Pratchat - a Terry Pratchett and Discworld book club
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Discus Ex Machina (Strata)
We engage the matrix drive and set course for the Discworld that might have been, as EJ Mannjoins us to discuss Terry Pratchetts first attempt at writing a flat Earth, 1981s Strata. 200-year-old
Long Fall Sally (The Long Utopia)
We travel from Victorian London to the ends of an Earth as Deanne Sheldon-Collinsreturns to the podcast to face the consequences of three books' worth of bad decisions in the fourth Terry Pratchett a
The Long Footnote (recap of The Long Earth, The Long War and The Long Mars)
Our July episode about The Long Utopia, fourth of the Long Earth series, is going to be late! To tide you over for the next week or so, heres a long footnote of a bonus episode presenting a quick rec
We’re on a Road to Elsewhere (Pratchett news and Discworld Convention interview)
We had very little wriggle room this month, so when we couldn't record at the scheduled time, we had to postpone our episode about Strata. To make sure youre not left hanging, Ben has conjured up thi
Eeek Club 2023 (subscriber questions)
It's a third instalment of the Pratchat Eeek Club! Each year, on the Glorious 25th of May, we release a bonus episode discussing Terry Pratchett-related topics selected by our "Eeek" tier subscribers.
The Three-Elf Problem (The Witches board game)
This month we welcome back the very game Steve Lamattina as we put on our witchs hats, grab our brooms and head out into Lancre to solve problems in Martin Wallace's The Witches, the fourth official
Ol’ No Eyes Is Back (I Shall Wear Midnight)
Returning guest, author Amie Kaufman heads back to the Chalk with Liz and Ben to face the rough music in a bumper-size discussion of the penultimate Tiffany Aching book, 2010's I Shall Wear Midnight.
Let There Be Gaimans (A Slip of the Keyboard)
Liz and Ben are joined by writer and publisher Peter M Ball for Pratchats first foray into Pratchetts nonfiction! We discuss fandom, genre, Sharknado, figgins and even fit in six pieces from A Scri
GNOME Terry Pratchett (Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor)
This month, Ben flies solo with guest Andy Matthews as they reach back into Pratchetts earliest fiction to discuss Beatrix Potter, writing practice, The Matrix...oh, and Terry's 1973 short story for
Decline by Committee (A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices)
In this final fourth part of our Thud! trilogy, Liz and Ben are rejoined by designer and educator Matt Roden. As we wait for the biscuits to arrive, we turn our attention to this months agenda items: