The Discworld is the fictional setting of Terry Pratchett’s most iconic
series. All the Discworld novels take place on a flat, circular world
which sits on the back of four elephants, which stand on the back of a
giant star turtle. Although this world may look and sound completely
different to our own, the Discworld novels explore a multitude of very
human issues.
Discworld novels can be read in any order. You can coose from a
variety of characters and decide which one do you like the
most.
You may start your journey with choosing one of the character:
Death
Death is, as you’d expect, a tall, hooded skeleton with a scythe,
and SPEAKS IN A VOICE LIKE THE SLAMMING OF COFFIN LIDS. However, he
also likes a good curry, and kittens, and finds the lives of mortals
endlessly fascinating.
Sam Vimes & The city watch
Sam Vimes is an old-fashioned copper. He, and the City Watch he
commands, started in the gutter (one outside a pub), and Vimes takes
care not to forget it, wearing extra thin boots so he can feel the
streets of his city as he proceeds along them, cigar in hand, gimlet
eyes peeled not just for crime, which being extremely cynical he
suspects everyone of, but also injustice, which makes him very
angry.
The Witches
Discworld’s witches, based around the rural and mostly vertical
kingdom of Lancre, deliver babies, treat warts and keep an eye on
troublesome kings, vampires or incursions from other worlds, which
they do not hold with. They don’t have leaders, but Granny
Weatherwax is the most highly regarded and steely of the leaders
they don’t have, assisted by Nanny Ogg – mother of fifteen and
brewer of lethally strong cider.
The Wisards
Rincewind is the Disc’s most useless wizard – he can’t even spell
wizzard, and his most notable talent is running away, very fast. But
somehow whenever anyone wants a wizard for a terrifying quest, it is
Rincewind they call on. The other wizards of Unseen University
aren’t much better, spending more time studying the common room
biscuit tin than mystical tomes – but they occasionally stretch to
some magic between elevenses.
Moist von Lipwig
Moist von Lipwig is a cheat and a swindler and a conman. So he’s the
natural choice whenever an ailing institution like the Post Office
or the Royal Bank needs new management. With a taste for flashy
suits and even flashier publicity stunts, he takes on some of the
worst jobs on the Disc and battles even bigger crooks than himself.
Tiffany Aching
Tiffany Aching is a young witch – as well as a social worker and
cheese maker extraordinaire. She hails from a long line of shepherds
and has a powerful connection with the Chalk where she lives.
Wherever Tiffany goes, it’s almost certain that there will be a
horde of tiny fightin’, boozin’ blue men in kilts – the Nac Mac
Feegles – not far away.