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Join writer Elizabeth Flux and comedian Ben McKenzie on their six* year mission to discuss every Terry Pratchett book! A Splendid Chaps Productions podcast.
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* ...ish.
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* ...ish.
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#Pratchat89 – An Awfully Teeny Weeny Adventure
Games journalist and PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to take control of an oddly Pythonesque Rincewind and discuss the 1995 graphic adventure game Discworld from Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions. A nefarious secret society has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork! It’s a suspiciously familiar plot, and of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind?
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A cult of has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork to topple the Patrician! And of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind? PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to talk about the 1995 point and click adventure game #Discworld, as shouted at by Terry Pratchett!
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Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
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17 years ago THIS VERY DAY, @ifdestroyed.bsky.social & I released the first episode of House to Astonish, a podcast of comic book news & reviews with a bit of mucking about at the end. To mark the occasion, I thought you might want to hear that first mildly wonky episode! archive.org/details/Hous...
House To Astonish Archive : Al Kennedy and Paul O'Brien : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of the first 51 episodes of comic book podcast House to Astonish, previously made available for free via Podomatic.com but now otherwise unavailable.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
17 years ago THIS VERY DAY, @ifdestroyed.bsky.social & I released the first episode of House to Astonish, a podcast of comic book news & reviews with a bit of mucking about at the end. To mark the occasion, I thought you might want to hear that first mildly wonky episode! archive.org/details/Hous...
In case you missed it yesterday: #Pratchat89 is out now!
Join Liz, Ben and @pcgamer.com’s Jody Macgregor as we discuss the very reasonable and logical 1995 graphic adventure game #Discworld.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts to hear all about this tale of donkeys, octopuses and custard…
Join Liz, Ben and @pcgamer.com’s Jody Macgregor as we discuss the very reasonable and logical 1995 graphic adventure game #Discworld.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts to hear all about this tale of donkeys, octopuses and custard…
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
In case you missed it yesterday: #Pratchat89 is out now!
Join Liz, Ben and @pcgamer.com’s Jody Macgregor as we discuss the very reasonable and logical 1995 graphic adventure game #Discworld.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts to hear all about this tale of donkeys, octopuses and custard…
Join Liz, Ben and @pcgamer.com’s Jody Macgregor as we discuss the very reasonable and logical 1995 graphic adventure game #Discworld.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts to hear all about this tale of donkeys, octopuses and custard…
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Freyja Stokes goes deep into the historical connections between European witchcraft and sex work, and draws out how #Pratchett uses these in the person of Mrs Palm. It's got history AND sexy puns...
This one's very reasonably-priced - it's free!
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com
This one's very reasonably-priced - it's free!
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Freyja Stokes goes deep into the historical connections between European witchcraft and sex work, and draws out how #Pratchett uses these in the person of Mrs Palm. It's got history AND sexy puns...
This one's very reasonably-priced - it's free!
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com
This one's very reasonably-priced - it's free!
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com
A cult of has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork to topple the Patrician! And of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind? PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to talk about the 1995 point and click adventure game #Discworld, as shouted at by Terry Pratchett!
#Pratchat89 – An Awfully Teeny Weeny Adventure
Games journalist and PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to take control of an oddly Pythonesque Rincewind and discuss the 1995 graphic adventure game Discworld from Teeny Weeny Games and Perfect 10 Productions. A nefarious secret society has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork! It’s a suspiciously familiar plot, and of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind?
pratchatpodcast.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A cult of has summoned a dragon in Ankh-Morpork to topple the Patrician! And of course the only one who can save the city is...Rincewind? PC Gamer editor Jody Macgregor joins Liz and Ben to talk about the 1995 point and click adventure game #Discworld, as shouted at by Terry Pratchett!
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Before our Wintersmith ep goes live, here's a treat: we watched the TV adaptation GOING POSTAL together with our friend Kel McDonald and recorded some post-viewing thoughts about it! Get Moist with us all over again.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4sYXZqNwJz4QfMl4RucN?si=LcSpi34HRHCPog9fPErWRw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4sYXZqNwJz4QfMl4RucN?si=LcSpi34HRHCPog9fPErWRw
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Before our Wintersmith ep goes live, here's a treat: we watched the TV adaptation GOING POSTAL together with our friend Kel McDonald and recorded some post-viewing thoughts about it! Get Moist with us all over again.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4sYXZqNwJz4QfMl4RucN?si=LcSpi34HRHCPog9fPErWRw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k4sYXZqNwJz4QfMl4RucN?si=LcSpi34HRHCPog9fPErWRw
Our next episode, #Pratchat89, is recording this weekend - and we’re discussing the #Discworld point and click adventure game from 1995! Ben may have lost the box and the disc but he still has his original manual… If you have questions, get them in ASAP!
