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Total characters - 118

Bloody Stupid Johnson

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Discworld's most famous architect and landscape designer (as well as the creator of many non-architectural items). Unfortunately, precision was not on C. T. Johnson's list of qualities, but he had no shortage of customers. Among the wealthy of that time, it was considered fashionable to commission some project from him and see what would come of it.

Agnes Nitt

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Witch of Lancre. This is a short, plump girl with a magnificent complexion and blush all over her cheek. She came up with a new name for herself - Perdita X (pronounced Perdita X). Gradually, this imaginary person came into real existence in Agnes's mind. As a result, Agnes Nitt always has two opinions about everything. After leaving the coven, Magrat became the third witch, joining Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg.

Alison Weatherwax

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A powerful witch who is Esmeralda Weatherwax's grandmother. Little is known of her life, but she is worthy of mention, if only because her name is surrounded by secrets.

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Servant of Death, in the past was the greatest magician, founder of the Unseen University

Annagramma Hawkin

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The young witch in the Tiffany Aching series, narcissistic, selfish at first, becomes a good, down-to-earth witch later on.

Anguavon

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Delphine Angua von Uberwald is a werewolf sergeant in the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Youngest daughter of Baron Guy von Uberwald. He is in a romantic relationship with his colleague in the service - Captain Carrot Ironbetonsson

Adora Belle Dearheart

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Beloved and later wife of Moist von Lipwig. Daughter of the founder of the semaphore company

Anghammarad

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This one of the oldest golems, whose age is more than nineteen thousand years old, was created by the priests of the ancient state of Upsa. Anghammarad was one of the first postmen in the world and was supposed to deliver the Decrees of Het, King of Tat

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The Goddess of Things Stuck in the Chest of Drawers. One of the minor deities. Anoia is praised by noisily pulling boxes and shouting “How did this box close with the thing I needed inside and now can’t open? Who bought this rubbish? How to use it at all?

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Ephebian Goddess of Love

Auditors of Reality

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Essences that maintain order in the universe. They deny the personality as such; when acquiring personality traits, they disappear. They hate the mess that living beings make, they treat Death very coolly.

nightshade

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Elf queen. She is a character in the Tiffany Aching series and has also appeared in Ladies and Gentlemen. He dreams of escaping from the fairy-tale world into the human one. In The Shepherd's Crown, after a riot among the elves, she ended up in the world of people with torn wings.

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The Librarian of Unseen University

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The Librarian was originally human (his name was rumored to be Horace Vorblehut, although this may not be true), but in the book Mad Star, he was transformed into an orangutan by a magical accident. The librarian retained his post because, firstly, he is the only creature who knows where which books are, and, secondly, he can turn his head with any slight movement of his legs. Among other things, he is an Honor Guard of Ankh-Morpork.

Bigious, Oh God of Hangovers

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God has the appearance of a young man with a protruding Adam's apple, his head is decorated with a wreath of vine leaves. Bilius owes his existence to a series of magical events that took place as a result of an attempt to destroy Santa Piggy. While the God of Wine spends all his time getting drunk without measure at merry feasts, Bilius is in a constant supernatural terrible hangover, which by justice should torment in the morning not him, but the God of Wine

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White Horse of Death

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The eighth prophet of the Omnian religion, whose appearance was predicted in the Holy Book of Omnianism "Septateuch" by seven prophets chosen by Om. Remained the only person who truly believes in the Great God Om. Becoming the head of the Omnian Church of Brutus, introduced a semblance of a constitutional religion to Omnia and made Omnia one of the most tolerant religions of the Discworld

Vimes Old Stoneface

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Civil War hero and likely legendary ancestor of Samuel Vimes. Commander of the City Guard of Un-Tolerate-Injustice - Vimes went down in history by leading an uprising against King Lorenzo the Good, the last king of Ankh-Morpork, a notorious sadist and tyrant, and cut off his head with his own hand, because no one else agreed to do it. Defeating the king, Stoneface took control of Ankh-Morpork, backed by an army of highly trained and completely unimaginative soldiers, popularly known as the "Ironheads". His six-month reign ended in a coup. Stoneface was hanged, quartered and buried in five graves

Great A'Tuin

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Representative of a fictional rare species of giant tortoise that lives in outer space. On the back of A'Tuin are four giant elephants, which, in turn, hold on their backs a huge Disc, covered with a blue dome of atmosphere.

Great T'Phon

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One of the four elephants on whose backs Discworld rests.

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King Lankra, who shared the fate of numerous kings who died at the hands of their relatives. Was stabbed to death by his own cousin the Duke of Flem

Verence II

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King Lancre, former jester

Windle Poons

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During the events of The Grim Reaper, Sdums was very old. He was preparing to die. a hundred and thirty year old wizard who died at the very beginning of the book ... or rather, tried to die. While he was alive, he was in insanity, "dying", he regained his mental clarity and acquired great physical strength. A short, frail old man, during his lifetime he used a wheelchair and an auditory tube. He was unhappy that none of the wizards remembered him. But Sdooms was overjoyed when the wizards gave him a surprise party. He has a lot of fun, and then he dies. But since Death does not come for him, he is forced to return to his body

Reacher Gilt

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Head of the click company (semaphore company) Ankh-Morpork

Willikins

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Butler to Sir Sam Vimes. In his youth he was in the gang "Rough Boys"

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A typical "cawing crow on a skull", works for a wizard, helps Death of Rats with translation

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Anthropomorphic personification of time. She appears as a beautiful young woman with long dark hair. Mother of Ludd Lobsang and Chasovson Jeremy

Harry King

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One of Ankh-Morpork's most successful businessmen. He made a fortune by organizing garbage collection (which was then sold in one way or another) in the city. Subsequently invested in the construction of the railway

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Talking Dog, Discworld Dog #1

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Works at the Postal Service (and later a bank) of Ankh-Morpork, despite not having any sexual characteristics, considers himself a female golem

The Summer Lady

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Anthropomorphic personification of summer. However, she is a "full-fledged" goddess, as emphasized in the book "Winter Master". Although she personifies a natural phenomenon, just like Zimova, who is nothing more than an elemental, she also functions as a goddess of fertility and is higher in the hierarchical ladder of the supernatural creatures of the Discworld.

The Lady

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The personification of good luck, the Goddess Who Should Not Be Called by Name. She always opposes Doom and, like him, is incomprehensible. But if he is relentless, then she can be called capricious. Usually appears as an amazingly beautiful woman with bright green eyes.

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The beloved and only cat of Geeta Ogg, the witch of Lancre. Greebo was once an adorable smoky gray kitten. Currently, he has turned into a huge and smelly cat, covered in dirty gray hair with an unimaginable amount of scars.

Gunilla Goodmountain

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One of the gnomes who created the printing press.

Twoflower

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Discworld's first tourist and the first owner of the Chest. A native of the city of Bes Pelargic, a major port city in the Agate Empire, located on the Balanced Continent. Traveled with Rincewid

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Wizard of the Unseen University

Detritus

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Troll, Guardian of the city of Ankh-Morpork. He started his career as a hired robber. Then he worked as a bouncer (like a bouncer, only the trolls hit harder) at the Patched Drum. In Moving Pictures, he was hired by Dibbler. At the same time, he fell in love with Rubina. She demanded that he find a better job. That's when he joined the Ankh-Morpork City Watch.

Jerakeen

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One of the four elephants on whose backs Discworld rests.

