Greetings and salutations, Diskettes! (Yes, we finally have a proper name for all you fans! Thank goodness, frankly.) On this, our newest episode of DISC COVERERS, we're covering LORDS AND LADIES, Sir Terry's fourteenth Discworld book and a bit of a thematic outlier-- scrape off its thin topcoat of comedy, and there's a legitimately creepy horror novel underneath. Plus: More tactical witchcraft action! Casanunda comes back, for very little reason! The wizards are here, also for very little reason! And Magrat finally stops being a wet hen and starts being a girlboss. You GO, girl! We also get hornier than anyone on a Discworld podcast probably should be in this episode, so get ready for THAT.

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MUSICAL ARTIST MARINA'S NEW ALBUM "ANCIENT DREAMS IN A MODERN LAND": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mRmG6X6lUCRbjNkg8KqMinZ7rSHaAzKc8

THE ANIME "REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrrh84y760v-hDEulas0Tp_wiQy0FcjLl

THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "FLUID": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid

THE EARLY ACCESS PEGGLE ROGUELIKE VIDEO GAME "PEGLIN": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/

May the Disc be with you (and also with you)! This episode, DISC COVERERS discusses SMALL GODS, an incisive critique on theocratic corruption and the ephemeral nature of the divine, as well as just a really well put together book. It has a beginning, a middle AND an end! Sir Terry wasn't phoning it in with this one! We also discuss our various traumatic experiences with Christianity, some alternative concepts of Heaven, and what it'd be like if birds had big swinging dicks and balls. This episode might have the most discussion of Real Shit out of any we've recorded so far... but hey, mmmmmaybe you're into that???

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BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

ONLINE CERAMICS, A VERY STRANGE STREET FASHION LABEL: https://online-ceramics.com/

THE "RISK OF RAIN 2" DLC EXPANSION "SURVIVORS OF THE VOID": https://store.steampowered.com/app/1607890/Risk_of_Rain_2_Survivors_of_the_Void/

THE TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "MY DRESS-UP DARLING": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oveGY6h6T8

THE TRAILER FOR THE "REVUE STARLIGHT" MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC_oEO_bu80

THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE FOR "BED": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed

Pack your bags and don't forget your toothbrush, Disc-heads! In this episode, DISC COVERERS tackles the twelfth Discworld novel, WITCHES ABROAD! While any time spent with Granny, Nanny and Magrat is a treat, we ultimately had a lot of mixed feelings about this book and its seemingly well-meaning but misguided portrayal of a real, actual religion. However, we also get snake women, Catboy Greebo and Pansexual Ethical Slut Nanny Ogg in this book as well, so it's not ALL bad. Give your broomstick a running start and let's get going!

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JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

THE GUARDIAN ARTICLE ABOUT VIMES BOOT THEORY BEING A REAL THING NOW: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/26/terry-pratchett-jack-monroe-vimes-boots-poverty-index

THE OTHER ARTICLE ABOUT THE ORANGUTAN NAMED AFTER THE LIBRARIAN: https://apnews.com/article/prague-zoo-orangutan-name-pustakawan-83f2e73d323bb948a8922c5843d56432

TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "MUTEKING THE DANCING HERO": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjgF_xn48Y

THE WIKIPEDIA ENTRY FOR "HOT DRINKS": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink#Hot_drinks

OPENRCT2, A DOWNLOADABLE MULTIPLAYER ADD-ON FOR ROLLER COASTER TYCOON 2: https://openrct2.org/downloads

TRAILER FOR THE ANIME "RANKING OF KINGS": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1ahorojPg

Fun trivia factoid! Did you know Sir Terry P wrote books.... other than Discworld novels? It's true! Join us on our first ever DISC COVERERS BONUS EPISODE, as regular host June and special guests Zoe and ▓▓▓▓ dive into JOHNNY AND THE DEAD, Pratchett's post-Thatcher critique of economic austerity measures (for kids!) that's set in real, actual England! In OUR world! Wild! We'll also be re-examining REAPER MAN through an anti-capitalist lens, so if you just finished listening to that episode (or even if you didn't!), consider this episode a graAaAaAave companion. Because they're both about death in some way! Get it? 

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ZOE: http://patreon.com/stormingtheivorytower

▓▓▓▓: Friend of the show. You don't contact them, they contact you. 

Ask not for whom the bell tolls... it tolls for DISC COVERERS! This week, we're dead excited to discuss the eleventh Discworld book in the series, REAPER MAN-- a title about everyone's favorite bone daddy Death getting fired from his eternal supervisor position, and making a new life for himself afterwards. Also: FLESH MALL. Can an entity who exists outside of the normal flow of time grow to appreciate the terrible, fleeting beauty of mortality? Is Windle Poons the Discworld's first trans protagonist? Have shopping malls ever NOT been unsettling on some base level? Join us around the bonfire for one last waltz as we celebrate this truly exceptional entry into our ranking list.