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our next episode, #Pratchat89, is recording this weekend - and we’re discussing the #Discworld point and click adventure game from 1995! Ben may have lost the box and the disc but he still has his original manual… If you have questions, get them in ASAP!
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Cohen goes full Jesse Custer in a Discworld Avengers-level event. PJ and Andy read THE LAST HERO for their first time. Talk!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JE...
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990/e...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JE...
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990/e...
The Last Hero
YouTube video by I've never read Discworld
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October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Cohen goes full Jesse Custer in a Discworld Avengers-level event. PJ and Andy read THE LAST HERO for their first time. Talk!
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JE...
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990/e...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JE...
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990/e...
Join us (finally) for a new episode as @brendanbarnett.bsky.social chats with Ben* about how one man can draw so many wizards, witches, dragons, guards, goblins and other denizen of the Disc, as we read Paul Kidby’s Designing Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld! #Pratchat88
* Liz will be back next month!
* Liz will be back next month!
#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, Bront
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby’s 2…
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October 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Join us (finally) for a new episode as @brendanbarnett.bsky.social chats with Ben* about how one man can draw so many wizards, witches, dragons, guards, goblins and other denizen of the Disc, as we read Paul Kidby’s Designing Terry Pratchett’s #Discworld! #Pratchat88
* Liz will be back next month!
* Liz will be back next month!
A quick numbering note: the new episode about Designing Discworld is #Pratchat88, not #Pratchat89 as erroneously reported by us.
#Pratchat89 will discuss the Discworld graphic adventure game, and #Pratchat90 will discuss Raising Steam.
Ben promises to double-check his spreadsheet in future!
#Pratchat89 will discuss the Discworld graphic adventure game, and #Pratchat90 will discuss Raising Steam.
Ben promises to double-check his spreadsheet in future!
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A quick numbering note: the new episode about Designing Discworld is #Pratchat88, not #Pratchat89 as erroneously reported by us.
#Pratchat89 will discuss the Discworld graphic adventure game, and #Pratchat90 will discuss Raising Steam.
Ben promises to double-check his spreadsheet in future!
#Pratchat89 will discuss the Discworld graphic adventure game, and #Pratchat90 will discuss Raising Steam.
Ben promises to double-check his spreadsheet in future!
#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, Bront
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's…
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's…
#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, Bront
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Paul Kidby started bringing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to life when, on the third attempt, he showed off his skill to the author by drawing his own versions of Discworld characters who had so captured his imagination.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
#Pratchat88 – They’re All Good Dragons, Bront
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's…
Illustrator, game designer and educator Brendan Barnett joins Ben to discuss art, ideas, inspiration, creative process, dragons, wizards and goblins (oh my!) as we leaf through Paul Kidby's 2024 gorgeous coffee table book, Designing Terry Pratchett's…
Listeners, we have recorded #Pratchat89, discussing Paul Kidby’s book Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and it is coming out this month! But after several setbacks and problems, it will not come out today. We’re hoping it will be later this week. Thanks for bearing with us.
October 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Listeners, we have recorded #Pratchat89, discussing Paul Kidby’s book Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and it is coming out this month! But after several setbacks and problems, it will not come out today. We’re hoping it will be later this week. Thanks for bearing with us.
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Today is Father's Day in Australia, so hey! even if (like me) you don't much care, have a listicle from @tansyrr.bsky.social about the dads of the Discworld...
(I'm currently re-reading Soul Music, so I have Thoughts.)
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras
(I'm currently re-reading Soul Music, so I have Thoughts.)
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras
September 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Today is Father's Day in Australia, so hey! even if (like me) you don't much care, have a listicle from @tansyrr.bsky.social about the dads of the Discworld...
(I'm currently re-reading Soul Music, so I have Thoughts.)
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras
(I'm currently re-reading Soul Music, so I have Thoughts.)
