Unseen Academicals: A Discworld and Terry Pratchett Podcast

Josh gives his thoughts on the new animated film adaptation of The Amazing Maurice (2022/23).

Josh is back on dry land, counting down the best books he read in 2022.

Live from Josh's bathtub, it's a countdown of the worst books he read for the first time in 2022!

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Josh is back to talk some more about Hogfather (1996) and its connections to Christmas traditions, covering the history of the Tooth Fairy and Hogswatch, the relationship between Father Christmas and Father Time, and the relationship between Christmas and the modern fantasy tradition, paying particular attention to works by Charles Dickens, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, as well as films like The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Miracle on 34th Street (1947).

Dr Nadav Prawer joins Josh for the first part on 1996's Hogfather, examining Susan's character development, her contrasts to Teatime, the nature of justice, the power of belief, falling angels, rising apes, Kierkegaardian existentialism, lies to children and the possible psychological (and legal!) ramifications of believing in the tooth fairy.*

*All jingling bell sounds in the background are indicative of cats, not the encroachment of any Verruca Gnomes. I hope... 

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Part three of our exploration of Soul Music (1994), examining Susan's side of the story and her engagement with heroic palimpsests, heroes' journeys, the "Sensible Susan" archetype, orphans, inheritance, education, Romanticism, quantum literature and more!

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Josh shares some initial thoughts about Rob Wilkins' official biography, Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes (2022).

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Yes, it's Part 3, not 2. I explain why in the intro.Unlock the full episode at patreon.com/unseenacademicals 

Josh ranks C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia Books from worst to least terrible.