Giamo Casanunda

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Not quite an ordinary gnome. Claims to be the world's second greatest lover and number one liar. Is in a romantic - but rather platonic - relationship with Geeta Ogg

Jonathan Teatime

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Student of the Assassin's Guild, the main character in the book "Santa Hryakus"

Imp Y Celyn

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The protagonist of the book "Fatal Music", the leader of a group that performs "music that sounds the voice of Rock"

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Chief priest of Jelibeybi. In practice, Jelibeybi in the form in which it exists is the merit (or fault) of Dios. Dios terrifies most of the inhabitants of Jelibeybi, including his colleagues and members of the royal family.

It is also called Winter - the personification of snow, ice and frost. Winter - an elemental of ice, that is, an element. The main occupation of the Winterman is to create snowflakes and carry snow clouds all over the Disc, where winters are quite cold. He also causes snow storms and blizzards

Evil Harry Dread

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The last Dark Lord of the Discworld. Calls himself also the Dark Lord. He is an exemplary Dark Lord, relentlessly following the Code, having a gang of "stupid henchmen" and very proud of his meanness and deceit

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A woman of the Igor clan. Also successful in medicine, less lisping.

Appears as an acting character in "Infantry Ballad", where he joins the army of Borogravia.

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Member of a special servant clan in Uberwald. They are the unsurpassed surgeons of the Discworld. If the Igori saved your life, then after death your organs must be bequeathed to them, for their use. These characters are based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Beast and the mad scientist's hunchbacked assistants in Universal Studios and Hammer Film Productions films.

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Adopted daughter of Death. Isabelle's parents died on the distant continent of Klatch while crossing the Great Desert of Nave. Death saved the life of a little girl, took her to his house and adopted her. Maura's wife and Susan's mother

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A wizard whose nerves are completely disabled. Before Ridcully became Archchancellor of the Unseen University, the Treasurer coexisted peacefully in his office with documents, certificates, and other papers that needed to be signed. With the advent of Ridcully, everything changed - the new Archchancellor did not sign any papers, and communicated with his subordinates only with a deafening cry. Such uncomfortable conditions of existence forced the treasurer to move from the Unseen University inside his head

Comedians are eczema on the body of society.
Palam Grenville Wodehouse

Good humor is necessary, like a breath of air, because being able to laugh at yourself and others is not a way of existence in our crazy world? And here, a witty book will come in handy, telling about serious things in an easy and accessible form, unobtrusively making you think about the eternal problems of our being with you ...

It is these books that include "The Flat World" - the most popular cycle of humorous fantasy ever written by anyone, which has long gained cult status throughout the reading world.

Discworld by Terry Pratchett

The mirror of all other worlds is the true essence of Pratchett's creation. The Discworld universe, its inhabitants and the events that happen to them can be absolutely fantastic. But familiar lines peep through them, and behind the author's sly smile, the reader faces the very real problems of our world in full growth.

The cycle began as a frank parody of fantasy clichés and its most popular representatives, but then outgrew the limits of witty scoffing, acquiring independent value.

Multi-volume serials are the scourge of fantasy: the first few novels are usually always better than the next ones. Even the most talented authors are not spared from this misfortune. Jordan, Cook, Card, Asprin, Norton, Goodkind, Bujold - sad examples can be cited almost endlessly. Terry Pratchett is perhaps the only author to have happily escaped this trap. But only adult novels about the Discworld, there are more than 40 pieces!

The main reason, of course, is talent. In addition, Pratchett writes not just fantasy - in his work he relies on the traditions of British classics. He borrowed the tricks of the literary style from the most popular English humorist of the 20th century, Pelam Grenville Wodehouse, and the satirical orientation of his books is reminiscent of the work of Evelyn Waugh.

However, there is something else. The flat world consists of several cycles, each of which has its own central characters and its own theme. Some books are not included in the cycles at all, although intersections are still possible - the world is a common one! Maybe that's why the Discworld is not boring, although, of course, not everyone likes it.

Terry Pratchett

Pratchett and his heroes. Portrait by Paul Kidby

Terrence David John Pratchett is an English writer, one of the brightest authors of humorous fantasy. Born in the British city of Beaconsfield on April 28, 1948, died on March 12, 2015.

While still at Wycomb Technical High School, he published his first story in a student magazine. Two years later, in 1963, he published the same story in a professional publication. Immediately after graduation, he became a journalist for crime chronicles, then worked as a press attache for three nuclear power plants at once. In 1971, his first novel, Carpet People, was published. Real success came in 1983 with the publication of the humorous fantasy novel The Color of Magic, from which the grandiose cycle Discworld began.

Pratchett is one of the most widely read British writers. For his contribution to literature, he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire and became a knight. All novels in the cycle were regularly among the national British bestsellers, which is rare for science fiction. A number of books have been filmed, and several computer games and comics have also been released. Pratchett's novels have been translated into almost every major language and have been published many times around the world. The writer lived in Somersetshire with his wife Lynn and daughter Rihanna.

Discworld Heroes

The most inept and cowardly wizard on the Disc

Cautious mage-clumsy Rincewind lives on the principle of "no matter what happens." His cherished dream is to get lost in the darkest corner of a seedy tavern with a mug of beer and a well-filled straw. Nevertheless, with enviable constancy he gets into dangerous adventures, fraught with serious health problems.

The first novels in the Rincewind cycle are pure parody. Gets here and Howard, and McCaffrey, and Leiber, and Lovecraft. "The Color of Magic" (1983) and "Mad Star" (1986) are connected by a semblance of a through plot (later Pratchett did not make such a mistake - the danger of slipping into the path of endless "sequelization" is painfully great).

…In the great city of Ankh-Morpork, the first tourist from the mysterious Agate Empire arrives, the ingenuous Twoflower. And since in the Great City they can be slaughtered even for a worn out sole, then, in order to avoid an international scandal, the ruler Lord Vetinari entrusts Rincewind with the role of a guide to a muddler-tourist. The price of a mistake is the head ...

In the next book, The Staff and the Hat (1988), Rincewind saves the entire Discworld by reining in the presumptuous Magician, a supermage whose existence tears the fabric of Reality to shreds. At the same time, the hero falls into the Underground Dimensions, where monsters live. But Rincewind is too tough for them! And when the child prodigy Eric summons a demon capable of fulfilling the most unimaginable desires of a 14-year-old boy, it is Rincewind (Eric, 1990) that appears in the center of the magical octogram ...

In the future, the unsuccessful magician ends up in the Agate Empire on the eve of the invasion of the Silver Horde by Genghis Cohen the Barbarian and the conspiracy of the Red Army ("Interesting Times", 1994) ... And then - to the lost continent XXXX, counting the last days of its dry existence ("The Last Continent", 1998). In a few more books, Rincewind stalks in the background or huddles in dark corners in his own shyly charming manner...

Witches and Company

Witch stories - the formidable Esme Weatherwax, the broken-hearted Nanny Ogg, and the naive Magrat Chesnogk - also began as parodies. "Spellmakers" (1987) - a mockery of feminist fantasy: a little girl decides to become a great sorceress, which has never happened before in the Discworld. And if it weren’t for Mother Weatherwax, who even stops a galloping elephant, young Esk has equal rights with men not to see her ears ... The Prophetic Sisters (1988) is an original reworking of Shakespeare's plays, a kind of hybrid of Hamlet with Macbeth. In Witches Abroad (1991), Magrat Chesnogk travels to foreign countries to fulfill the duties of a Fairy Godmother. But will experienced witches let her go alone? Especially in a country where old fairy tales seem to have gone crazy? And then the witches deal with the elves, who, for their own and others' misfortune, decided to return to the world of people ("Ladies and Gentlemen", 1992), with the Phantom of the Ankh-Morpork Opera ("Masquerade", 1995), with vampires ("Carpe Jugulum Grab your throat!", 1998). Several books for teenagers adjoin the cycle, the main character of which is the young witch Tiffany.

