Discworld novels

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The Discworld Novels is a Terry Pratchett series of novels set on the fictional Discworld . From 1983 to the end of 2015, 41 novels were published , all of which were translated into German. The following is a list of the first German publications, but in the order in which the English originals appeared. Various edited volumes are not mentioned.

Most of the German translations come from Andreas Brandhorst , from “Schöne Scheine” onwards, the novels were then transferred by other translators. There is a section in the article Discworld about the problems in the German translation . As part of a new publication, the novels are successively reworked by various translators.

List of novels

Legend: Illustrated novels
  Novels subtitled "A fairy tale from the Discworld"
No. German title Original title Publishing year Classification ISBN German edition Motifs additional
1 The colors of magic The Color of Magic 1983 Rincewind Heyne, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05860-7 Fantasy - clichés , role-playing games , space travel, tourism , insurance Has already been published in 1985 in a translation by Dagmar Hartmann under the title Die Farben der Fantasie ( ISBN 3-442-23869-2 ). Also available as a Discworld comic and as an unabridged audio book, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst, Random House Audio, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-2069-1 .

Was filmed together with "The Light of Fantasy" for SkyOne as a two- parter under the title The Color of Magic and premiered on March 23rd and 24th, 2008; in Germany both parts have been available on DVD since October 9, 2008 and were shown on German television for the first time on July 11, 2009 by RTL .

2 The light of the imagination The Light Fantastic 1986 Rincewind Heyne, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03450-3 Fantasy clichés, Conan the Barbarian , Apocalypse Also available as a Discworld comic; also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Sebastian Krumbiegel , ISBN 3-453-16589-6 and as unabridged audio book, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst, Random House Audio, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8371-2070-7 .
3 The wizard's legacy Equal rites 1987 Witches Heyne, 1989, ISBN 3-453-03451-1 Fantasy clichés, equality Also as an audio book, speaker: Katharina Thalbach, ISBN 978-3-8371-3405-6 ; Translated by Andreas Brandhorst
4th The Grim Reaper Mort 1987 death Heyne, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04290-5 Death and His Personification ( Grim Reaper ) Comic version: Mort. The Discworld Comic ( Mort. The Discworld [Big] Comic ) illustrated by Graham Higgins. Goldmann, 1995, ISBN 3-442-30636-1 ; also as a radio play: Gevatter Tod, Random House Audio, 2005, ISBN 3-89830-940-1 , unabridged audio book as download, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst
5 The magic hat Sourcery 1988 Rincewind Heyne, 1990, ISBN 3-453-04300-6 Fantasy clichés, space travel, nuclear war, apocalypse , science fiction clichés
6th MacBest Wyrd Sisters 1988 Witches Heyne, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05408-3 Shakespeare , especially Macbeth and Hamlet as well as fairy tales in general and Grimm's fairy tales in particular
7th Pyramids Pyramids 1989 Various Heyne, 1991, ISBN 3-453-04505-X School stories, Egyptian mythology , quantum mechanics , Egyptian history ( Ptolemies ), antiquity , traditionalists vs. Innovator Also as a radio play: Pyramiden, Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 3-7857-3131-0
8th Guards! Guards! Guards! Guards! 1989 City Guard Heyne, 1991, ISBN 3-453-05029-0 Monarchy, police novels, dog (or dragon) breeding, fairy tales Comic version: Guards! Guards! ( Guards! Guards! ) Illustrated by Graham Higgins. Goldmann, 2002, ISBN 3-442-54533-1 ; also as a radio play: Wachen! Guards! Lübbe, 2004, ISBN 3-7857-1468-8
9 Faust Eric Faust Eric 1990 Rincewind Heyne, 1992, ISBN 3-453-06234-5 Goethe's Faust , Dante's Inferno , Homer's Iliad , Aztecs Also as an audio book, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst, ISBN 978-3-8371-4027-9 .

