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Six SFF Books About Gods and Pantheons
I’ve always liked stories about gods. Like many nerdy children who subsequently became SFF fans, I went through periods of obsessive interest in Greek, Roman, Norse and Egyptian mythology and their...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part I
Lights! Imp demons! Action! It’s time to star in some Moving Pictures. Summary Deccan Ribobe, last Keeper of the Door at Holy Wood, dies without ever managing to train a replacement. He is collected by...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part II
Everyone wants a talking dog for an agent, right? It’s part two of Moving Pictures. Summary Victor does his fight scene, but the girl in his movie is busy doing another film that was supposed to be...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part III
Wanting to be the most famous person in the world is probably bad, right? Right? Summary They finish making the film and Ginger and Victor talk about what their goals were before Holy Wood was an...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part IV
Fog is just fog, right? …Right? We’re all showing up to the premiere of the Disc’s biggest Moving Pictures! Summary They start production on Blown Away, and Dibbler keeps adding ad copy to their...
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Ten Expansive SFF Worlds We Want to Get Lost In
You can tell an epic story at any length; sometimes a standalone fantasy can traverse just as much narrative space as an entire trilogy. But when it comes to fantasy worlds that we can explore every...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part V
We’re going to save everything in the nick of time—because that’s how it works in the movies. It’s time to finish up Moving Pictures. Summary The wizards have snuck into the Odium and taken seats, and...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Reaper Man, Part I
Death is taking a different sort of holiday this time. We’re coming face to face with the Reaper Man. Summary The Auditors of Reality meet and decide that Death has gotten too much of a personality,...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Reaper Man, Part II
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! But not in the fun song kind of way. We’re back to Reaper Man… Summary The wizards arrive at the palace to utter chaos and the site of high priests, a fight...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Reaper Man, Part III
We’re gonna sharpen this scythe on daylight and see where that gets us. Let’s continue with Reaper Man. Summary Bill Door sharpens the scythe on cloth, getting down to Miss Flitworth’s unused wedding...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Reaper Man, Part IV
It’s time to face the Great Attractor and ask for a little more time. Let’s finish Reaper Man. Summary The Fresh Start crew make their way through the shopping mall that’s sprung up as the next phase...
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Terry Pratchett Was Never Here for Your Transphobic Nonsense
Last week, the internet was fighting over the legacy of Terry Pratchett and I thought I wouldn’t say anything about it at all. That’s not the interesting part. Because anyone who has ever written...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part I
Sometimes the whole coven has to go on a road trip. It’s time to accompany some Witches Abroad… Summary We have an opening that talks about how stories are not made by characters, but, in fact, work...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part II
Follow the yellow brick road! Not that one. A different one. We’re back with more Witches Abroad… Summary Magrat has a strange dream about a woman who looks like Granny in a mirror. The witches wake to...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part III
We’ve arrived at Genua, and it’s time to drink a lot of rum with bananas in. Let’s get up to no good with some Witches Abroad. Summary The witches make it to the gate of Genua (after accidentally...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part IV
A ball, a slipper, and Baron Samedi makes his appearance… It’s time to finish Witches Abroad! Summary Nanny and Granny steal the clothes of a couple of guests and make their way through the ball,...
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The Watch Made a Mess of Adapting Pratchett — But It Had Some Interesting Ideas
Let me start by saying that I will not be arguing that The Watch—BBC Studios’ TV adaptation of some of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels—is Good, Actually. It isn’t good: it’s a hot mess. But in...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part I
And now we turn to thoughts of a more philosophical bent on the Disc, while we begin hanging out with some Small Gods. Summary We are introduced to the History Monks, who keep the books of History....
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part II
It’s time to eat some melon and have another chat with some Small Gods. Summary Fri’it arrives at his afterlife: He must set out across a desert with his beliefs. He thinks that he’s no longer sure...
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Small Gods, Part III
Things are about to get real philosophical in our chats with one of those particular Small Gods. Summary Om explains Abraxas’s philosophy around gods to Brutha, the fact that gods need to be believed...
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