# Discworld is addictive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858 "2008-03-02T17:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/1 "2008-03-02T17:05:49Z")
I’d seen the threads, but until two Christmases ago when **Shayna** and **Spiny Norman** gave me _Reaper Man_ and _Witches Abroad_ the only Terry Pratchett I’d read was _Good Omens_ back in the '90s. Now I’ve read them all (except the YA books) through _Thud_, which I read Friday. I’m waiting for _Making Money_ to come out in mass-market paperback (next September). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/2 "2008-03-02T17:25:06Z")
Told ya so! The Tiffany Aching books aren’t bad, either. Now you’ve got to start collecting them in hardback, or hardback First Editions, or hardback, First Edition, British, Signed… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/3 "2008-03-02T17:55:25Z")
Don’t forget the Science of Discworld books! And the Art of Discworld book! And the Mapps of Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, and Death’s Domain! And don’t forget the Johnny Maxwell trilogy, the Bromeliad Trilogy, The Carpet People, that proto-discworld book; Strata, and that other one, something Side of the Sun. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/4 "2008-03-03T12:14:10Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Don’t forget the Science of Discworld books! And the Art of Discworld book! And the Mapps of Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, and Death’s Domain! And don’t forget the Johnny Maxwell trilogy, the Bromeliad Trilogy, The Carpet People, that proto-discworld book; Strata, and that other one, something Side of the Sun. [/QUOTE] Never mind reading about it ,I’ve read and re read everything DW many,many times,now I want to live there. I would,given the choice be an Assassin trained special envoy for Lord Vetinarri with a holiday home in Uberwald. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/5 "2008-03-03T13:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] Don’t forget the Science of Discworld books! And the Art of Discworld book! And the Mapps of Ankh-Morpork, Lancre, and Death’s Domain! And don’t forget the Johnny Maxwell trilogy, the Bromeliad Trilogy, The Carpet People, that proto-discworld book; Strata, and that other one, something Side of the Sun. [/QUOTE] And play the video games, watch the animated episodes, and the recent live action mini-series (another is on its way), play the CD, and collect the figurines, the stamps, the calendars, the diaries, and the large format illustrated edition of _Eric_. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/6 "2008-03-03T13:46:00Z")
Just thought of this: How are the years reckoned on Discworld? They talk about The Year Of The Fruitbat, but then they have a reference to something that happened in 1806. It seems I read an explanation in one of the books, but I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/7 "2008-03-03T13:49:36Z")
Does [this](http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Discworld_calendar) help? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/8 "2008-03-03T18:36:31Z")
We are now in “The Year of the Three Roses,” having just left “The Year of the Signifying Frog.” ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/9 "2008-03-03T19:52:26Z")
And I believe it was the Century of the Fruitbat, not the year of. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-is-addictive/439858/10 "2008-03-03T20:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Just thought of this: How are the years reckoned on Discworld? They talk about The Year Of The Fruitbat, but then they have a reference to something that happened in 1806. It seems I read an explanation in one of the books, but I don’t remember. [/QUOTE] The Disc calendar is based on the founding of Unseen University in 1UC, which was also the year 1282AM, reckoned from the founding of the city of Ankh-Morpork. The events of **The Colour of Magic** occur in 1964UC.