Illustrated by Josh Kirby

10 Fully in the picture Moving Pictures 1990 Ankh-Morpork Goldmann, 1993, ISBN 3-442-41543-8 / 2011 new translation Movie history , Hollywood , Cthulhu myth , Gone with the Wind , Lassie Also available as an unabridged audio book download, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst, 2018, ISBN 978-3-8445-3204-3 ; New translation by Gerald Jung
11 All scythe Reaper man 1991 death Goldmann, 1994, ISBN 3-442-41551-9 / 2011 new translation Invasion of aliens , "Man With No Name" - Western , modernizing ( shopping centers ) Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker: Rufus Beck , ISBN 3-86604-720-7 , unabridged as download, speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst; New translation by Regina Rawlinson
12 Totally bewitched Witches Abroad 1991 Witches Goldmann, 1994, ISBN 3-442-41557-8 / 2012, new translation Fairy tales ( Cinderella in the Cinderella version), The Wizard of Oz , Alice behind the mirrors , Voodoo , tourism , story theory Also as (abbreviated) audio book, speaker: Katharina Thalbach , ISBN 3-86604-858-0 ; unabridged as audio book, speaker: Annette Frier; New translation by Regina Rawlinson
13 Simply divine Small gods 1992 Various Goldmann, 1995, ISBN 3-442-41566-7 / 2012 new translation Religion , Philosophy , Inquisition , Crusades , Greek Philosophy New translation by Gerald Jung
14th Lords and Ladies Lords and Ladies 1992 Witches Goldmann, 1995, ISBN 3-442-42580-8 / 2013, new translation William Shakespeare ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ), UFOs , fairy tales , Wicca , modern physics ( parallel universes / Schrödinger's cat ), Hans Christian Andersen Also as a radio play: Lords and Ladies, Lübbe, 2006, ISBN 3-7857-3212-0 , unabridged audio book as download, speaker: Katharina Thalbach
15th Bright bards Men at Arms 1993 City Guard Goldmann, 1996, ISBN 3-442-43048-8 Police novels, the dynamics of weapons, racial conflicts, CPU , dual system Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker: Rufus Beck , ISBN 3-86604-861-0
16 Rolling Stones Soul music 1994 death Goldmann, 1996, ISBN 3-442-41589-6 Rock music and its clichés, music industry , Elvis Presley , Buddy Holly , punks, Jerry Lee Lewis Also as (abbreviated) audio book (in the Rolling Stone Talking Books series ), speaker: Rufus Beck , ISBN 978-3-86604-574-3
17th Really magical Interesting Times 1994 Rincewind Goldmann, 1997, ISBN 3-442-41599-3 Empire of China , closure of Japan , Conan the barbarian, communism , Australia, computers, Genghis Khan
18th Mummery Masquerade 1995 Witches Goldmann, 1997, ISBN 3-442-41593-4 Opera , The Phantom of the Opera Also as an (shortened) audio book, speaker: Katharina Thalbach , ISBN 3-86604-941-2
19th Hollow heads Feet of Clay 1996 City Guard Goldmann, 1998, ISBN 3-442-41539-X Police novels, robots , golem myth, freedom and slavery Also as a shortened 6 CD (unabridged as MP3 download) audio book, speaker: Rufus Beck , ISBN 3-8371-0787-6
20th Pig gallop Hogfather 1996 death Goldmann, 1998, ISBN 3-442-41631-0 Christmas , The Neverending Story , Mythology Also appeared as a two-part television film on SkyOne in the UK. Rights secured by Pro7. (German first broadcast: December 25, 2007); also as (abridged) audio book, speaker: Rufus Beck , ISBN 3-86604-721-5 , unabridged audio book 2011 speaker: Volker Niederfahrenhorst
21st Flying scraps Jingo 1997 City Guard Goldmann, 1999, ISBN 3-442-41625-6 War , diplomacy , racism , jingoism , World War I
22nd Hot hops The Last Continent 1998 Rincewind, wizard Goldmann, 1999, ISBN 3-442-41646-9 Action / Adventure, Australia , time travel Also as an (shortened) audio book, speaker: Rufus Beck
23 Keep calm Carpe jugulum 1998 Witches Goldmann, 2000, ISBN 3-442-41652-3 Vampires , religion, modern society, globalization , political correctness Also as an (shortened) audio book, speaker: Katharina Thalbach
24 The fifth elephant The Fifth Elephant 1999 City Guard Manhattan (Goldmann), 2000, ISBN 3-442-54509-9 Diplomacy , Eastern European folklore and literature, political conspiracies, Wagner operas, abuse and functionalization of cultural differences Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Dirk Bach , ISBN 3-89830-127-3 , unabridged as download (and on MP3-CD, ISBN 3-8371-1204-7 , out of print), speaker: Michael-Che Koch
25th The whole truth The Truth 2000 Ankh-Morpork Manhattan (Goldmann), 2001, ISBN 3-442-54518-8 Watergate , newspapers , pulp fiction Also as an (abridged) audio book, speaker Dirk Bach , ISBN 3-89830-275-X , unabridged as download, speaker: Michael-Che Koch
