The Long Earth - An Upcoming Pratchett Series
The Long Earth is a collaborative science fiction series between Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth: A Novel is a science fiction series from Terry Pratchett. It was abandoned unfinished back in 1986, when the Discworld series took off. There were two short stories and one longer, unfinished novel, and the series will be published as two books by Doubleday. The first book is due out in June 2010 (no news on any other books as yet). The series is a collaboration with Stephen Baxter (an acclaimed scifi author), who was brought in to finish off the original version of The Long ...

Terry Pratchett's Short Stories
Where to find short stories by Terry Pratchett
Best known for his Discworld novels, Pratchett has also written several short stories. Most are Discworld themed, but a few aren't. Originally published in certain anthologies, you can now find someof them for free online. Most of the stories are collected in the anthology Once More with Footnotes (sadly out of print and now a collector's item). His first ever published short story was 'The Hades Business' in 1963. To date, there are seven Discworld-themed stories, and eleven non-Discworld o...

Esme Weatherwax
Granny (Mistress) Esmeralda "Esme" Weatherwax, Lancre Witch
Granny Weatherwax is one of my favourite characters (like many people) from Terry Pratchett's Discworld Series. A stern, no-nonsense witch from the tiny little kingdom of Lancre, her grasp of Headology is un-paralleled. In the local Witch Trials, it is never a contest to see who would come first, only to see who will come second... The Witches books feature her and her best friend-slash-sidekick-slash-comic-relief companion, fellow witch Nanny (Gytha) Ogg, and occasionally a younger third pa...

The Best Discworld-Related Gifts
A Holiday Gift Guide to the World of Pratchett
Terry Pratchett is a unique, clever and marvellous author, who has created an addictively interesting universe, through which swims great A'Tuin, the turtle who carries the Discworld. If you love Pratchett, or have a fan in the family, then you'll know that a new Discworld book is welcomed with the restraint of a kitten being fed for the first time in four whole hours. The latest book is usually published around October or November - slightly awkward for Christmas, as that's just enough time...

Aliss "Black Aliss" Demurrage
The Wicked Witch of The Discworld
Black Aliss was the witch of fairytale, legend and rumour that every Ramtops witch longed to be and feared becoming. One of the most powerful witches in living memory (with the exception of Esme Weatherwax) sadly she lost track of reality and went a bit funny at the end.. cackling, gingerbread cottages, that kind of thing. An interesting figure, about which little is truly known, Black Aliss, born Aliss Demurrage, is a character discussed in several of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, who...

Sam Vimes
Commander Samuel Vimes of the Ank-Morork City Watch, Duke of Ankh-Morpork
Sam Vimes is one of the main characters of the Discworld. A cynical, overly sober ex-drunk, who used to lie in the ample gutters of Ankh-Morpork with the rest of the Night Watch and is now Duke of the city and Commander of the entire, vastly improved, City Watch. Occasionally he even has to wear tights. Vimes featured in the City Watch books, as well as most other Discworld stories that passed through Ank-Morpork. The Watch books, in order, are: Guards, Guards Men At Arms Feet of Clay Jing...