check out his new book premiering today, which we utterly failed to ask him about during the podcast, the Ultimate Worldbuilding Guide ! Check us out on twitter...

While this is probably the best Rincewind we've seen, the book is weighed down by leaning hard on a mishmash of Fantasy Asia tropes... and then there's the Silver Horde and some repeated sexual assault jokes. We're not saying DON'T read the book, but approach it with open eyes and an understanding that it overall may not sit well with you. We didn't feel comfortable deeply dissecting the Fantasy A...

Soul Music, the 16th book in the Discworld series, is an extremely long setup to two delightfully silly jokes at the end, or possibly a book-long excuse to make Josh Kirby and Paul Kidby draw Death on a motorcycle. It's our first meeting with Susan, the granddaughter of Death, as well. We hope you like more music and music-industry puns than you can count. This is a fun book. Our guest, Dylan Male...

We return to the rank (no file, yet) of the elite guardians of the evening, the City Watch (night). Per Vetinari's orders, they are taking on additional recruits to diversify the face of the modern watch, including a troll (Detritus, previously appearing in Moving Pictures), a dwarf (Cuddy), and a w... (Angua--if you know, you know). In a meditation on firearms, the role and purpose of police in a...

It's a warm midsummer as the three Lancre witches return home, but things are going to turn chilly on many fronts. Marital strife, coven conflicts, and the actual Fae combine in the best Witch book yet in the series. Also the first one where pTerry specifically recommends reading earlier books before diving in. It should be noted that Justen now knows enough Discworld to point out that the wizards...

Connect with the show at @babylonpodject and at www.babylonpod.page Justen can be found at @justenwrites Ana can be found at @The_Mianaai Both Ana and Justen can also be found on The Compleat Discography , a Discworld re-read podcast. Jude Vais can be found at @eremiticjude . His other work can be found at Athrabeth - a Tolkien Podcast and at Garbage of the Five Rings. "The Voice" of the Babylon P...

Evan Saft joins us to discuss the most philosophical of the Terry Pratchett philosophy-oriented Discworld books, a story about faith, religion, and the gray space in between. Our guest, Evan Saft, can be found at @namesequipped or at their podcast Roll Out! ft. the Young Vanguard Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , and @ Justenwrites We c...

Magrat inherits the duties of a fairy godmother, and obviously Granny and Nanny come along to make sure the wedding is adequately broken up. There is a wonderful "British tourists on the Continent" storyline, some extremely funny murder-cat moments, the Disc's second-greatest lover, the first appearance of Dwarf Bread... and then Sir Terry decides to incorporate Voodoo as a major plotline, which i...

Death has developed a personality, and to the auditors of reality, this is a problem. Forced into retirement, he finds himself, along with his trusty steed Binky, wandering into a small farming village. There, he is hired as a farmhand by an older lady living alone by the name of Miss Flitworth and takes on the name Bill Door. Romance, chaos, a fight with a farm implement, and a parasitic mall ens...

In a world gone mad... 30 movie jokes a minute! CMOT Dibbler! Talking animals, featuring Gaspode the Wonder Dog! Visit Harga's House of Ribs Wizards are finally fun, because they spend most of their time swinging between Scooby-Doo and an action movie pastiche! And seriously, what's up with the elephants. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai...

Time for some loving dunking of each other and then some less-loving dunking on certain religious zealots and houses reliant on child soldiers. Also, as we are talking and swearing about books about lesbian space necromancers, if body horror ain't your thing, go read read Moving Pictures and wait for the next episode. Tor Books' Houses breakdown Alyson Grauer can be found at @dreamstobecome and is...

Look, we didn't really have much of a plan for this, and it's pretty chaotic--and even after three hours of recording we only managed to cover around half of what we could have talked about. Seriously, though, if you haven't read the books, these episodes could spoil a lot for you. Also, as we are talking and swearing about books about lesbian space necromancers, if body horror ain't your thing, g...

Weeelllll this book's problematic section isn't quite as long as Pyramids but there's a Mesoamerican parody that stuck out like a sore thumb. This book wants to be a few different things and doesn't quite do any of them--it's mostly "bad things happen near Rincewind" and historical/literary jokes. No invisible dragons, despite already being Discworld canon, and no Pope-bothering. On the plus side,...

Arguably the most famous of the Discworld plot threads, the Guards novels start with this story. Destiny, Dragons, Politics, Gender Roles and Subversions Thereof, and at least a few of Sam's ruminations on inequality and power. If Death is Sir Terry's authorial self-insert, Sam Vimes is Sir Terry's moral self-insert. If you love noir, urban fantasy, high fantasy, cults, or surprisingly relevant po...

We're so happy to have had Amr as our first guest host... and so very sorry this was their first Discworld book. What was probably somewhat funny pop cultural references in 1990 turn out to be surprisingly offensive Orientalism in 2020. This may be one where we don't really recommend you read this, at least not early on in Discworld. Amr Ammourazz (@ ammourazz ) is a game designer, podcaster, and...

Wyrd Sisters is a great entry point book for Discworld. It's stacked to the rafters with solid female characters, it's the point at which Terry's exploration of witch magic gets really good, and it's a really fun read to boot. Plus there's a major cameo that killed us dead. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and @ JustenHu...

Please donate to the Alzheimer's Association , Alzheimer's Research UK , or the Orangutan Foundation UK , in honor of Sir Terry. Wear the lilac, and how do the angels rise up? Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and @ JustenHunter We can also be found at www.compleatdiscography.page Our special episode art (as well as our r...

Sourcery marks the first book with some disagreement among our hosts, but what would life be without some healthy, well-mannered debate? Strengths include solid lore-building regarding the wizards, including why they’re forbidden from boning down, and more of Terry’s musings on identity. Weaknesses include coherence as an overall novel and some uncomfortable orientalism. CW: frank discussion of ch...

Just putting it out there-- Mort is a good book. Though we have some Thoughts about how to improve it further. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and @ JustenHunter We can also be found at www.compleatdiscography.page Our art is by the indomitable Jess who can be found at @angryartist113 Music is by Incompetech and used un...

Equal Rites is, to the more experienced readers, much closer to what we associate with Discworld novels. It's got a core argument and some characters we dearly love, it Says Something, it hides worldbuilding behind plot, and aside from some kinda rough edges it's a pretty decent book. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and...

The Light Fantastic is a slightly better book and we're a slightly better review team. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and @ JustenHunter We can also be found at www.compleatdiscography.page Our art is by the indomitable Jess who can be found at @angryartist113 Music is by Incompetech and used under a Creative Commons 4...

This episode was our first outing, and just like the book, it's rough around the edges and wanders a bit. But that's ok, because there's a lot of great stuff in Colour that sometimes was even a delightful rediscovery for the veterans of the group. Check us out on twitter at @atuin_pod Follow individual hosts at @ urizenxvii , @ The_Miannai , @mynaminnarr , and @ JustenHunter We can also be found a...