26th The time thief Thief of Time 2001 Death, Lu-Tze Manhattan (Goldmann), 2002, ISBN 3-442-54528-5 Tibet Myth, Martial Arts Movies , Wuxia , Chaos , Robotics and Logic, Quantum Mechanics , The Fab Four , Apocalypse , Momo , Matrix , Q , Zen , Reservoir Dogs Also as an (abridged) audio book, speaker Dirk Bach , ISBN 3-89830-419-1 , unabridged as download, speaker: Michael-Che Koch
27 True heroes The Last Hero 2001 Various Manhattan (Goldmann), 2001, ISBN 3-442-54531-5 Legends , Prometheus , Apollo 13 , Leonardo da Vinci , Armageddon , Schrödinger's cat Illustrated by Paul Kidby
28 Maurice the cat The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents 2001 Various Manhattan (Goldmann), 2004, ISBN 3-442-54570-6 Beatrix Potter , Pied Piper of Hamelin , Rat King , Mrs. Brisby and the Secret of NIMH
29 The night watchman Night watch 2002 City Guard Manhattan (Goldmann), 2003, ISBN 3-442-54536-6 Police novels, historical novels (especially Les Misérables ), time travel , French Revolution , Peterloo massacre Also as an (abridged) audio book, speaker Peer Augustinski , ISBN 3-89830-608-9 , unabridged as download, speaker: Michael-Che Koch
30th Little free men The Wee Free Men 2003 Tiffany woes Manhattan, 2005, ISBN 3-442-54586-2 Folklore , Scottish myths à la Braveheart and Highlander , drawings by Richard Dadd Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-86604-094-6 , unabridged as download, speaker: Michael-Che Koch
31 Women regiment Monstrous Regiment 2003 Various, city watch Manhattan, 2004, ISBN 3-442-54564-1 Jeanne d'Arc , World War I , spy movies , Napoleonic Wars , cross-dressing , feminism , war correspondents , war euphoria , patriotism , George Farquhar : The Recruiting Officer , "masculine" behavior Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Volker Niederfahrenhorst , ISBN 978-3-8371-4205-1
32 A hat full of stars A has full of sky 2004 Tiffany woes Manhattan, 2006, ISBN 3-442-54608-7 History and folklore about witches in Britain, aliens Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-86604-095-4 , unabridged as download, speaker: Michael-Che Koch
33 Let's go Going Postal 2004 Ankh-Morpork, Feucht von Lipwig Manhattan, 2005, ISBN 3-442-54565-X History of the Post , Internet , Optical Telegraph , Hacking , Organized Crime , Monopoly , Turbo Capitalism , The Smoking Gun , Robotic Laws , Philately Filmed as a two-part television film by Sky in 2010; also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Peer Augustinski , ISBN 3-86604-036-9
34 Clone! Thud! 2005 City Guard Manhattan, 2006, ISBN 3-442-54616-8 Police novels / crime novels, sacrilege , psychological thrillers (racism, integration problems, foreign cultures) Also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-86604-331-7 . Unabridged audio book, speaker: Michael-Che Koch, ISBN 978-3-8371-1131-6
35 The winter smith Wintersmith 2006 Tiffany woes Manhattan, 2007, ISBN 3-442-54619-2 Witches, seasons , Greek mythology ( Persephone , Hades etc.) Also as an (abridged) audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-86604-493-3 . Unabridged audio book, speaker: Michael-Che Koch, ISBN 978-3-8371-1560-4
36 Nice bills Making Money 2007 Ankh-Morpork, Feucht von Lipwig Manhattan, 2007, ISBN 3-442-54631-1 Banking ( John Law of Lauriston and the Banque Royale), slavery, schizophrenia Translated by Bernhard Kempen ; also as (abridged) audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-86604-691-X . Unabridged audio book, speaker: Michael-Che Koch, ISBN 978-3-8371-1557-4
37 The Invisible Scholars Club Unseen Academicals 2009 wizard Manhattan, 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-54673-2 Football, fashion, orcs , prejudice Translated by Gerald Jung ; also as an abbreviated audio book on CD and unabridged as MP3 download, speaker Boris Aljinovic , ISBN 3-8371-0402-8
38 The midnight dress I Shall Wear Midnight 2010 Tiffany woes Manhattan, 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-54638-1 Witch hunt, good and bad Translated by Regina Rawlinson, also as an audio book, speaker Boris Aljinovic (abridged), Michael-Che Koch (unabridged),
39 Stiff pinch Snuff 2011 City Guard Manhattan, 9/2012, ISBN 978-3-442-54705-0 Country life, goblins, racism (speciesism), slavery, social norms Translated by Gerald Jung, also as an audio book, speaker Jens Wawrczeck , ISBN 978-3-86717-884-6
40 Great steam ahead Raising Steam 2013 Ankh-Morpork, Feucht von Lipwig Manhattan, 11/2014, ISBN 978-3-442-54751-7 Railways, fanaticism, terrorism, emancipation Almost all of the most significant known characters (including several wizards and members of the guard) from Ankh-Morpork appear as minor characters
41 The shepherd's crown The Shepherd's Crown 2015 Tiffany woes Manhattan, 11/2015, ISBN 978-3-442-54770-8 -