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras
Hey listeners - we apologise but there’s no episode this month. Ben will publish a brief explainer to keep folks in the loop, but in short, it’s been a challenging month for a small podcast team. We’re really hoping to get back to normal in October.
September 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hey listeners - we apologise but there’s no episode this month. Ben will publish a brief explainer to keep folks in the loop, but in short, it’s been a challenging month for a small podcast team. We’re really hoping to get back to normal in October.
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Comic nerd friends (so @patrickoduffy.bsky.social and @alkennedy.bsky.social), my other comic nerd friend Adam Ford is currently crowdfunding a book of poems inspired by Rom Space Knight.
Adam’s a great poet, a massive Rom fan and a real good egg! Give it a look and maybe spread the word?
Adam’s a great poet, a massive Rom fan and a real good egg! Give it a look and maybe spread the word?
Choosing Sides: A speculative poetry chapbook
25 B-movie poems about the inner lives of a space cyborg and the people who love/oppose him.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Comic nerd friends (so @patrickoduffy.bsky.social and @alkennedy.bsky.social), my other comic nerd friend Adam Ford is currently crowdfunding a book of poems inspired by Rom Space Knight.
Adam’s a great poet, a massive Rom fan and a real good egg! Give it a look and maybe spread the word?
Adam’s a great poet, a massive Rom fan and a real good egg! Give it a look and maybe spread the word?
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Wave 1 might be sold out but there’s another chance to buy memberships in Wave 2. Here are a few pointers to help you prepare.
dwcon.org/useful-inf...
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #News
dwcon.org/useful-inf...
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #News
August 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wave 1 might be sold out but there’s another chance to buy memberships in Wave 2. Here are a few pointers to help you prepare.
dwcon.org/useful-inf...
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #News
dwcon.org/useful-inf...
#Discworld #DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #News
Our planned August episode, #Pratchat88, was cursed (we should have used #Prachat7A7A). Here’s a bonus episode in which Ben browses his bookshelf to mention a few books that won’t get their own episodes!
#PratchatShelfie – Browsing Ben’s Bookshelf
Our August episode has been delayed, so here’s a bonus episode in which Ben talks about some of the books on his Pratchett shelf that won’t get their own episode! You can find all the books mentioned in this episode in the Books index on our website. Some brief notes on this episode: A “shelfie” is a photo of one’s shelf of books or board games, usually shared online.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Our planned August episode, #Pratchat88, was cursed (we should have used #Prachat7A7A). Here’s a bonus episode in which Ben browses his bookshelf to mention a few books that won’t get their own episodes!
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Soul Music TV series
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ya5g5-...
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ya5g5-...
Dining Table Discworld - Soul Music TV Series
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall.
With praise for Christopher Lee, how to adapt a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspect...
www.podbean.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Soul Music TV series
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ya5g5-...
In our second special episode we watch the animated Soul Music TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. With praise for Christopher Lee, how they have adapted a book about music into an audio visual format, and how aspects of the story have changed.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ya5g5-...
In case you missed it, @makeyefretpod.bsky.social’s discussion of #TheLongEarth is coming out now! Lovely that there’s still this journey for both our pods to go on.
Our episode about it was #Pratchat31, “It’s Just a Step to the West” from 2020.
Our episode about it was #Pratchat31, “It’s Just a Step to the West” from 2020.
July 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In case you missed it, @makeyefretpod.bsky.social’s discussion of #TheLongEarth is coming out now! Lovely that there’s still this journey for both our pods to go on.
Our episode about it was #Pratchat31, “It’s Just a Step to the West” from 2020.
Our episode about it was #Pratchat31, “It’s Just a Step to the West” from 2020.
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We're close to Halfway Through! We'd love to have an episode in October with some listener contributions to celebrate. So let us know what you think about Discworld generally, this podcast, any novels from Colour of Magic to Hogfather. Email diningtablediscworld [at] gmail [dot] com or DM here.
July 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We're close to Halfway Through! We'd love to have an episode in October with some listener contributions to celebrate. So let us know what you think about Discworld generally, this podcast, any novels from Colour of Magic to Hogfather. Email diningtablediscworld [at] gmail [dot] com or DM here.