Long live Death!

This cycle tells about the adventures of Death and his family. In principle, this Death is a pretty good guy, if you look at him closer. But most people simply do not have enough time for this. And so Death is not alien to the usual human joys: he can go fishing, and throw himself into a tavern. In general, yours on the board! Coffin…

In order to get rid of his adopted daughter, Death takes an apprentice (“Mor is Death's apprentice”, 1987); the guy, however, is a dolt, but quite trainable. And when his patron decides to arrange a short vacation for himself, More, although not without difficulty, but still quite tolerably copes with his new duties.

And one morning, Death, as usual, decided to check the lists of potential customers. And he found himself in the lists ... himself ("The Grim Reaper", 1991). In "Fatal Music" (1994), his granddaughter Susan takes over the duties of a newly spreeful Death. And the girl has her own problems up to her neck - she was carried away by the half-elf Buddy, the newly-minted apostle of the "rock music" that swept the Discworld. Sometimes Death has to perform functions that are absolutely unusual for him - for example, to deliver gifts to children on Terrible ("Santa-Hryakus", 1996). And the thing is that the good grandfather Santa was "ordered" by the Guild of Assassins...

Oh, the guard gets up early ...

In the great city of Ankh-Morpork, everyone is busy. Only the Night Guard is an absolutely useless agency, a place of exile for chronic losers. The guards roam the streets at night and quietly, so that no one can hear, they shout: “Midnight, and everything is in order!”. But here's a mad sorcerer, trying to seize power, summoned the Dragon, and the entire established Order burned like a candle ("Guard! Guard!", 1989). And the time has come for Captain Vimes and his men. They have to catch a mysterious sniper armed with the Discworld's first gun ("To Arms! To Arms!", 1993) and solve a series of mysterious murders ("Feet of Clay", 1996).

And Samuel Vimes, who has become a duke and commander from a simple captain, must still prevent a war (“Patriot”, 1997), go on a diplomatic mission to the country of vampires (“The Fifth Elephant”, 1999), prevent a war between gnomes and trolls (“Shmyak!” , 2005). And we must constantly keep our eyes open, because if you are not in the right place and at the right time, you can lose everything (“Night Watch”, 2002). Even on vacation, the commander is not given a quiet life - after all, crimes happen in the pastoral hinterland (“The Case of Tobacco”, 2011)

Drawing by Josh Kirby

Drawing by Paul Kidby

Josh Kirby (1928–2001) and Paul Kidby (born 1964) are deservedly considered the best illustrators of Discworld.

Great Schemer

Patrician Vetinari always sees the root. And even in the most lost little man he is able to discern a golden nugget and pull it out - if necessary, along with the giblets. This is how the ruler of Ankh-Morpork introduced the hardened swindler Moist von Lipwig to the useful work, who at first worked out of fear (the price of failure is the head), and then got a taste of it, undertaking to work hard on his conscience (and the heads flew already from others). First, Moist set up the Ankh-Morpork post office in the novel Keep Your Mark! (Going Postal, 2004), then carried out a monetary reform in the novel Making Money (“Make Money”, 2007), and there already his crazy hands and dodgy brains reached out to the flat-world scientific and technological revolution - the novel Raising Steam (“Full Steam” , 2013).

Other inhabitants of the Discworld

Patrician- the ruler of Ankh-Morpork, Lord Havelock Vetinari, an outstanding personality, the embodiment of an ideal sovereign. "Under his rule, for the first time in a thousand years, Ankh-Morpork functioned." Exceptionally honest, moderate in needs, not noticed in vices. She spends her evenings reading business papers, occasionally "allowing herself such an exciting experience as playing chess." Killing someone is never guided by personal motives, everything is for the good of the state. “We must give the patrician his due. Otherwise, he will send his people and take this due himself.

Illustrated by Paul Kidby

Box- made from Pear Sapient, growing in the habitats of ancient untamed magic. A healthy box on a hundred legs, which fits the whole universe, and not even one. Everywhere follows the owner. He knows how to wash clothes and bite (most often to death) various bad types.

Illustration by Paul Kidby

What happens to the characters when they get old? You were a hefty kingpin with an agram sword, but you became a toothless old fart with gouty knees ... But, the last boy scout of the Discworld, a hero always remains. He even managed to become the Lord of the Agate Empire.

Illustration by Paul Kidby

Librarian- an orangutan, although he was not always one (transformed due to an unplanned leak of magic in the Unseen University, but refused to become a man again). Very smart, exceptionally strong, loves his job, takes bananas for pay, True, the vocabulary is somewhat limited (“wow” - for all occasions).

The coolest sausage vendor in Ankh-Morpork. Saying “I-I-cut-without-a-knife”, he sucks in another dupe the freshest pork sausage from the meat of a rat that died three years ago. It is strange that with such talents he did not really get rich.

There are also separate novels devoted to very serious issues. The winner of the British award of the NF "Pyramids" (1989) narrates about power and fate, about religion - "Small Gods" (1992), about the magical power of art - "Moving Pictures" (1990), about the hard lot of a journalist - "Pravda" (2000 ), about time paradoxes - "The Thief of Time" (2001), about heroism - "The Last Hero" (2001), about the war - "Infantry Ballad" (2003).

Children are not left behind. The first of the children's books about the Discworld, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents (2001) - about an intelligent cat Maurice, who struck up a friendship with a colony of very intelligent rats - was even awarded the Carnegie Medal, the most prestigious awards in the field of children's literature.

Discworld Cosmogony

“The great cosmic turtle A’Tuin carries on its back the world-Disk, which is supported by elephants: Beryllia, Tubul, Great T’Fon and Jerrakin… From the Edge of this world, the ocean endlessly pours its waters into the universal night.”

A small sun revolves around the Disk in a constant orbit, illuminating the Territory, and the Pole-Navel is covered with permafrost. There are eight seasons, a week consists of eight days, a spectrum of eight colors. And somewhere near the world of people and gods there are Chaotic Dungeon Dimensions, where the Creatures that feed on magic live. One has only to loosen up the Fabric of Reality a little, and the Creatures are right there.

Discworld Geography

“There are continents, archipelagos, seas, deserts, mountain ranges and even a tiny central ice sheet.”

True, officially there is only one Continent. There is also the rumored Counterbalance Continent, completely occupied by the mighty and wealthy Agate Empire. Yes, the XXXX continent, which should not exist at all. It does not exist, but it vegetates ...

In the center of the Disc is its pole - the Navel, framed by the icy mountains of the Navel, where tribes of ferocious barbarians live, the main suppliers of the coolest heroes of the Discworld. Across almost the entire Continent, from Ankh-Morpork to Klatch, the Sheeppeak Mountains stretch, where ancient untamed magic has taken refuge. And then - the plain jungle of Wonderland, and there it’s not far to the Edge.

All possible state formations are represented on the Disk - empires, kingdoms, policies, trade republics, tyrannies, tribal unions, theocracies, democracies. In general, any stupidity invented by mankind will find its reflection here.