Classifications and reading orders

The novels set on the Discworld can be roughly divided into the following areas according to the respective main characters:

  • the wizard stories,
    • the Rincewind stories,
    • the invisible university stories,
  • the witch stories
    • Grandma Weatherwax Stories
    • Tiffany painful stories
  • the death stories,
  • the Ankh Morpork stories,
    • the city watch stories,
    • the invisible university stories,
    • the Feucht-von-Lipwig stories and
  • other novels.

There is no prescribed reading order, but it is at least advisable to read the Tiffany-Weh-Pentalogy, a sub-section in the witch stories, in the order in which they appear. If you want to understand the development of Grandma Weatherwax, you should start the witch stories with The Magician's Legacy .

The wizard stories

The main character of these novels is the untalented "Zaubberer" ("Wizzard") Rincewind . Despite or because of his proven incompetence, he survived the most unimaginable events and often had a great influence on the fate of the Discworld. In the Rincewind stories, the other wizards of the Invisible University usually play an important role. Because of his unusual ability to survive, Rincewind has developed into Tod's secret hobby and also repeatedly plays important supporting roles in the death stories.

The beginning of the Rincewind and Wizard series is the first Discworld novel, The Colors of Magic , followed by The Light of Fantasy and The Magic Hat . It continues with Faust Eric , Echt Zauberhaft , Hot Hopper and True Heroes . The final book in the Wizarding series is The Invisible Scholars Club . Fully in the picture cannot be classified so precisely in this series of magicians. The novel Alles Sense! contains an extensive subplot with Windle Poons , Mustrum Ridcully , and the Treasurer . It is similar with “Lords and Ladies”, where Mustrum Ridcully, Ponder Stibbons and the librarian take on important roles.

The witch stories

The main characters of these novels are the witches of Lancre, as if there were: Esmeralda "Oma" (also "Esme") Wetterwax , Gytha "Nanny" Ogg , and Magrat Knoblauch . After Magrat got married and left the circle, Agnes Nitt alias Perdita X joined later . The stories about the young witch Tiffany Weh form a subgroup of the witch series. Your protagonist and grandma Wetterwax maintain a respectful friendship with each other.

The witch stories begin with The Legacy of the Wizard and are continued in MacBest , Totally Bewitched , Lords and Ladies , Mummenschanz and Calm Blood .

The first Tiffany Weh book is Little Free Men , followed by A Hat Full of Stars , The Wintersmith , The Midnight Dress, and The Shepherd's Crown .

The death stories

The grim reaper , as an anthropomorphic personification of death , his horse Binky , his butler and majordomo Albert and the rat death are the central characters of the first death novels. Later, his granddaughter Susanne Sto Helit comes more to the fore. His adopted daughter Ysabell and his son-in-law Mort are mentioned again and again.

The death stories begin with Gevatter Tod , followed by Alles Sense , Rollende Steine , Schweinsgalopp and Der Zeitdieb . However, the order is not very important, since Gevatter Tod also has a direct relation to Rolling Stones and Alles Sense has a direct relation to The Time Thief .

In all disc world novels except for Little Free Men and Steife Prize , Death always has striking short appearances.

The city guard stories

These novels trace the checkered history of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard. The main characters are commander Samuel Mumm and his troops: Fred Colon, Nobby Nobbs and the adopted dwarf Carrot Eisengießersohn . In later novels they are joined by the werewolf Angua, the troll Detritus , the zombie Reg Schuh, the vampire Salacia von Humpeding and the female dwarf Grinsi Kleinpo. Lord Havelock Vetinari , the patrician of Ankh-Morpork, and often the inventive genius Leonard von Quirm , inevitably appear in all Stadtwache stories .

The inspiration for guards! Guards! came Terry Pratchett while looking at the role of guardians in classic fantasy. There they are just faceless henchmen whose main task is to be killed by the hero. With this novel he wanted to “give the guards a moment of sunshine, but then it turned into a whole vacation in the tropics” (quote: Pratchett).

The basic structure of the City Guard stories are guards! Guards! , Bright Bards , Hollow Heads , Flying Torns , The Fifth Elephant , The Night Watchers and Klonk! . The conclusion is a stiff pinch . All Stadtwache novels contain cross-references to previous novels in this series. Even if there is no direct connection, these cross-references make it easier to orientate yourself within the novel cycles. Supporting characters are members of the City Guard in Mummenschanz , The Full Truth , True Heroes , Women's Regiment , The Midnight Dress and Great Steam Ahead . There are smaller appearances in Rolling Stones , Pig Gallop , Schöne Scheine and The Club of Invisible Scholars .

Ankh Morpork stories

At the beginning of the Discworld series, Ankh-Morpork was a medieval city, but over time Terry Pratchett "modernized" it.

The tetralogy The full truth , Ab die Post , Schöne Scheine und Toller Dampf vor is at the heart of the Ankh Morpork novels. Since every Stadtwache novel actually makes its contribution to the history and development of Ankh-Morpork, they too could be classified under the city novels.

Other novels

Some of the novels cannot be assigned to the above scheme, as none of the main characters appear centrally, other stories fit into several categories.

