#discworld

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My latest blog post: GNU Terry Pratchett

https://mikecoats.com/x-clacks-overhead/

In honour of the impact he's had on my life, I’ve joined the ranks of similarly nerdy sysadmins and enabled the x-clacks-overhead header on all my sites. GNU Terry Pratchett.

After finishing the second book 8yo now got interested in the old adventure game. And that's all nice, but if you ever played that game you might remember how beastly some of those puzzles were.

But also: I still KNOW all this stuff from back when I was a kid.

Great A'tuin and Discworld from game
Ankh-Morpork street scene
Unseen University
Great A'tuin and Discworld from game
Unseen University
Ankh-Morpork street scene
Marketing flyer for Discworld game
Marketing flyer for Discworld game

Once again.
I'm huge fan. I re-read/listen everything from once a year. So when it was time to decide a graduation work subject back in studies.. I didn't need to think long.

So here's my big Discworld . All is there, 'tuin and the .
Mostly made by but the sea is melted plastic.
I did take some freedom with elephants.

This is the only one left of four Discworld pieces I've made, that I have permission to sell.

Discworld. Green turtle standing on brown box. Four elephants on top of Turtles light brown shield, holding disc up. One turtle seems to be giving driving lessons to turtle, on is drinking coffee. One stares to emptynes. There's also books between turtle, elephants and Discworld. Close up of the coffee cup elephant.
Discworld. Green turtle standing on brown box. Four elephants on top of Turtles light brown shield, holding disc up. One turtle seems to be giving driving lessons to turtle, on is drinking coffee. One stares to emptynes. There's also books between turtle, elephants and Discworld. Close up to turtles head
Discworld. Green turtle standing on brown box. Four elephants on top of Turtles light brown shield, holding disc up. One turtle seems to be giving driving lessons to turtle, on is drinking coffee. One stares to emptynes. There's also books between turtle, elephants and Discworld.
Discworld map but topographical.

finished reading The Colour of Magic to my 8yo (in German). He would be totally ready to continue with The Light Phantastic right away, but 10pm is a bit late for that.

Bit of a pity I gave away my German version of Mort back in the day, although it's gonna be weeks until that becomes relevant.

As soon as the 40 years of Discworld design was unveiled last year, I immediately thought "Slap that on a pin badge and take my money!". I'd all but given up hope, but out of the blue, they released them the other day! *happy trinket-goblin noises*

(Available from https://www.discworld.com )

Two circular pin badges featuring a stylised depiction of the star turtle, Great A'tuin from a top-down perspective. The text ok the badges reads, "Fourty Years of Discworld." The one on the left is a blue and cream colour design, and the one on the right is fully cream design and glows in the dark.

Terry Pratchett interview in Adventurer 11 (June/July 1987)

Adventurer was a rather short running UK RPG magazine. In the last issue, Adventurer 11, June/July 1987, there was an interesting interview with Terry Pratchett, where he recounted his experiences with D&D (he used to play and early Discworld has at least some influences from that) and why he stopped.

My favorite part is this one:

I gained marvellous insight into human nature one day when I introduced the concept of D&D to six ladies who worked in the tele-ads department of a local newspaper for which I was working-They cottoned on to the idea fairly quickly, so I gave them a little scenario which I’d been round backwards and forwards and upside down. They got one central idea­ torture everyone you meet and grab everything you can. It was a beautiful scenario. There were goodies, baddies, people on …

Cover of Adventurer 11

“You can't believe in the Great A'Tuin," he said. "Great A'Tuin exists. There's no point in believing in things that exist."
~Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
The is
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed.
https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/turtle-power

Watercolor of Great A'Tuin, the world turtle, smiling while swimming through space & supporting 4 giant elephants who in turn support the Discworld, a flat planet with a mountain range rising higher than the clouds. Water is spilling off the sides of the planet. A sun orbits the turtle.