Gods of the Discworld

Gods in the Discworld are like uncut dogs. The coolest of the pantheon, like Blind Io the Thunderer or Offler the Crocodile God, live in the Citadel of the city of Dunmanifestin, perched on the highest mountain of the Disc - ten-mile Corey Celesti, sticking out in the middle of the Navel. They sit there and have fun: "They have a playing board - the whole world, and they play with human lives."

History of the Discworld

The history of the Discworld is kept in a monastery, lost in the depths of the Sheeppiks. And gradually, from thick, leather-bound tomes, it seeps into the world, where it becomes everyday Life. Everything is as usual - empires replace each other, wars, discoveries, exploits, stupidities ...

Ethnography of the Discworld

The inhabitants of the Discworld are very diverse. People of all colors and shades - from the ultra-civilized inhabitants of Ankh-Morpork to the naked savages of the Brown Isles. Dwarves and trolls, fiercely at odds with each other. Elves lurking in the Shadows and waiting for the opportunity to return to again "play" to their heart's content. Ice giants, dragons, vampires, werewolves, zombies... Unless there are hobbits. But maybe they just hid in some kind of hole ...

Discworld Magic

The world is based on the eight Great Spells, which are written in the Grimoire Octavo - a book kept in the Library of the Unseen University, in a sealed iron box at the bottom of a specially dug mine.

The Unseen University is the only place on the Disc where a wizard can receive a decent education. For example, to learn how to smoke tobacco (what a magician without a pipe?) and clothe his imagination with flesh - this is magic. But witches work only with what really exists in the world. At the same time, those who practice magic attract the attention of Creatures from the Underground Dimensions, who are trying to break into Reality.

Ankh-Morpork

The Greatest City of Discworld. A dual metropolis of contrasts - respectable Ankh and bandit Morpork. "The city has seen floods, fires, invasions of nomadic hordes, many revolutions and dragons - and Ankh-Morpork survived all this."

He is “…full of life, like moldy cheese on a hot day; it is loud as a curse in a temple; bright and shiny, like oil spilled and playing in the sun; multicolored, like a bruise, and seething with vanity, business activity and all kinds of stormy activity, like an anthill with a dead dog in the middle.

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You can talk about the Discworld universe for hours. But why? It is better to take one of the books (and then another, and another ...) and immerse yourself in this world with your head.

Turning on the TV every day, we are horrified by the next unpleasant surprises. What's there again? Terrorist act? A sunken submarine? Flood, earthquake, tsunami? A war of sharp-pointed and stupid-pointed people who happily cut each other for absolutely idiotic reasons? At such moments, when human stupidity overwhelms us, we want to run away far, far away ... To a magical world where you can laugh to your heart's content at quite serious things. To the flattest of all possible worlds. Thank you Terry for this opportunity!

Terry PRATCHET. Flat world

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Guard! Guard!

The Library was the largest collection of magical texts anywhere in the multiverse. Thousands of volumes of occult knowledge weighed down her shelves.
It was even rumored that after huge flows of magic seriously distorted the surrounding world, the Library would not obey the usual laws of space and time. It was even said that it would last forever. It was said that one could wander for days among distant bookshelves, and that somewhere there were lost tribes of explorers, that strange creatures lurked in forgotten alcoves and were prey for other creatures, perhaps even stranger ones.
All this is not true. The truth is that even large collections of books distort space, as if it were being proven by someone inside an old-fashioned second-hand bookstore, one of those that looks like they were designed by M. Escher on a bad day, and has more stairs than floors and rows of bookshelves, ending in small doors that were no doubt too small for a human being of normal size to enter. The corresponding equation is: Knowledge = force = matter = mass; and a good bookstore is just a well-mannered Black Hole who knows how to read.
Smart students, in search of the most distant volumes, tried to put chalk marks on the shelves, which allowed them to wander deeper in the dusty darkness, and told their friends to look for them if they did not return for dinner.
And since magic can only erupt freely, the books in the Library were more than just shredded wood pulp or paper.
Untamed magic crackled from their spines, grounding harmlessly in the brass rails nailed to the bookshelves for that purpose. Weak flashes of blue fire flew over the bookcases, and there was a noise, a whisper of paper, like that of a colony of starlings perched. In the stillness of the night the books spoke to each other.
There was snoring from somewhere.
The light from the shelves was not strong enough to dispel the darkness, but with its faint purple glimmer, one could make out an old and badly beaten table directly under the central dome.
The snoring came from somewhere below, where a tattered blanket covered what looked like a pile of beach bags but was actually an adult male orangutan.
It was the Librarian.
Few people noticed that he was a monkey. The change came during an accident with magic, the possibility is always high when many books with energy are stored together and he was treated as lightly off. After all that happened, his appearance did not change and was the same. And he was allowed to continue his work, for which he was too good, however, "allowed" was not really the best word. He had the ability to roll his upper lip like this, exposing his yellow teeth more than any other mouth owner in the University. The Council even considered it before somehow making sure that the issue was never actually raised.
But the sound now coming was something else, the alien sound of a door creaking open. The footsteps softly scattered across the floor and disappeared among the surrounding bookshelves. Books rustled indignantly, and some of the largest volumes rattled their chains.
The librarian continued to sleep, lulled by the sound of the rain

crazy star

The eight mages began to argue about what the ghost meant, while Trymon made his way to the main level of the university library.
This place inspired awe. Many books were magical, and in the case of grimoires, it is very important to remember one thing they are deadly in the hands of any librarian who loves order, because he will certainly put them on the same shelf. This is not very prudent when dealing with books that are prone to leaking magic, especially since more than two in number they form a critical Black Mass. On top of that, many minor spells are very finicky about who they keep company with, and have a habit of protesting by throwing books across the room in annoyance. And, of course, one should always remember about the semi-tangible presence of Creatures living in the Underground Dimensions, which gather around the places of magic leakage and meticulously examine the walls of reality.
The work of a magical librarian who has to spend his working days in such a highly rarefied atmosphere is an occupation with a special risk.
The head librarian was sitting on the top of his desk, calmly, very deliberately peeling an orange.
Hearing the footsteps of Trymon entering, he looked up.
I need everything we have on the pyramid of Tsort, said the wizard. Since he came prepared, he immediately took out a banana from his pocket.
The librarian looked mournfully at the treat and with a heavy slap fell to the floor. Trymon felt a soft hand slip into his hand, and the librarian hobbled sadly between the bookshelves, dragging the wizard with him. His hand was like a small leather glove.
Books crackled and sparkled around them. At times, a random discharge of undirected magic would jump onto the grounding rods nailed to the shelves. There was a tinny, bluish smell in the air, and at the very edge of hearing there was an eerie chirping of underground creatures.
Like other rooms in the Unseen University, the library took up much more space than its outside dimensions would suggest, magic always distorts space in extremely strange ways. Perhaps this library, the only one in the universe, possessed Möbius shelves. However, the librarian's mental catalog worked great. They stopped next to a tall pile of moldy books, and the librarian pulled himself up and flew up into the darkness. There was a rustle of paper, and a cloud of dust descended on Trymon. Soon the librarian returned; in his hands he clutched a thin book.
Oooh, he said. Trymon carefully took the book. Its binding was scratched and frayed at the edges, and the title's gilding had long since peeled off, but the wizard could barely make out the words written in the ancient magical language of the Vale of Tsort: "And the Great Temple of the testament of Tsort, the Mysterious History."
Woo? The librarian inquired with concern.
Trymon leafed through the book carefully. He had a hard time with languages, he considered them extremely inefficient and, had he had his way, he would have replaced them with some understandable system of numbers, but this book seemed to be exactly what he was looking for. Significant hieroglyphs covered most of its pages.
Is this your only book on the pyramid of Tsort? he asked slowly.
U-uk.
Are you absolutely sure?
U-uk.
Trymon listened. In the distance he could make out the sound of approaching footsteps and bickering voices. But he prepared for it.
He put his hand in his pocket and asked:
Would you like another banana?