Simply divine, for example, plays in Omnien long before the narrative presence of the other novels and explains the proselytism of the Omnians; this book can actually be read at any point in time, as it is set in front of everyone else and has no direct reference to them. Only in Ruhig Blut is there any greater reference to the story in Simply divine . Another example is Das Weiberregiment , which is self-contained, but in which figures from Ankh-Morpork appear on the fringes, such as Otto Chriek or Sam Mumm . It makes sense - especially with regard to Otto Chriek and William de Worde - to read Das Weiberregiment according to The Full Truth . The chronologically first novel that stands more for itself is Pyramiden , which begins in Ankh-Morpork, but mostly takes place in a Discworld equivalent of Ancient Egypt . Fully in the picture stands between the novels that can be assigned to the Magician series and the Ankh Morpork series.

The scholars of the Discworld

The books The Scholars of the Discworld , The Philosophers of the Roundworld , Darwin and the Gods of the Discworld, and Myths and Legends of the Discworld are not counted among the Discworld novels. These are covered in the main article Discworld .

Brief information about the books

The colors of magic

The Color of Magic (the original English title) is the first Discworld novel and tells the story of Rincewind the magician and two-flowered , the first tourist to the Discworld. The English version was published in 1983, a first German version appeared in 1992. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and Krull.

The novel works on various topics, including: fantasy clichés , role-playing games , space travel , tourism and insurance .

The light of the imagination

English title: The Light Fantastic is the second Discworld -novel. It was released in 1986. In this only real sequel to the Discworld, Rincewind and Zweiblum are transported from the underside of the world to a magical forest on the surface through a completely new construction of reality. The cause of this serious intervention is the need to cast all eight spells of the octave at the right time, namely when Great A'Tuin is proceeding to procreate.

The wizard's legacy

English title: Equal Rites , is the third Discworld novel. It was published in German in 1989. The title of the original paraphrases the demand for equal rights ( "rights", in this case, equality of the sexes).

The story introduces the character of Grandma Weatherwax . She has to look after the education and career of Eskarina Schmied , the first sorceress of the Discworld.

The Grim Reaper

English title: Mort is the fourth Discworld novel and the first to focus on death as the main protagonist. It was released in 1987. In short, Death takes an apprentice named Mort and gets into a lot of trouble. The title of the original Mort is a play on the French mort , which means "death".

The magic hat

English Title: Sourcery is the fifth Discworld novel and introduces the reader to the concept of creative magic as the source of all magic. The underage coin , as the most important protagonist, has access to creative magic by birth, as the eighth son of an eighth son of an eighth son . This inevitably leads to trouble with the established wizards. The magic hat was released in 1988.

MacBest

English title: Wyrd Sisters is the sixth Discworld novel and allows Grandma Weatherwax her second appearance as the main protagonist. She interferes massively in government affairs and the succession to the throne . MacBest was published in 1988 and not only makes clear reference to William Shakespeare's Macbeth in the title .

Pyramids

English title: pyramids is the seventh discworld novel. Pyramiden was published in 1989 and is set in a dead end in the Discworld, namely in Djelibeby , a rather desolate small state. Pteppic , the main protagonist, is one of the few “ephemera” on the Discworld. He is only present in this work, where, after completing his assassin training, he has to deal with Dios, the stubborn and long-lived high priest, as the successor of the Pharaoh.

Guards! Guards!

English title: GUARDS! Guards! is the eighth Discworld novel and the first to deal with the Ankh-Morpork City Guard. Guards! Guards! was released in 1989. The main protagonists are Hauptmann Mumm (an alcoholic) and a naive recruit named Karotte Eisengießersohn , who form a congenial duo in the later city guard novels. In guards! Guards! The first thing to do is to calm a fire-breathing Great Dragon.

Faust Eric

English title: fist eric is the ninth discworld novel. Faust Eric paraphrases Goethe's Faust and Dante's Inferno . The title hero Eric tries his hand at being a demon summoner and summons Rincewind , who is supposed to grant him the obligatory three wishes. The attempted fulfillment of a wish leads the two across world history, from the conquest of the Amazon to the Trojan War and creation, and finally brings them to hell.

Fully in the picture

English Title: Moving Pictures is the tenth Discworld -novel. Voll im Bilde was published in 1990. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and a nearby spot called "Holy Wood". Mustrum Ridcully is introduced to the Discworld as Chancellor of the Invisible University. As the main protagonist, he has to struggle with the excesses that the invention of the silent film has left behind in reality. He is supported by Victor and Ginger, the two main characters in the flick Blown Away by the Wind! The novel is an entertaining satire on Hollywood and the film industry.

All scythe

English title: reaper man is the eleventh discworld novel and was published in 1991. A conspiracy by the auditors ensures that Discworld death is suddenly mortal. Until a successor arrives, Tod stops work, leading to serious entanglements. The life energy builds up, which annoys the recently deceased magician Windle Poons . As a reluctant zombie, he finally puts an end to the ghost.

