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*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld. | *[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld. | ||
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Revision as of 11:42, 18 December 2012
External links
- The L-Space Web - Everything about Discworld (including this Wiki.)
Newsgroups
- alt.fan.pratchett - opens alt.fan.pratchett in your default mail client
- alt.fan.pratchett.announce
- alt.fan.pratchett.announce on Google Groups
- alt.books.pratchett
- alt.books.pratchett on Google Groups
- de.alt.fan.pratchett - German fan newsgroup
- de.alt.fan.pratchett on Google Groups
Publishers' Websites
- Terry Pratchett - Bibliography, forums and features from Verlagsgruppe Random House / Doubleday / etc.
- Terry Pratchett Books - A very active forum with members from around the world. Main page also includes current news and information about the books and Terry Pratchett. (HarperCollins)
Blogs and Discussion
- Planet afp - A collection of afpers' weblogs.
- Terry Pratchett Quotes - A collection of quotations from Pratchett's novels and stories.
- Discworld Monthly - A free monthly newsletter about the Discworld.
- The Good Omens Lexicon - a fan site dedicated to this one book, and worth visiting
National Sites
- Ankh-Morpork.de - The German Terry Pratchett Fan Club
- www.discworld.cz - The biggest Czech web page about Discworld
- DWCon -UK Discworld Convention (1996, 1998, 2002, 2010)
- Nullus Anxietas - The Australian Discworld Convention (2007, 2009)
- Dicscworld-Convention.de - The German Discworld Convention (2007, 2009, 2011)
- Cabbagecon - Dutch Discworld Convention
- NADWCON - The official site for the first North American Discworld Convention coming in September 2009
- discworld.pl - The biggest Polish Pratchett&Discworld website
- Vade Mecum - a very good French-language site for Francophonic fans of Terry Pratchett
- La Concha de Gran'A'Tuin - A Pratchett fan site in Spanish
- pratchett.org - a very good Russian-language site for CIS fans of sir Terry
Peripherals
- Paul Kidby's homepage - Discworld art and news.
- Discworld MUD - A text MMO game started in 1991, based heavily on Pratchett's work.
- Discworld & Pratchett Paraphernalia, a wealth of illustrations by Tealin.
- Micro Art Studio - A Polish miniature manufacturer - A company making miniatures for RPGs and collecting with a discworld range.
- The "Match It for Pratchett" program where you can donate to the Alzheimers Research fund in honor of Terry Pratchett. Terry donated 500,000GBP! If all his fans donate 1GBP/$2.00 (see exchange rate here) we can raise 11 million easily!
- An archive of Cheerycomic via the Wayback Machine - a good resource for Dwarves and the Watch.
Forums
- Dungeon Dimensions - A forum dedicated to Discworld. Not very active but a nice community feel.
- Discworld Extended - A new forum for Discworld chat, fan fiction, games and roleplay.
- Fantasy Book Review - Please vote Terry the best fantasy author of all time! Voting ends March 2009.
- Pratchett Fanon Wiki - A repository for all things Pratchett fanon. Feel free to use this for inspiration.
Criticism, biography, commentary
- Guilty of Literature. The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
- The Turtle Moves. Benbella Books, 2008, by American commentator on all things Pratchett, Lawrence Watt-Evans
- Terry Pratchett-The Spirit of Fantasy by Craig Cabell, John Blake Publishing, 2011. (£17.99 UK). An entertaining and well-written book about Terry, part unauthorised biography, part literary criticism. Rumour has it this book has landed in remaindered bins at less than a fiver, a fate something as good as this does not deserve. (But see Amazon "customer reviews" for some violent disagreement.)
See also:
- Fan fiction
- TV tropes - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld.
Now introducing:
- This article is a stub. One can help Discworld & Terry Pratchett Wiki by expanding it.