staff and hat

Magical books have a sort of life of their own. Some even have too much of it. For example, the first edition of the Necrotelicomnikon has to be kept between iron plates. The True Art of Levitation has spent the last hundred and fifty years upstairs in the attic, and Je Forge's Swot of Sexual Mage lies in a trough of ice in a separate room, and the strict rule is that it can only be read by wizards who have reached eighty years of age and, according to possibilities, dead.
But even everyday grimoires and incunabula fidgeted and fidgeted like chicken coop dwellers when something smelly scratched under the door. A muffled scraping sounded from under the closed bindings, as if claws were lashing there.
What did you say? shouted Rincewind.
Woo (A magical accident in the library which, as already pointed out, is somewhat unsuitable for normal rubber stamp and decimal classification work, turned the librarian into an orangutan. Since then, he has resisted all attempts to turn him back. He liked dexterous long arms, flexible toes and the right to scratch in public, and what suited him best was that all global questions suddenly reduced to a diffuse interest in where the next banana would come from.Not that the librarian was not aware of the hopelessness and greatness being in human form, but his personal attitude was: you can shove this greatness wherever you like.).
Exactly!
As an honorary assistant librarian, Rincewind had progressed little beyond the basics of indexing books and going for bananas, so that he genuinely admired the way the librarian hobbled through the quivering shelves, here running his black leathery hand over the fluttering binding, there reassuring the terrified encyclopedia with a few soothing sounds.
After a while the library began to quieten down, and Rincewind felt his back muscles slowly relax.
However, it was a fragile peace. The pages kept fluttering. From distant shelves came the ominous creaking of bindings. After the panic attack, the library became as wary and shy as a long-tailed cat in a rocking chair factory.
The librarian hobbled back down the aisle. There was a perpetual slight grin on his face, which only a truck tire could fall in love with, but by the way the orangutan crawled into its nest under the table and hid its head under the covers, Rincewind knew that he was extremely worried.
But take a closer look at Rincewind as he peers at the gloomy shelves around him. There are eight levels of magic on the Disc; after sixteen years of study, Rincewind had not even risen to first. In fact, according to the well-founded opinion of some of his mentors, he was not even able to reach the zero level inherent in normal people from birth. In addition, it has been suggested that when Rincewind dies, the average capacity of the human race to master the occult sciences will increase dramatically.
Rincewind is tall and thin, and his chin is adorned with a plucked beard of the kind worn by people who are naturally deprived of the art of bearing beards. He wears a dark red hoodie that has seen better days, perhaps better decades. But you immediately recognize him as a wizard, because Rincewind wears a pointed hat with a wavy brim, on which someone who can spell even worse than a needle has embroidered in large silver letters: "Wizard". The top of the hat is crowned with a star, which has lost most of its sparkles.
Pulling his hat back on his head, Rincewind squeezed through the ancient doors of the library and climbed out into the golden daylight. Outside, peace and quiet reigned, broken only by the hysterical cawing of crows circling around the Tower of Arts.

On April 28, 1948, one of the greatest English writers was born, one whom the world community has long placed on the same pedestal with such luminaries of literature as John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and Clive Lewis. This man was Terence David John Pratchett - the author of numerous fantastic stories, novels and short stories, as well as a whole series of exciting books dedicated to the inhabitants of the Discworld invented by him.

The idea of ​​writing books came to the mind of a student of a technical school far from immediately, but success came at the age of 13, after the first publication of a short story in a local magazine, for which the aspiring writer received only 14 dollars.

Flat world - the beginning of success

In the world where Pratchet lived there was a lot of mundane, ugly and uninteresting, something was definitely missing in it. The post-war years, the surge and decline of the economy, unemployment, violence and robbery - that was the very reality of the real world in which the writer lived.

Fiction writers around the world have made last-minute, futile attempts to come up with something more to impress the reader, but few have succeeded. And so, in the midst of all the fuss and injustice, a spark arose - an idea consisting of a plan, which in turn was followed by a goal that came to life.

The idea was this: to place the whole earth in a special dimension - the Disc, in the future just the Flat World, turn it over like a pancake in a pan and populate it with strange, but quite recognizable heroes. The flat world does not appear immediately, it arises from fog and chaos and rests on the heads of three elephants, which in turn are trying to stand on the shell of a huge turtle. This support is extremely unstable and therefore the whole world and its inhabitants are constantly shaking, those who are especially unlucky can fall off the edge altogether, not having time to step back in time. But as the inhabitants of the Discworld themselves believe, a good shake-up has not harmed anyone yet.

After graduating from school, Terry Pratchett became a full-time journalist, nourishing an inexorable craving for writing. Soon, his fantasy novels become very popular, but not as popular as the young writer would like, so he begins to work hard to eventually release the first book from the Discworld cycle he planned, written in a humorous vein, to the critics in 1983. which is almost impossible for the uninitiated to understand. Nevertheless, you should not give up reading, understanding will come with time, then there will be complete delight from what you read.

A word about sequence
It should be noted that you can read books in any order, but usually they are still divided into several subcycles, each of which includes from 2 to 8 books.

Start. A cycle of books about wizards and heroes of the flat world. Rincewind

You should start diving into the history of the Discworld and its inhabitants with the book "The Color of Magic". It was her with such love and reverence that the writer cherished for a long time, it is here that the Discworld, countries, cities, villages for the first time looms. The reader is helpfully informed that one of the main cities where all further actions will take place is Ankh-Morpork and he begins to understand that the surrounding reality has changed, wizards appear in it, talking chests filled with gold, absolutely legal guilds of thieves, murderers, robbers , and even imaginary dragons.

The cycle about wizards and heroes consists of 8 complete books, on the pages of which anything can happen to the reader, so it's best to prepare and find out what really awaits everyone who decides to visit the Discworld. So, let's read in order:

1. "The Color of Magic". The book appeared on the shelves in 1983;
2. "Mad Star". The flat world becomes reality, the novel was published in 1986;
3. "Staff and Hat". The book is imbued with humor and sarcasm, and more importantly magic, published in 1988;
4. "Eric". Fantasy novel published in 1990;
5. "Interesting Times". First published in 1994;
6. "The Last Continent". Saw the light in 1999;
7. "Last Hero". The final edition of the cycle, published in 2001.

The last book ends the cycle, but not the story of the Discworld itself, each inhabitant of which can be the hero of a single book in itself, so it was not difficult for the writer to write a few dozen more stories that were loved by readers all over the world.

Thus, the following cycles appeared: Witches, Tiffany, Death, Guard and Von Lilwig, each of which is worth considering in more detail.

"Witches" - Feminism in the Discworld

Reading the cycle of books "Witches" should begin with the book "Spellmakers", which you need to read without harboring illusions and not looking for a utopia in which all people are happy and completely satisfied with their lives. If the reader hopes to find just that in its pages, he should immediately put the book back on the shelf and take something from Thomas More.