Totally bewitched

English title: Witches Abroad is the twelfth Discworld novel. Totally Bewitched was released in 1991. It belongs in the series of witch stories. The fairy godmother Desiderata Hohlig dies and leaves her wand to the young witch Magrat Knoblauch - but without instructions for use. In an accompanying letter, she instructs Magrat to travel to Gennua to prevent a certain prince from marrying the princess. That a certain Esmeralda Wetterwax and her friend Nanny Ogg support her in this cannot be prevented.

Simply divine

English title: small gods is the thirteenth Discworld novel. Simply Divine was released in 1992. It tells the story of the god Om , his relationship with the reformer and prophet Brutha and his non- relationship with the inquisitor Vorbis . Simply divine works on topics such as religious institutions, ancient Greece , the library of Alexandria , freedom and slavery , religious fanaticism and philosophy.

Lords and Ladies

English title: lords and ladies is the fourteenth discworld novel. Lords and Ladies was released in 1992. The action takes place in Lancre . Lords and Ladies is one of the witch stories, accordingly, is the Lancresche witches trio at the center and trying the wedding of young Magrat Garlic bring as smooth as possible across the stage. A few uninvited elves object. The story follows in many motifs Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream .

Bright bards

English title: men at arms is the fifteenth discworld novel. Bright Bards was released in 1993. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork. Bright bards is one of the city watch stories. The guard needs new recruits. The werewolf Angua , the troll Detritus and a third recruit, the dwarf Knuddel, have to deal with the enigmatic victims left by the Gfähr - a new kind of weapon. For Knuddel , this ultimately means death, but the perpetrator is caught.

Rolling Stones

English title: soul music is the sixteenth discworld novel. Rolling Stones was released in 1994. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork, the victim of the suddenly rampant rock'n'roll fever .

The young bard Imp Y Celyn founds the "Band With Stones Drin" with Lias the troll and the dwarf Glod Glodson . They rock the city with almost disastrous consequences. Susan Sto Helit , Tod's granddaughter , plays a plot-based role for the first time, and her grandfather prevents the worst.

Really magical

English title: Interesting Times is the Seventeenth Discworld Novel. Real Enchanting was released in 1994. The action takes place in the Achaten Empire on the counterweight continent . Really magical is one of the wizarding stories, which is why Rincewind plays a decisive role. At his side Cohen the barbarian (who already made the acquaintance of Rincewind in The Light of Fantasy ), together they conquered the Agaten throne; against the bitter resistance of the shrewd Lord Hong .

Mummery

English title: masquerade is the eighteenth Discworld novel and was published in 1995. The action takes place in the Ankh-Morpork Opera House. Mummenschanz is one of the witch stories. After Magrat Knobloch left , Esme Wetterwax and Nanny Ogg want to complete the Lancresche witch trio again with Agnes Nitt , who is currently trying to start a career as an opera singer. The three of them also clarify a series of murders in the city's opera house. The plot is based closely on the musical The Phantom of the Opera by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber .

Hollow heads

English title: Feet of Clay is the nineteenth Discworld -novel. Hollow Heads was released in 1996. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork. Hollow heads is one of the city watch stories. Samuel Mumm therefore plays a prominent role in a number of complicated police investigations. In addition to several murders, which the Golems are accused of , Lord Vetinari , the patrician, is the victim of insidious poisoning. For the first time, golems are being introduced as an independent ethnic group. At the end of the book, Dorfl is the first golem to join the guard.

Pig gallop

English title: hogfather is the twentieth Discworld novel. Pig canter was released in 1996. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and the surrounding area. The auditors commission the Assassin's Guild to murder the Snow Father . Mr Kaffeetrinken , a scary assassin even for assassins, is only too happy to take on this job. Tod and his granddaughter Susanne Sto Helit play the prominent roles in rescuing the Snow Father and ultimately the entire Discworld.

Flying scraps

English title: jingo is the twenty-first discworld novel. Flying scraps was released in 1997. Places of action are ankh-morpork and gossip . The appearance of the sunken island of Leshp between the rival nations of Morpork and Gossip sets this story of war , racism , and not least PDAs , in motion. Commander Vimes and the rest of the City Guard crew have their hands full to prevent a gruesome war.

Hot hops

English title: the last continent is the twenty-second discworld novel. Hot Hopper was released in 1998. The place of the action is the continent XXXX . Hot hops is one of the magician stories. Rincewind , the Arch Chancellor, and various other members of the Invisible University faculty are called to repair an unfinished continent. In addition, on the island of the god of evolution, they have painful experiences with active Darwinism . Meanwhile , the reader learns about Australian stereotypes , the outbacks , time travel , evolution and modern management techniques .

