Disc World Cup

Thanx 4 The Fish

Well since there is bugger all else good going on in the world it is great that we can escape into the discworld whenever the mood takes us.

This is the list of books to date and I am gonna run a world cup type comp to see who is the boardsie fans favourite discworld novel.

So the competitors are.....

1983 The Colour of Magic
The first Discworld novel features Rincewind, TwoFlower and the Luggage. If you own a first edition, you might expect to sell it for 500 UK pounds.

1986 The Light Fantastic
Follows on directly from TCOM. Terry's ideas of the Discworld were not fully matured at this stage, so the first two novels have a slightly different flavour to them.

1987 Equal Rites
The series had started to take off when Equal Rites was published. Terry introduced us to Granny Weatherwax and Esk, the first female wizard. Esk has not been mentioned in any subsequent book.

1987 Mort
Death had become a popular figure in the early novels and in Mort he developed real character.

1988 Sourcery
The wizards return in a story about a Sourcerer - a wizard with limitless power.

1988 Wyrd Sisters
Granny is back and is joined by fellow witches Magrat and Nanny Ogg. Who is the rightful heir to the Lancre crown? This novel was serialised by Radio 4 in 1995.

1989 Pyramids
One of those unusual Discworld novels without a sequel, Pyramids is set in the desert regions of Djelibeybi. The oustanding feature of this book is the description of the assassins' final examination which parodies the UK's driving test and is one of the best passages that Terry has written.

1989 Guards! Guards!
Introducing the city watch and Corporal Carrot in a battle against a dragon that has taken over Ankh-Morpork. Another novel to be serialised by Radio 4 back in 1991. Large elements of the story were also used in the Discworld game.

1990 Eric
What happened to Rincewind after Sourcery banished him to the Dungeon Dimensions. This book was originally published with illustrations by Josh Kirby and is much shorter than the other DW novels.

1990 Good Omens
Terry co-wrote this with Neil Gaiman and it has a flavour of both authors. Heaven and Hell prepare for the final battle, but a mix up at the birth of the anti-Christ has strange results.

1990 Moving Pictures
Ankh-Morpork gets movie fever and CMOT Dibbler gets his biggest role yet. Unfortunately, the creatures from the Dungeon Dimensions are at it again. A noteable book because Gaspode the Wonder Dog makes his first appearance.

1991 Reaper Man
Death goes awol in the sequel to Mort. One of the most popular in the Discworld series.

1991 Witches Abroad
The witches in foreign parts in a battle against Grannies evil sister.

1992 Lords and Ladies
A classic witches novel in a parody of A Midsummer's Night Dream. Magrat and Verence make wedding preparations, but evil is afoot.

1992 Small Gods
A tale of religion in the Discworld's desert regions. Brutha finds god - in the cabbage patch.

1993 Johnny and the Dead
This second Johnny Maxwell book was made into a TV series by LWT. The local graveyard is to be sold as a building site, and its inhabitants are none too happy.

1993 Men At Arms
Following on from Guards! Guards! this novel is the Discworld equivalent of a crime novel.

1994 Soul Music
Death is missing again, and a new craze has gripped Ankh Morpork.

1994 Interesting Times
Rincewind and TwoFlower in a reunion on the Counterweight Continent. It's interesting to see Terry handle characters he hasn't mentioned since The Light Fantastic.

1995 Maskerade
A witches novel based around the Opera House in Ankh Morpork. Fans of Phantom of the Opera will particularly like this one.

1996 Feet of Clay
After Men At Arms, another crime novel. Someone is poisoning the Patrician, but who? And how?

1996 Hogfather
It was the night before Hogswatch... but the Hogfather is missing. HO, HO, HO. A terrible crime is planned against the children of the Discworld to get rid of the Hogfather. And an excess of 'belief' slopping around causes some very strange results.

1997 Jingo
Ankh Morpork is at war with Klatch. This is another Watch book very much in the style of Feet of Clay. Tensions mount over a territorial dispute and ugly racism rears its head.

1998 The Last Continent
Rincewind finds himself in the inhospitable terrain of XXXX where every plant and animal is out to kill him. Back at Unseen University, the Librarian is ill and the Library is running amok. To cure the Librarian, the wizards need to know his real name, and the only person who knows that is busy falling into waterholes in XXXX!