The flat world is just as unfair as the real one, the difference is that in the latter, injustice is covered up with a mask of benevolent intentions and hypocritical sympathy, while in the flat world everything is put on display, an explanation and a name are found for everything. What can be difficult in a world where everyone and everyone can conjure, but in our world everyone can live in abundance, but only a few live. This is true, just as it is true in the Discworld that only men have the right to practice witchcraft, against which women rebel and a surprisingly long and funny story begins, consisting of 6 books and one story:

1. "Spellmakers", 1987;
2. "Prophetic sisters", 1988;
3. "Witches Abroad", 1991;
4. "Ladies and Gentlemen", 1992;
5. "Masquerade", 1995;
6. "grab your throat", 1998;
7. "Sea and fish", story, 1998.

"Tiffany" - continued

The 4-book series below is a kind of continuation of the Witches series, but with its own story:

1. "Free Folk", 2003;
2. "Hat Full of Heaven", 2004;
3. "Winter Master", 2006;
4. "I'll dress in the color of the night", 2010;

Death on vacation

Of greatest interest is the cycle called "Death". Oddly enough, everything is not so gloomy, death is just a skeleton in a black hoodie and with a scythe - an ordinary character in the Discworld. Death has friends, relatives, even a daughter and granddaughter. There are also quirks, one of them is leaving business on temporary leave. It is from the vacation that the first story of the cycle begins, which includes 5 full-fledged and extremely exciting books.

The Color of Magic (1983)

This is the Great A'Tuin, the Universal Turtle, which plows the boundless comos. These are four elephants that hold the Discworld on their backs. And this is Rincewind, the most cowardly wizard on the Disc, and Twoflower, Discworld's first tourist. Innumerable trolls, dragons, wolves and Death (one piece) are waiting for them in their wanderings through a fairy-tale universe hitherto unknown to us.

Mad Star (1986)

He hung over the abysses, fled from the evil gods and fell from the Edge of the Discworld. But nothing can destroy the glorious Rincewind, the most inept and cowardly wizard of the Disc. Also starring: Twoflower (tourist), Octavo (magic book of spells), Chest (chest), Cohen (barbarian), druids, heroes and other inhabitants of the Discworld.

Spellmakers (1987)

As far as things like wine, women, and songs, wizards are allowed to kick ass and bawl as much as they like. But women ... Women and real magic are incompatible. Magical Law will never allow a female person to appear in the Unseen University, the center and stronghold of magic on the Disc. But if that happens...

More, Disciple of Death (1987)

The village boy Mortimer (or More) was born, as they say, not of this world. On his father's farm, he clearly has nothing to do and the parent decides to send his son to learn a trade. Ironically, the mentor is DEATH himself. After some time, the TEACHER decides that the student is sufficiently prepared and takes the first day off in his life. But Mora's business goes awry...

Staff and Hat (1988)

In the Discworld, it is believed that when the eighth son has an eighth son, he will certainly become a wizard. Wizards are forbidden from marrying without leaving the practice of magic. Wizards themselves explain this by the fact that family life is not conducive to practicing magic.
Once, a magician, the eighth son of the eighth son, despised all prohibitions and, contrary to the magical Law and all reasonable arguments, "left the magic walls, fell in love and got married (and not necessarily in the above order)". He had seven sons, each of whom, according to the laws of magic from the cradle, was at least as powerful as any other wizard in this world. And then his eighth son, Coyne, was born. "Magician in a square. Source of miracles. Wonderful."

Prophetic sisters (1988)

The king is dead, long live the king! ... However, which king is alive? The one that turned into a ghost? Or his killer, an impostor who seems to have gone a little crazy? And then the earth came to life... And the witches... And the prince-heir, moonlighting as an actor... No, that's it, we wash our hands. Read it yourself.

Pyramids (1989)

Your father is a pharaoh (actually, he wanted to be a seagull, but that's not the point). And you are the son of the pharaoh, sent to study in the famous Ankh-Morpork. But what profession is most suitable for the future king? It is the one that involves delicate work with people, the constant resolution of complex issues and the elimination of unnecessary problems. That is the profession of a hired killer. The flattest world in the entire multiverse returns in all its splendor (the set includes: elephants - four pieces, Great A`Tuin, universal turtle - one piece, crazy inhabitants of the Disc - the number is constantly growing).

Guard! Guard! (1989)

"Twelve o'clock at night, and everything is calm!" - such is the motto of the Night Watch of Ankh-Morpork, the most glorious city in all the Discworld. And if “not everyone” is calm, then you just walk along the wrong streets. In general, to become a real night guard, you need to make a lot of effort.
First, you should learn to run not too fast - otherwise you will suddenly catch up! Secondly, you need to comprehend the basic principle of surviving in violent fights - just do not participate in them. Thirdly, do not shout too loudly that "everything is calm" - you can be heard.

Eric and the Nightwatch, Witches and Cohen the Barbarian (1990)

He is back! No, you don't seem to understand. HE IS BACK!!! He is Rincewind, the most unfortunate wizard on the Disc. True, this time Faust Eric, a novice demonologist, was much more unlucky, who called into his magic circle the walking embodiment of all the troubles and troubles of the Discworld.

Moving Pictures (1990)

Get ready, worthy citizens of Ankh-Morpork, for the most unusual sight on the whole Discworld awaits you! Moving pictures are here! So stock up on popcorn, sit back and listen to the true history of Hollywood. Wizards and trolls, hot dog vendors and the talking Wonder Dog Gaspode, Beasts from the Underground Dimensions and a brave librarian from the Unseen University. And also - a whole thousand elephants!

Grim Reaper (1991)

Death is dead, long live Death! Or rather, he did not quite die, but became mortal, and the time in his life-measuring hourglass is rapidly flowing away. But just imagine what will happen: the old Death is gone, and the new one has not yet appeared. Mess? Mess. You have an appointment with Death, and the Grim Reaper suddenly take it and don't show up. The soul has to return to its former body, even though it is already dead ...

Witches Abroad (1991)

Imagine you are walking alone, not touching anyone, and suddenly a farmhouse falls on your head, which brought a hurricane from nowhere ... Or you are an honest wolf, hunting for piglets and gray goats, but suddenly an absolutely crazy idea comes to your mind - to go after to distant lands and devour some sinewy, tasteless old woman. And implicitly you feel that you will be skinned for this, but you still follow this strange desire, as if imposed on you. This is what happens when evil forces begin to play with the fairy tales that make up the fabric of the universe itself.

Small Gods (1992)

This story happened a long time ago, when burning bushes still roamed the desert and talked with random passers-by (a person who has a habit of walking in the desert will not be at all surprised if a lizard, a cobblestone, and even more so a bush suddenly speaks to him).
It was then that the Church of the Great God Om was waiting for the coming of the next prophet, who was about to appear, since the prophets are very obligatory people and clearly follow the established schedule. It was then that a young novice named Brutha discovered a little turtle in the garden, which turned out to be the very Great God Om & In general, this story is about turtles and eagles, and also about why turtles cannot fly.

Ladies and Gentlemen (1992)

Our consciousness does the most unimaginable things with us. We only remember the good things. Take dragons, for example. Very romantic, beautiful, full of dignity beasts. But we forget that absolute voracity, instantaneous flammability and extreme toothiness should be added to these traits. And the elves? Yes, they dance in the moonlight, they sing songs in general, funny, sweet creatures & But will you be happy when they return? Oh yes, elves are very fond of different games, only fun for them, not for you.

To arms! To arms! (1993)

Listen, recruits, you have a great honor - you, all sorts of ethnic minorities such as gnomes, trolls and women, join the Night Watch! And this is your club! You will eat it, sleep it, and when they tell you to jump, you must answer: “What color?” And yet, in the pocket of each soldier are field marshal buttons! And now ten laps around Ankh-Morpork!