Keep calm

English title: carpe jugulum is the twenty-third discworld novel. Calm Blood was released in 1998. The action takes place in Lancre . The trio of witches Wetterwax / Ogg / Nitt is responsible for getting rid of the modern vampires invited by the king to be baptized . Modern vampyrism, as Terry Pratchett describes it in Calm Blood , has evolved. The fear of religious symbols, the fear of holy water or the allergy to light were re-conditioned. That makes fighting vampires a lot more complicated.

The fifth elephant

English title: the fifth elephant is the twenty-fourth discworld novel. The fifth elephant was released in 1999. The action takes place in Überwald . In this novel, Terry Pratchett introduces the clacker , the long-range semaphore system . The fifth elephant is one of the city watch stories. Commander Mumm and his wife Lady Sybil travel to Bums for the coronation of the Low King of the Dwarfs. The uncovering of a large-scale conspiracy and the securing of the stone roll , without which no lower king can rule, are the central plot of the story.

The whole truth

English title: the truth is the twenty-fifth discworld novel. The full truth was released in 2000. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork . The full truth introduces the character of William de Worde in a prominent role. He becomes the founder of the Times , the city's first daily newspaper . Problems of investigative journalism in uncovering a complicated conspiracy against Lord Vetinari provide the freshly minted media professional with plenty of writing material. The official introduction of the printing press by Gunilla Gutenhügel nominally satirizes the historical Johannes Gutenberg .

The time thief

English title: thief of time is the twenty-sixth discworld novel. The Time Thief was released in 2001. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and the Oi Dong monastery in the Spitzhorn Mountains. The auditors have initiated a new perfidious attack against living things. Susanne Sto Helit , Lu-Tze and Tod do their part to prevent time from standing still and thus the end of contemporary history . The temporal double person Jeremy / Lobsang , together the son of time, only appears in Der Zeitdieb .

True heroes

English Title: The Last Hero is the twenty-seventh Discworld novel and was published in 2001 in a special illustrated hardcover format. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and Cori Celesti , the seat of the gods. Cohen the Barbarian wants to bring fire back to the gods with interest. This actually nice idea would mean the end of the Discworld, which is why Leonard da Quirm , Captain Carrot and Rincewind set off to stop the barbarian and his Silver Horde .

Maurice the cat

English Title: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents is the twenty-eighth Discworld novel and was originally conceived as a fantastic children's book. Maurice the Hangover was published in 2001. The action takes place in Bad Blintz , a health resort in Überwald. Maurice, the cat is the driving force behind the lucrative Pied trick with which he and a Klan voice-enabled, intelligent rats exempts small towns Discworld financially. But in Bad Blintz , instigated by the local pied piper and a rat king, a much more nasty deal is going on. Maurice and his troops stop them and there is a real happy ending , but without Maurice .

The night watchman

English title: NIGHT WATCH is the twenty-ninth Discworld novel. The night watchman was published in 2002. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork , but in two time levels - the present and the recent past. Commander Mumm feels the whole burden of history when, accidentally transported into the past, he has to train himself, start a revolution and catch a felon. A little more stress arises from the knowledge that Lady Sybil is about to give birth in the acute present .

Little free men

English Title: THE Wee Free Men is the thirtieth Discworld novel. Little Free Men was published in 2003. The place of the action is the chalk land . Little free men is one of the witch stories. The main burden of the story rests on the shoulders of nine-year-old Tiffany Weh, who must save the chalk land from an invasion by the fairy queen. At the same time she frees her little brother Willwoll and Roland , the baron's son, from the hands of the fairy people. Four more Tiffany Weh novels follow : A Hat Full of Stars , The Wintersmith , The Midnight Dress, and The Shepherd's Crown .

Women regiment

English title: monstrous regiment is the thirty-first discworld novel. Women's regiment was published in 2003. The location of the action is the land of Borograwia . It is up to Private Polly Perks and Sergeant Jackrum to end the nonsensical and already lost war between Borograwia and all its neighbors. The fact that 90 percent of their recruits are girls makes this task more difficult, but not impossible. Samuel Mumm and William de Worde with his Times play supporting roles as passive peacemakers.

A hat full of stars

English title: A Hat Full of Sky is the thirty-second Discworld novel. A hat full of stars was published in 2004. The action takes place in Lancre . A hawker, an ancient malevolent entity, takes possession of Tiffany Weh's consciousness. Tiffany Weh, now eleven years old, has to painfully realize that her fundamentally friendly nature also conceals rather unsympathetic traits. Under the close observation of Grandma Weatherwax , she has to get rid of the monstrosity again, which she finally manages. Three more Tiffany Weh novels follow: The Winter Forge , The Midnight Dress and The Shepherd's Crown .

Let's go

English title: going postal is the thirty-third discworld novel. Ab der Post was published in 2004. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork. In Ab die Post , Feucht von Lipwig has to reorganize the city's ailing postal system for the first time as the main protagonist. In doing so, he encounters resistance. Reacher Gilt , the chairman of the Klackergesellschaft , tries to kill the post office minister, but finally leaves his own.

Clone!

