Discworld Novels by Terry Pratchett
Read Discworld? But I Don't Like Fantasy!
I'd heard about Discworld for years, but after reading The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy back in the '70s, I wasn't drawn to fantasy any further. To me it just seemed like people were taking a lot of non-existent stuff like magic, dragons, monsters, etc. way too seriously. Terry Pratchett, according to the video that follows, was having similar thoughts. So he invented an improbable world: a flat disc on the backs of four immense elephants standing on the shell of an immense star ...

Quiz: Discworld Characters
Test Your Knowledge of Discworld Characters
Terry Pratchett's Discworld books have a wide variety of wonderful characters, from Esme Weatherwax to Sam Vimes to Lu-Tze the Sweeper. Some put in a single appearance, while others appear again and again. Do you remember who's who? Test your knowledge of the characters with these two quizzes. Good luck!   Photo courtesy macinate through a Creative Commons license

Gaspode the Wonder Dog
Meet Gaspode, the smartest dog on the Discworld!
Gaspode the Wonder Dog is a recurring character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. A mangy mutt who keeps getting cursed with the power of human speech, he's a fleabitten little mongrel who smells, has fleas, is out for number one and is very good at manupilating humans. Basically, he's the Nobby Nobbs of the dog world. He first ends up as an intelligent Wonder Dog due to the magic of Holy Wood - later he eats from the local magical rubbish dump, which, due to the ambient magical pollu...