I've Never Read Discworld

"Stan Lee IS Dibbler!" An epic episode for an epic novel. Terry Pratchett pulls on the thread linking King Kong, Gone with the Wind, and Star Trek. Andy loads up with props. PJ swims in film history. Special guest Zach Brown provides linking narration, and there's visuals from designer Kathryn Rosa Miller. Join us, IN A WORLD GONE MAD!!! Links Reach out to us at: https://twitter.com/discworldgnu Zach Brown: https://www.the-voice-guy.com/ Kathryn Rosa Miller: https://www.kathrynrosamiller.com/post/cover-thoughts-discworld Andy's Politics Aloud: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/politics-aloud Andy's Patreon: https://patreon.com/andyluke

"We were told by American preachers in the 80s that Satan was out to get us because... he loved us, loved our souls for loyalty points or diddling or something."

A deep dive into the life and work of Josh Kirby kicks off two Belfast writers considering Eric. So that's seeing time and space, where history meets myth, office hell, and the power of Discworld in domesticity. Which came first: the chicken or the egg sandwich? PJ considers cause and effect, and Andy explains how you can get a radiator key.

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"Are you looking forward to the coronation, PJ?"

"I'm looking forward to the dragon."

In which we discuss the familial unit of The Watch as cine noir, police procedural, and post-Python genius. We gush! Bring up the video to see the original artefact related to PJ's tulips story, and Andy's hyper-expressive arm movements for a book he didn't want to finish. You know the password, right?

"It's the old ways versus the new. We've all been there. Raging against our parents and raging against the way things are, when we know things should be different." - PJ

In which PJ and Andy consider home and away through the lens of Egyptian-themed city, Djelibeybi. Names are mispronounced. Time itself is interrogated. Questions are asked about the weight of tradition, and the nature of power.

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"All. Out. Thamaturgical. War."

Newbie Andy opens with a shocking revelation but ultimately plays second banana to Discworldly P.J. and his first reading at how Sir Terry's arm's a-gettin' fits into the Disc-curriculum. Drinking at the Drum there's strong use of the F-word (Fantasy) in chatter about life during wartime, university modernisation, domestic abuse and climate crisis. Ook!

Pratchett at Queen's University UNICON 1989 https://www.facebook.com/groups/belfastsciencefiction/posts/6182301498460625/

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"The moment were Discworld arrives." - PJ

Interrogating Pratchett's classic fan-favourite, the Belfast-casters consider Mort and the outsider perspective, greasy spoons, and how reality looks. PJ waxes lyrical on the rejection of death and body issues. Andy is contrary on everything from big man theory to plot-stuffing, armoured with a statement on how he's probably right.

“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

A couple of old white men try to talk gender politics without embarrassing themselves, while one of them is wearing a witches hat. Also introducing: Andy's Tree Time!

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The Whispering Trees, Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
How trees secretly talk to each other, BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-44643177

"I was doing some really explanatory hand gestures there for somebody who wasn't watching the video."

In a special bonus episode, we get into adaptations of The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Andy opens a big pack from the Discworld Emporium and talks about the series' place in early 90s comics; and PJ goes full-geek on the 2008 Sky TV movies and his love for David Bradley.

The Spotify/YouTube video version of this cast is recommended for a full immersive experience.

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'Terry Pratchett inspired the GoBots!'

In which Andy has many quotes and sticky notes, and PJ talks about his childhood memories of Discworld. Fairytale realism is discussed, and how Bethan,  Cohen and Herenna overturn fantasy tropes. We wonder if all the wizards are Tories, and consider the apocalypticism of the Disc's red scare.

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'It's the fantasy version of The Wire.'

Experienced wizard PJ Hart guides the tourist Andy Luke through the first book in Terry Pratchett's world: a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown); from the docks to taverns of Ankh-Morpork, to forests, temples and the edge of the world.

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