Tales from the Drum

Tiffany Aching’s first name means “Land Under Wave” in the old tongue, and the Chalk was indeed once under the sea. In fact, it’s the uncounted billions of tiny sea creatures whose remains comprise the chalk that gives the region its name.

Today’s Pratchips takes a three-minute look at this unique area of the Disc.

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Along with stealin’ and drinkin’ and fightin’, Rob has to do the explainin’ to his wife, the kelda, and the clan’s big wee hag, Tiffany Aching/ 

Rob Anybody has a stout heart, a hard head, and he is absolutely fearless (except when it comes to lawyers, and women doing the Foldin’ of the Arms, the Pursin’ of the Lips, and O waily waily! The tappin’ of the Feet. 

Today we take a three-minute peek at the Big Man of the Chalk Hill Clan, a feegle with, as you can see, numerous grave responsibilities. 

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Wee Free Men is our Pratchips book of the week. Come along for a three-minute look at Discworld novel #30. 

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Today the “thing” we consider is the imp, that small, low-power demon used in iconographs and moving picture boxes, as well as the personal organizer called the Dis-organizer. Only on the Disc. 

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Far Genua, all the way across the continent from Anhk-Morpork, yet ancient enemies the two. Hmmmm…

Anyway, Granny Weatherwax visits there once. And nobody will ever forget that.

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Cheery’s an amazing character. A dwarf who dislikes quaffing, a failed alchemist, the Watch’s first self-avowed female Dwarf. Ankh-Morpork’s first self-avowed female dwarf, for that matter. Plus she’s a bad ass. 

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Jingo, #21 in the Discworld series, is our subject for today. 

The Patrician recruits Leonard of Quirm, Fred Colon and Nobby Nobbs to help him stop a war. In a submarine. What else could you want? (Oh, the Patrician demonstrates jaw-dropping juggling skills, even though he’s never juggled before. Ever.

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Remember that we have two contests going on: The Portal Poetry Contest, and the Name That Show Contest. Deadline for entries for each contest is NEXT FRIDAY, August 20th.

        The Poetry Contest is your chance to get creative, and to maybe win a custom episode of the Portal just for you. Send you poems to me at [email protected], and I will read them on the show (unless you’d rather I didn’t). I’ll also select three winners from among the entries, and those three winners will each receive their own custom episode. You aren’t limited to one poem—send is as many as you’d like. 

        The Name the Show Contest also has a deadline of September 20th, and as with the Haiku Contest you can send in as many name suggestions as you want. My decision as to the winner will be final, and alas! the winner will have to sign a legal thingie transferring rights to the name to Medieval Gnome Productions.

        The goal is simple: to come up with a new name for the show which is more likely to attract Terry Pratchett/Discworld fans and readers. The name does not have to include the word portal. Check the names of other Discworld-related podcasts if you need some inspiration.

        The winner of this contest will be announced on October 1st (the last episode for season 10.) The prize for this contest is a copy of the brand-new book, The Ankh-Morpork Archives. The book won’t be published until August 10th, but I have pre-ordered a copy for our lucky contest winner.

        So tell me, what should the new name for this show be? 

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The Turtle Moves

Mind How You Go

Reannuals travel back in time, so Ghlen Livid, made from the reannual called the Vul Nut, can give its drinkers a vision of the future, which is, from the nut’s point of view, the past. 

With Ghlen Livid you get a hangunder—a hangover which precedes the drinking. 

Reannuals are strange, to put it mildly. You harvest them the year before you plant them. If you forget to plant the seeds after you’ve harvested them, you may be endangering the entire fabric of causality. That would be bad. 

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The Great Outdoors is a geographic area most Discworld readers will not recognize. That’s because it’s far from Ankh-Morpork, or any other locale found in the novels. It’s a wild and unsettled area, just as the name implies.

Today you find out just enough about it to get yourself into trouble.

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