English title: THUD! is the thirty-fourth Discworld novel. Clone! was published in 2005. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork and the Koom Valley . In Klonk! Commander Mumm has to solve five brutal murders of dwarfs - against the resistance of the dwarf community. Especially the so-called deepers , a kind of dwarf ultras , have something to hide. With the help of Mr. Schein , the diamond king of the trolls, Samuel Mumm discovers a peacemaking secret in the Koom valley .

The winter smith

English title: wintersmith is the thirty-fifth discworld novel. The Wintersmith was published in 2006. The action takes place in Lancre . The winter smith is one of the witch stories. The now thirteen year old Tiffany Weh dances against the instructions of her instructor Miss Treason in the early morris dance . The wintersmith falls in love with her and now Tiffany has made every effort to keep the new admirer at bay. Above all, winter does not want to leave until Tiffany sends him back to the underworld with a hot kiss. Two more Tiffany Weh novels follow : The Midnight Dress and The Shepherd's Crown .

Nice bills

English title: MAKING MONEY is the thirty-sixth Discworld novel. Schöne Scheine was published in 2007. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork. In Schöne Scheine , Feucht von Lipwig is supposed to reorganize the city's banking system as the main protagonist , the ex-fraudster and current post office minister . A Herculean task , as it turns out, especially because there is the Üppig family and the pedantic chief accountant Mr. Beuge . The invention of paper money and 4,000 golems , which Adora Belle Liebherz , Feucht's girlfriend, brings into the relationship, bring these opponents to their knees.

The Invisible Scholars Club

English title: UNSEEN Academicals is the thirty-seventh Discworld novel. The Invisible Scholars Club was published in 2009. The action takes place in Ankh-Morpork . In The Club of Invisible Scholars , Mustrum Ridcully, the Arch Chancellor, and Mr. Nutt, the Orc, play the main roles. The two are largely responsible for ensuring that the Invisible University can again muster a football team. Otherwise the faculty would starve to death due to the threat of brutal financial cuts. In addition to football , the book also deals with a number of other topics, including: fashion and models .

The midnight dress

English title: I Shall Wear Midnight is the thirty-eighth Discworld novel. The midnight dress was published in 2010.

The place of the action is the chalk land . The midnight dress is one of the witch stories. The main burden of the story is borne by the now fifteen-year-old Tiffany Weh , who is now working as a witch in her home country. Things go wrong in love affairs and the shadows of their past catch up with them and darken the land. The Wicked , an ancient, disembodied beings, born of hatred, envy and anxiety, was Tiffany powerful kiss for the winter blacksmith awakened. Now she has to defeat him, with the help of her new friend Preston and We-are-the-greatest! also succeeds.

Stiff pinch

English title: snuff is the thirty-ninth discworld novel. Stiff Pinch was published in 2011. The action takes place in the Käsedicksche country estate of Crundell . Stiff pinch is one of the city watch stories. In the country, too, Commander Mumm is responsible for his family and the course of history. What was actually planned as a vacation quickly blows the commander's face as a criminally stiff pinch . Goblins who are murdered and taken into slavery spoil life in the country for Samuel Mumm . In the end, however, a real hobby for Samuel Mumm falls away , which not only surprises him.

Great steam ahead

English title: Raising Steam is the fortieth Discworld novel. The action initially takes place largely in Ankh-Morpork and the surrounding area. Dick Simnel - the son of the inventor Ned Simnel, who appeared in Alles Sense u. a. Had designed the first “rotary harvester” of Discworld, but later apparently had a fatal accident while experimenting with a steam boiler - is looking for sponsors to implement an invention that primarily consists of a steam engine on wheels. He is interested in the rich entrepreneur Paul König, the “King of the Golden River”, in Ankh-Morpork, who lets him build a test track for his railway, which quickly attracts many onlookers and - inevitably in Ankh-Morpork - the attention of Lord Vetinari awakened. He employs Feucht von Lipwig , who is still loyal to him for good reasons, to influence the project in his favor. Roads to the area around Ankh-Morpork will soon be built, but the big goal is Überwald. There the railroad has to prove itself as a political instrument in the suppression of a revolt of the Grags in the realm of the dwarves , even before the route is completed .

The shepherd's crown

English title: The Shepherd's Crown (2015, published posthumously) is the forty-first Discworld novel and is considered to be Sir Terry Pratchett's “farewell novel”.

Tiffany Weh is the non-existent head witch after Grandma Weatherwax dies. Quasi as a showdown, several other well-known Discworld figures appear again. The elves, already defeated in Little Free Men , smell the morning air and have to be put in their place again.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMDb: The Color of Magic , July 12, 2009
  2. ↑ (FX Drum Roll) The next Discworld novel will be… RAISING STEAM. ( English ) Twitter. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ The Fifth Tiffany Aching Novel Announced ( English ) Terry Pratchett Books. August 11, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.