# What Should The Next Discworld be about? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214 "2005-02-15T16:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/41 "2005-02-16T01:59:39Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] His next book is called “Thud!”. The Discworld fans recently created a Discworld game, I think it’s a sport of some kind, called “Thud!” which was invented long before this upcoming book was known about. My guess is that “Thud!” may indeed be about sports. [/quote No Sports! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/42 "2005-02-16T02:03:50Z")
I’m so freakin’ anti-sports I screwed up my coding. Apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71c47a/32.png) [@Torgo\_ate\_my\_hamster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo_ate_my_hamster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/43 "2005-02-16T02:21:49Z")
I don’t think a book about Thud could be considered a sports book since Thud is a board game, similar to chess. It is played by two players, one in control of trolls and the other controls dwarves. The game is supposed to be a re-enactment of the infamous battle of the Koom Valley, known as the only battle in history, where both sides ambushed each other. [Page with the images of the game](http://www.thudgame.com/) And here’s another vote for the Watch or UU book, although the latter one is coming in the form of The Science of Discworld 3. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/44 "2005-02-16T03:20:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I tell a lie, there is mention of Small Gods. In what has to be totally the wrong place. > > It should be at least a hundred or more years before the main novel timeline. I agree. But the dating of _Small Gods_ is one of the big controversies in the world of extreme Discworld geekery. It’s probably one of those _Thief of Time_ things. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/45 "2005-02-16T03:47:28Z")
Oh, I so hope Pterry lurks in this forum! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/46 "2005-02-16T07:05:14Z")
I’m pretty sure **Thud!** will be about the ancient troll/dwarf racial rivalry, and doesn’t have anything to do with sports. I also suspect Vimes will get mixed in with it, since odds are things will come to a boil in Ankh-Morpork. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/47 "2005-02-16T08:40:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Personally I want to see what happened to Eskarina Smith, who if we judge by Susan’s aging (and I’m not sure if we should, as she and Time don’t seem to travel in the same circles), should be around 25 years old now, and I wonder if maybe she’s caught the eye of one Ponder Stibbons… Yeah, but Stibbons is a wizard – they’re almost as bad as physicists when it comes to interacting with women. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/48 "2005-02-16T10:41:48Z")
Wasn’t there a heavy hint at the end of **Going Postal** that he’s going to be doing something about Ankh-Morpork getting proper currency? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/49 "2005-02-16T10:45:07Z")
Yes there was, and judging from the hint Gilt would feature heavily in it ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/50 "2005-02-16T12:53:18Z")
On the contrary! Gilt doesn’t believe in angels. The hint was pretty strong that he ran,a nd fell into the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/51 "2005-02-16T13:19:34Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Not exactly. The cow had kicked the pregnant mother and Granny played for the right to choose whether the mother or the baby lived. She also probably saved the cow by telling Nanny to make sure that the father didn’t kill it. Granny’s tough. . No, you’re getting two episodes confused. In one she plays cards (\*) to get Death to take the cow, and in the one you cite she asks Death which one is going to die, and he informs her that her choice makes a difference. So she chooses, and Death does his job and clears off without being so crass as to make another sound. (\* I’m not sure if it is CMO on this occasion. It sounds like poker, insofar as she deals herself four Aces and Death four Queens, but he insists on changing hands, blind, and then announces that she wins: “ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES”.) /geek ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/52 "2005-02-16T14:09:10Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > (deep breath) > > No Sports! > … > No Sports! Sports, sports, sports, sports, Sports, sports, sports, sports, Lovely SPORTS wonderful SPORTS!!! Look, what if it’s a book that has just sports, witches, guards, and sports? That’s not much sports! ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/53 "2005-02-16T15:34:37Z")
:smack: :smack: :smack: I knew that. I only finished re-reading _Going Postal_ on Saturday. :o ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/54 "2005-02-16T15:36:13Z")
That was to **Anamika** by the way. Oh and, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, no sports, NO SPORTS! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/55 "2005-02-16T15:53:57Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Sports, sports, sports, sports, > Sports, sports, sports, sports, > Lovely SPORTS wonderful SPORTS!!! > > Look, what if it’s a book that has just sports, witches, guards, and sports? That’s not much sports! No Sports! Sports are Stupid! No witches, either, but I can tolerate that better than bloody Sports! ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/56 "2005-02-16T16:15:47Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > No, you’re getting two episodes confused. In one she plays cards (\*) to get Death to take the cow, and in the one you cite she asks Death which one is going to die, and he informs her that her choice makes a difference. So she chooses, and Death does his job and clears off without being so crass as to make another sound. > > (\* I’m not sure if it is CMO on this occasion. It sounds like poker, insofar as she deals herself four Aces and Death four Queens, but he insists on changing hands, blind, and then announces that she wins: “ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES”.) > > /geek Yeah, bells started ringing as soon as I posted. The dead cow one was in a considerably earlier book, though, wasn’t it? I remember reading the one I posted about in a fairly recent book, like _Carpe Jugulum_. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2005, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/57 "2005-02-16T16:19:47Z")
But what if Vimes makes sport with someone? Or Nanny sports a new hat? Witches _and_ sports! Agnes goes to the Disc Cup! CMOT Dibbler invents a way of getting up-to-the-minute race results before the other bookies, and makes a mint selling the service to the punters in Ankh-Moorpork. He sends the results by carrier pigeon. Calls the service something like Early Sports Pigeon News. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/58 "2005-02-16T16:22:05Z")
I think a sports one based on a Cricket Ashes battle between Ankh Morpork and four ecks would have milage in it. I also think one loosely based on America would have some possibilities, there’s certainly plenty of material. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/59 "2005-02-16T16:30:47Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > I think a sports one based on a Cricket Ashes battle between Ankh Morpork and four ecks would have milage in it. > > I also think one loosely based on America would have some possibilities, there’s certainly plenty of material. Do I sound like a broken record yet?? 😃 No Sports! Sports are everywhere. Bleh. I’d rather hear more about the fascination that is British culture. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214/60 "2005-02-16T16:36:27Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Do I sound like a broken record yet?? 😃 > > No Sports! > > Sports are everywhere. Bleh. I’d rather hear more about the fascination that is British culture. Then you need to understand Cricket. Especially Ashes cricket. We’re doing it again this summer and we’re all agog (well those of us who stand up for a pee are - the other halves are totally baffled as usual “what’s a googlie” “Why are they called maidens?” “whats silly about silly mid-off”? and so on. Still, just so long as they make the cucumber sarnies and tea - we’re happy ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-the-next-discworld-be-about/290214.md?page=4)