1998 Carpe Jugulum
The Witches face their toughest adversaries yet - the Vampyres! A dark and sinister novel at times which really brings into question Granny's future in Lancre. The villains are beautiful but terrifying! Some excellent incidental characters litter the plot with a hilarious reprise for HodgesAaargh!

1999 The Fifth Elephant
The Patrician sends a diplomatic party to Uberwalde for the coronation ceremony of a new chief dwarf with Vimes at their head. Sir Samuel discovers the world of diplomacy a struggle as he meets a Vampyre who is 'on the wagon' and Angua's family of Werewolf miscreants.

2000 The Truth
Ankh Morpork has its first newspaper and headline news is that The Patrician has been framed for attempted murder.

2001 Thief of Time
The grey Auditors are meddling with the Discworld again as Time itself stands threatened. Susan is once more plucked from her semi-normal existence to help where DEATH can't.

2001 The Last Hero
Cohen the Barbarian decides to take his revenge out on the Gods - lavishly illustrated by Paul Kidby.

2001 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Ostensibly a Discworld novel for the younger readers, this story twists the old pied piper myth in a satisfying way.

GuanYin

Jeebus! Where is Nightwatch?

Its like having World Cup without Brazil!!!!

ozt9vdujny3srf

Aye, nightwatch is one of the best ones ever, but it couldn't have happened before guards guards :P

Thanx 4 The Fish

Ooooh, that's odd, took this list from the official website....

Well Slap that in there too, is there any more missing ??

How should it be run ? League type or just a straight knock out ?

WhiteWashMan

i think there are about 30 books, so if oyu add the johnny and the dead series and the truckers series, or the abysmal strata/darkside books, you could have 32.
which is perfect for a play off against each other.
syick em in a big hat and pluk em out like wimbledon.
although id say the seeded books would have to be the watch books. most people like them the best.
although i have to admit to being partial to bad omens and the rincewind books

actually, i dont think there are any of his books i didnt like (apart fromthe crap sci fi efforts) but i would leave the witches ones out if i were to collate a desert island diskworld book selection.

oh, dont forget the maps as well. have the discworld map aorund somehwhere.

god bless josh kirby, the man who brought the images to life.

Dustaz

Theres the science of discworld books as well. I quite liked them.

dahamsta

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
i would leave the witches ones out if i were to collate a desert island diskworld book selection.

Ye gods! A discworld collection without Nanny Ogg would be like, like, jelly without icecream! Eww!

adam

Thanx 4 The Fish

Add Nightwatch and The Wee Free Men, which is due for release soon, then we have the 30 so 2 Books get a bye into the second round. Since The Wee Free Men will not be released until May/June, perhaps we should put it lower down in the comp to give all a chance to read it.

Anyway, the draw looks as follows....
(Using the Highly Scientific ROUND((RAND() *29),0) function)

Firstly the two byes are

Feet of Clay
Guards! Guards!

One of these on the left hand side of the draw and one on the right (Rand will decide).

Left side first....

The Light Fantastic
The Last Hero

Thief of Time
Wyrd Sisters

The Fifth Elephant
Hogfather

Equal Rites
The Truth

Moving Pictures
Pyramids

Maskerade
Eric

Feet of Clay

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The Colour of Magic
The Last Continent


And Then the right hand side

Men At Arms
Night Watch

Guards! Guards!

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Mort
Carpe Jugulum

Soul Music
Interesting Times

Jingo
Small Gods

Reaper Man
Witches Abroad

Sourcery
Lords and Ladies

Wee Free Men
The Amazing Maurice

Thanx 4 The Fish

The Disc World Cup Finals Draw ---

Now should it be run as a day or two for everybody to vote on each tie in a poll or just have everyone submit a filled in draw sheet ?

I think we should do it as a poll every couple of days, would lend to a bit of excitement (OOOOOoooooh). No screwing with the polls moderator

And anybody who wants to submit their completed draw sheets before the comp can enter for a copy of Nightwatch.

Scoring will be a point per correct result at each stage Judges decision is final blah blah blah...

Anyway how does that sound ???

ozt9vdujny3srf

I lke the poll idea so I thinks i will start a thread for the compertiotion, and edit the poll every day to change teh contestants

Mark

I visit this board every day and every day I intend to post that I think tis a fabticular idea.

So.

Sexual idea tbh.