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It's live! My new Special Edition Kickstarter is up today. Featuring beautiful books, fun book merch and original @tanaudel.bsky.social artwork!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
Teacup Magic 2: Special Edition
Cozy Regency romantic fantasy, beautifully bound in a deluxe foiled collector's hardback
www.kickstarter.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It's live! My new Special Edition Kickstarter is up today. Featuring beautiful books, fun book merch and original @tanaudel.bsky.social artwork!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
The Patrician is missing! Can Liz, Ben or guest Richard McKenzie sieze control of the city? Or will it all fall into chaos? Er…more chaos?
Join us as we complete our collection of #Discworld #boardgames by discussing Martin Wallace’s 2011 game, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. #Pratchat87
Join us as we complete our collection of #Discworld #boardgames by discussing Martin Wallace’s 2011 game, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. #Pratchat87
#Pratchat87 – Exclusive Possession: Ankh-Morpork Edition
Comedian and quizmaster Richard McKenzie returns to vie with Liz and Ben for control of the most odorous city on the Disc, as they discuss Martin Wallace’s 2011 board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. …
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July 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Patrician is missing! Can Liz, Ben or guest Richard McKenzie sieze control of the city? Or will it all fall into chaos? Er…more chaos?
Join us as we complete our collection of #Discworld #boardgames by discussing Martin Wallace’s 2011 game, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. #Pratchat87
Join us as we complete our collection of #Discworld #boardgames by discussing Martin Wallace’s 2011 game, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork. #Pratchat87
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I've Never Read Discworld: The Truth
The printing press flies into the city striking William de Worde with the inspiration for The Ankh-Morpork Times. PJ and Andy talk classic rogue archetypes, Sam Vimes, and Gutenberg to Watergate.
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990
YouTube: youtu.be/jOhJa970TdI
The printing press flies into the city striking William de Worde with the inspiration for The Ankh-Morpork Times. PJ and Andy talk classic rogue archetypes, Sam Vimes, and Gutenberg to Watergate.
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990
YouTube: youtu.be/jOhJa970TdI
I've Never Read Discworld
A podcast exploring Pratchett's Discworld one book at a time with city watcher @pjhart86 and tourist @andrewluke (Keep im spoiler-free pls!)
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June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I've Never Read Discworld: The Truth
The printing press flies into the city striking William de Worde with the inspiration for The Ankh-Morpork Times. PJ and Andy talk classic rogue archetypes, Sam Vimes, and Gutenberg to Watergate.
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990
YouTube: youtu.be/jOhJa970TdI
The printing press flies into the city striking William de Worde with the inspiration for The Ankh-Morpork Times. PJ and Andy talk classic rogue archetypes, Sam Vimes, and Gutenberg to Watergate.
Podlink: pod.link/1645420990
YouTube: youtu.be/jOhJa970TdI
We’re recording our next episode, #Pratchat87, in a couple of days! We’ll be discussing the 2011 board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, designed by Martin Wallace! Send your questions in now.
(Ben’s been too busy to set up a photo, so here’s the BGG page!)
(Ben’s been too busy to set up a photo, so here’s the BGG page!)
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
Control the comic fantasy city peopled by iconic characters menaced by wizard magic.
boardgamegeek.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We’re recording our next episode, #Pratchat87, in a couple of days! We’ll be discussing the 2011 board game Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, designed by Martin Wallace! Send your questions in now.
(Ben’s been too busy to set up a photo, so here’s the BGG page!)
(Ben’s been too busy to set up a photo, so here’s the BGG page!)
Liz, Ben and guest Pratchett scholar Freyja Stokes head downriver to the Shires for an adventure featuring Vimeses, goblins, murderers, double meanings...and one Wonderful Fanny. Join us as we discuss #TerryPratchett’s last Watch-focused #Discworld novel, 2011’s Snuff. #Pratchat86
#Pratchat86 – Of the Watch the Last
Liz and Ben are joined by Pratchett academic and cosplayer Freyja Stokes as they head out to the Discworld countryside for a bit of peace, quiet and definitely no murders, in Terry Pratchett’s final City Watch book, 2011’s Snuff. Sam Vimes is facing his ultimate ordeal: a holiday. But no sooner has he made a mess of meeting the staff at Crundles, the Ramkin country estate, than he smells something rotten in the Shires.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Liz, Ben and guest Pratchett scholar Freyja Stokes head downriver to the Shires for an adventure featuring Vimeses, goblins, murderers, double meanings...and one Wonderful Fanny. Join us as we discuss #TerryPratchett’s last Watch-focused #Discworld novel, 2011’s Snuff. #Pratchat86