(It's not ACTUALLY our last waltz, though. We've still got thirty books to go!)

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BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

THE VIDEO GAME "INSCRYPTION": https://www.inscryption.com/

"WE WERE HIT BY A HORSE TRUCK AND GOT ISEKAI'D INTO EQUESTRIA?", GRACE'S MLP REWATCH PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/horseisekai

THE PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY VIDEO GAME TRILOGY: https://store.steampowered.com/app/787480/phoenix_wright_ace_attorney_trilogy

I WON'T LINK PARU ITAGAKI'S NEW COMIC "SANDA" BECAUSE IT'S NOT OFFICIALLY OUT YET IN ENGLISH AND I'M NOT GOING TO PROMOTE SCANS ON HERE. But when it gets localized? You gotta read that shit. It's nuts, I promise.

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DISCOVER US ONLINE: @Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

GRACE LOVELACE: http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY: http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

"THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THE DEER", A GAME BY PIP D.: https://gooeypip.itch.io/the-funny-thing-about-the-deer

"WE WERE HIT BY A HORSE TRUCK AND GOT ISEKAI'D INTO EQUESTRIA?", GRACE'S NEW MLP REWATCH PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/horseisekai

THE TRAILER FOR "NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1VrDnrwJdI

ON THIS EPISODE OF DISC COVERERS: Know what's more impressive than summoning demons? Summoning the patience for a whole hour's worth of discussion about the worst Discworld book we've read so far, ERIC (or, more accurately, "(strike)FAUST(/strike) ERIC")! Why does this book feel like a dumping ground for a series of limp, cynical bureaucracy gags? Why's Rincewind being such a weird, pissy little jerk to this teenage boy? Did Sir Terry just have a REALLY awful experience at a Best Western once? These questions are... vaguely addressed in this episode. Also we talk about a LOT of other stuff to avoid talking about this book. Whoops!

OUR CURRENT RANKING:
1. Guards! Guards!
2. Mort
3. Wyrd Sisters
4. Equal Rites
5. Pyramids
6. Sourcery
7. The Light Fantastic
8. The Colour Of Magic
9. Eric

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BALINA MAHIGAN: @wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY: http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

WATCH ROBIN & THE DREAMWEAVERS HERE, INSTEAD OF READING THIS BOOK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqvg77IFtNo

BUY THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR HERE, INSTEAD OF READING THIS BOOK: https://bookshop.org/books/this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war/9781534430990

BUY PSYCHONAUTS 2 HERE, INSTEAD OF READING THIS BOOK: https://bookshop.org/books/this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war/9781534430990

GO OUTSIDE, INSTEAD OF READING THIS BOOK: There's no link for this one. Just go outside. Unless you're already there, in which case: congratulations!

Right, what's all this then? It's a new episode covering the eighth Discworld novel and the first in its beloved Watch series of stories, GUARDS! GUARDS! Is this the most anti-monarchist Discworld book we've read yet? Do the Watch really count as cops, despite technically being police officers? Are the four hosts of this show too hoplelessly lesbian to view Lady Sybil Ramkin with an objective critical eye? (Yes. God, yes.) Buckle your protectives, folks-- there's a lot going on in this one. 

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http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

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Hey buddy, wanna buy a scenic river kingdom with over 7,000 years of history? In this episode, we slather on the sunscreen and wander out into the seventh book in the Discworld series, PYRAMIDS! Are there better book ideas secreted away inside this book? Does the fictional Kingdom of Djelibeybi actually bear anything deeper than the most superficial resemblance to ancient Egypt? Are we bad people for finding a pantheon sexy, or did Sir Terry goof up by not making his pantheon sexy enough? And can we just give the whole razor blade thing a rest already? We discuss all these topics... and MORE.

OUR CURRENT RANKING:

1. Mort

2. Wyrd Sisters

3. Equal Rites

4. Pyramids

5. Sourcery

6. The Light Fantastic

7. The Colour Of Magic

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@Discpod on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon / [email protected] on email

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http://princess.software / @bestgirlgrace on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

JUNIPER THEORY:

http://twitch.tv/junipertheory / @junipertheory on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

BALINA MAHIGAN:

@wolfcau on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

IRIS JAY:

http://irisjay.net / @irisjaycomics on Twitter / @[email protected] on Mastodon

By the pricking of my thumbs... something Discworld this way comes! This month we're covering WYRD SISTERS, book that was released the same year as Sourcery and yet stands on its own as a far funnier, more pleasantly competent read. Hop on your souped-up broomstick and join us as we discuss Sir Terry's discovery of character chemistry, whether the Duchess was a girlboss, what the hell "nuncle" means, and which Shakespeare play this book is supposed to be a parody of. (Kiiiiind of Macbeth? But also kind of Hamlet. It's complicated.) Plus: Greebo!