Rock Music (1994)

This is music in which the voice of Rock sounds, listen now, otherwise it will be too late later! She will pull your soul out, shake it out like a rug, and hang it on the fence to dry! She'll drive the entire Unseen University crazy, forcing the wizards to sew leather robes for themselves and paint the walls of the bedrooms black! She'll spawn a guitar epidemic in Ankh-Morpork and throw the most Free Festival in Gad Park that Discworld has ever seen!
For reference: this is not all the problems. Death, meanwhile, again went to the people ...

This is not a new book by Terry Pratchett, and, in fact, no one expected it. An albatross from the Agate Empire did not fly to Ankh-Morpork at all and deliver a letter demanding that the Great Wizard be sent immediately. As a result, Rincewind (a very rare, endangered kind of cowardly wizard) is not sent to the Balanced Continent on a secret mission (absolutely impossible, especially since we are talking about Rincewind).
Also, the great Kohen the Barbarian (a legend during his lifetime, life during a legend), who gathered a huge (seven people in total) Silver Horde and is moving to Gunkung, the capital of the Agate Empire (population about a million people, of which forty thousand guards) has nothing to do with the story. .

Masquerade (1995)

Show must go on! Hahahahahaha! (Note: hereinafter, the insane laugh belongs to the Phantom of the Opera.) Even if someone dies (Hahaha!!!), you need to drag him aside and still continue the show. And in no case should you take box number 8, because it is intended for the very Phantom who gives rose stems to successful singers and kills people for some reason in the meantime. (Hahaha!!!) And what if he is driven through the streets of the city and thrown into the Ankh River, so that the villain would be discouraged? (Hahaha!!!)

Clay feet (1996)

Golems kill people! How they jump out of the fog, how they pounce! Exactly, I'm telling you! It must be the fault of that jumper, Commander Samuel Vimes. He recruited all sorts of species minorities into the City Guard ... Yes, these gnomes should not be given an ax in their hands at all! Just look, the whole of Ankh-Morpork will be littered with severed legs ...
And by the way, patrician. Most likely, it was the same Sir Samuel who poisoned him. Barely survived, poor fellow. But not the same, not the same ... We should look for a new ruler. And Vimes be executed! The very first order! By the way, there is a rumor that there is a real heir to the throne in the City Guard. No, not that fool Carrot! The real heir is Corporal Nobby Nobbs, Earl of Ankh! So what, what is a shaped rat? Where have you seen normal kings?

Santa Hoarse (1996)

Ho, ho, ho. Hello little individuals. Did you behave well last year? Yes, yes, I'm that Santa Piggy. And this is my elf Albert. And these are my faithful wild boars: Toothfish, Dolbila, Ryvun and Mordan. Spit? No, this is my staff. Bones? I just lost some weight. Pale as death? I told you, I'm Santa Hog, not death.
That's because persistent little personalities & And I'm not your dad at all. Do you think your dads only dream of climbing chimneys? In general, gifts in a stocking, and I went. I still need to fly around half the flat world.
And I warn you: hang a pillowcase on the fireplace again, you won’t get anything at all.
Happy scary! Everyone. Everywhere.

Patriot (1997)

Dear fellow citizens and all those who accidentally wandered into Ankh-Morpork!
Of course, all of you have already heard that the original Ankh-Morpork land rose out of the sea, a glorious island called Leshp. However, the well-known great-nephews of the jackal, who live on the other side of the sea, brazenly lie that this is their ancestral land, although documents signed and certified by our venerable historians, whom we Ankh-Morporks have always trusted, so these documents unequivocally confirm: Leshp is ours! Let's not let our homeland offend! Are we Patriots or not?!

Last Continent (1998)

Sometimes people are unlucky. And it happens to entire continents. It was created last. Even the name fell out to him some kind of awkward XixXX. But many, many years later, Rincewind fell on him, the most unlucky and cowardly wizard on the Discworld. And it is Rincewind who is entrusted with the great mission of saving this unfortunate continent. True, in order to entrust this mission, you must first catch up with Rincewind ...

Carpe Jugulum. Grab your throat (1998)

They are vampires, and that explains a lot. Yes, they sleep in coffins, yes, they feed on blood, but… it's not that simple. Down with hardened legends and prejudices! New world - new habits! Drink holy water! Religious symbols are just pictures and wearables! Garlic? Regular condiment! Boldly look into the eyes of the coming day! They are the new vampires. They will live in a new way. And you, too, will live in a new way. You will be made not to be afraid. You will be forced to remove the bars from the windows. You will be fine. Humans and vampires - friendship forever!

Fifth elephant (1999)

Welcome to Uberwald! To a country famous for centuries of tradition, where they still play such wonderful games as “try to run away so that you don’t get eaten” and “have time to get home before sunset”. Here you will be met by affectionately smiling vampires, cute playful werewolves and hospitable, sympathetic gnomes.
And here lies the legendary Fifth Elephant, which once fell on the Discworld and caused a monstrous disco-quake. And there is also a lot of iron, gold and fat deposits - in general, the very things that such a civilized city like Ankh-Morpork desperately needs.

True (2000)

You will learn the whole truth about how a woman gave birth to a cobra! The famous Talking Dog of Ankh-Morpork will reveal its muzzle! People who were kidnapped by elves and flying saucers - eyewitness accounts! Werewolves in armor - a werewolf serves in the City Guard?! Well, all sorts of killer patricians, amusing vegetables, dog rain, falling meteorites and much more!

Thief of Time (2001)

The auditors are once again muddying the waters. Metaphorically. Since it is useless to rely on people, there is only one way out - to put on human bodies ourselves. Well, good luck. You will need her. Especially when Susan Stogelitskaya comes across to you with the question - who is outrageous here? It also explains Rule One in detail - it's important to always remember Rule One! Vital. And in some cases, it's deadly.

Last Hero (2001)

Once upon a time, a great Hero stole Fire from the gods. Since then, everything has changed. Heroes have become ... obsolete. They are still invincible and all, but there are fewer and fewer of them… and fewer… And new ones are not born. And then one day Cohen the Barbarian looked from his throne of the Agatean Empire at his subjects, at the great and terrible Silver Horde, and realized that they were the last. And there will be no one after them. So, it is on them that the Last Duty of the Heroes lies - to return the Fire to the gods. With interest!!!

The Amazing Maurice and His Learned Rodents (2001)

Everyone knows the story of the Pied Piper of Hammeln. The story is very simple - a magic pipe lures hordes of rodents into the water, and they drown. Meanwhile, everyone forgets that rats are excellent swimmers.
The fairy tale came true in one of the cities of the Discworld. But it all started with the fact that the rats living in the basements of the Invisible University suddenly became smarter, learned to talk and formed a Clan. Then, these Educated Rats met the street cat Maurice, who turned out to be a cat that was unusual in every way. Firstly, he also knew how to talk (the consequences of living on the territory of the Invisible University), and secondly, he turned out to have amazing business acumen. Maurice found a boy who could play the flute, and the tale came to life.

Night Watch (2002)

Sam Vimes... Ah, sorry, Sir Samuel Vimes can finally breathe easy. The city slowly ceases to boil, there are no dragons on the horizon, no wars, and even the Guilds are happy. Little Vimes Jr. is about to be born... You can relax, put a flower in your buttonhole in memory of the old days and... Find that you have been transported into the past. To that Ankh-Morpork, where the Watch is not what it is now, but a cesspool for losers ... But it is still HIS city. And HIS Guard, no matter what they are. And if Sam Vimes could seek solace in a bottle, then Sir Samuel Vimes has no such right.

Little Free Folk (2003)

Nine-year-old Tiffany Bohlen did not like fairy tales. In fact, I didn't trust them. Why is it that the prince is always called beautiful, and the princess behaves stupidly and almost faints? Why is it the way it is and not the other way? It seemed to Tiffany that fairy tales just want to be believed, and fool people's heads ... But one day, on a wonderful summer day, the girl met a fabulous monster on the river bank. It actually existed and was definitely going to eat someone. It soon became clear that this monster was not the only one ... Well, Tiffany had just decided to become a witch, which means that dealing with such things is her concern. After all, a witch does not have to be old and evil at all!

Infantry ballad (2003)

What is a peace-loving country to do, which is surrounded by treacherous, vicious, warlike enemies? That's right - to call on the defense of the Fatherland of their faithful sons. But what to do if there are practically no sons left, and those that are, how to put it mildly, have missed the limbs since the last campaign. So Sergeant Jackrum and Corporal Strappi have to recruit anyone into the glorious Here and There Regiment - after all, the Fatherland also has daughters, since the sons ... are over. In short, forward, guys, to victory!.. Uh-uh, that is, girls!

Hat Full of Sky (2004)

When you become an apprentice witch, you expect to be taught how to do magic. Brew potions. Compose spells. Flying on a broom... But, as Tiffany Bolen found out, this is not entirely true. For the most part, witchcraft is just boring everyday activities with nothing magical about it. And if the main thing in magic is not to use magic, then Tiffany succeeds perfectly. After all, the girl cannot even weave a tangle, the simplest magical instrument ... True, she still succeeds in one trick. When there is no mirror at hand, Tiffany comes out of the body and looks at herself from the side. This is very convenient if you want to know if a new dress suits you ... And very dangerous if you do not know how to protect yourself. Tiffany doesn't know. And that means that very soon she will have to learn how to be a witch in extreme conditions!

Keep your brand! (2004)

“An interesting fact about angels is that sometimes, very rarely, when a person has stumbled and is so confused that he has turned his life into a complete mess and death seems to be the only reasonable way out, at such a moment an angel comes to him or, rather, an angel appears to him. and offers to return to the point where everything went wrong, and this time to do everything right.
It was with these words that Mokrits von Lipwig met his new life. Before that, there were theft, fraud (in various sizes) and, as an apotheosis, death by hanging.
It's not that Moist didn't like his new life - he was used to finding a way out of any situation and from any city, even one like Ankh-Morpork. He rather disliked the position of Postmaster General. Mokrits von Lipwig is a decent swindler, after all, and the word “work” is definitely not about him! But does a person have a choice, whose personal angel becomes the patrician Vetinari himself?

Shmyak! (2005)

In the most brilliant city of the Discworld - Ankh-Morpork - it is restless again: the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Cuma is approaching. It was in the Kuma Valley on one ill-fated day that either the dwarves surreptitiously attacked the trolls, or the trolls surreptitiously attacked the gnomes. No, they have been at enmity since the creation of the world, but it was this battle that gave official status to mutual hatred. She became a historical explanation for why these little bearded/hefty lumpy bastards can't be trusted.
And this means that additional patrols must be introduced on the streets of Ankh-Morpork.
However, saving the world and maintaining order is a common job for the inimitable Duke of Ankh. Oh yeah, you also have to investigate the murder of a deep gnome, deal with new drugs on the streets of the city and, most importantly, read Young Sam "Where's my cow?" at exactly six in the evening. The last one is not to be missed.

Mister Winter (2006)

Tiffany stepped where she was ordered to step. She became part of the dark dance that marks the arrival of winter, and now the young witch is the embodiment of the Summer Lady herself (the one who sleeps in the underworld in winter, and rises to the surface in spring, bringing warmth and fertility). Now Zimova himself fell in love with her - the spirit of winter, who wished to become a man on this occasion. Now only Granny Weatherwax knows what to do, and only Nac Mac Feegley can carry out her plan. Otherwise, the Winter Master will bring eternal winter to the Discworld.

Make Money (2007)

Oh, Ankh-Morpork, great city of contrasts! What are you doing with your faithful sons?
Mokrits von Lipwig in deep thought. On the one hand, the life of an honest person who (horror!) regularly pays taxes leads to a certain longevity. On the other hand, such a life is boring to the teeth gnashing, which is especially clear in the light of the new proposal of Patrician Vetinari - to reform the banking system of the city.
However, Mokrits remembers too well that the life of a decent swindler is not only cheerful and perky, but also sadly short. Having chosen the path of a pious citizen, the chief postmaster does not yet know that he will become the owner of the charming Shalopai - a cute dog who owns a majority stake in the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork.

The Invisible Academicians (2009)

Archchancellor Probably Ridcully has fallen on hard times.
To think that his dean had left the Unseen University! Oh no, he did not die at all and did not fall victim to a magical experiment (although this often happens among wizards). The vile traitor… changed jobs, tempted by a large salary (everyone knows that wizards are not interested in money… well, almost…) and a “guaranteed social package” (ugh, what a vile word!).
In addition, a goblin lives secretly in the Candle Cellar, and how do you explain to everyone that this particular ... hmm, individual does not have the habit of tearing people's heads off for breakfast?
Moreover, this question of the patrician Vetinari ... Why not play football with the great wizards? "Ole, ole, ole, ole! Wizards go!"

Midnight Dress (2010)

It is traditionally believed that a witch can only be grown on good old stones. Therefore, Tiffany has a doubly difficult time, since the local population does not like witches, believing that they are only capable of doing evil magic, stealing babies and giggling nastily.
Tiffany Aching is a witch. And she thinks she's doing the right job for the people of Mel. Although this job involves bandaging and trimming the toenails of older ladies, there isn't much… sorcery involved. As well as sleep time.
But somewhere he woke up from a long sleep and for the time being a tangled tangle of anger and hatred is hidden. And along with it, all the old fairy tales wake up - fairy tales about evil witches. And her tiny allies, the pugnacious Nac Mac Feegle, only make matters worse.

Case Tobacco (2011)

In the life of Samuel Vimes, difficult days have come: he is sent on vacation. Just think about it! He, who devoted his whole life to work, was treated so ungratefully.
Moreover, the fearless commander will have a trip not to a resort (oh, golden sand, azure waters), but a family trip to Sheep Hall, to the village. But everyone has long known that the village is so called because, apart from trees, there is nothing there! Especially the crimes so dear to Vimes' heart...
However, a good guard (if he digs very well) will always find some kind of overwhelmed criminal. But does anyone doubt the abilities of the Duke of Ankh?

Give me a couple! (2013)

Mokrits von Lipwig is more than ever satisfied with his life. After publicly confessing to cheating, he is still alive. The post office, the Mint and the Bank work like clockwork. The wife of Mokritsa still does not have a soul in him and in semaphores. And it seems that for boredom there is not only a place, but even time ... And yet, when the first steam engine conquers Ankh-Morpork, Moist von Lipwig is back in the thick of things and back on horseback!

Shepherd's Crown (2015)

This is the last novel by the great Terry Pratchett, completing the Discworld cycle. This is a story about a young witch Tiffany Bolen, who suddenly found herself the one who must protect the borders of her world from insidious and evil guests from outside. And this despite the fact that she has more than enough ordinary witch duties and worries ... The story is that any person can determine his own destiny, and that it retains value at all times, allowing people to remain people.