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Dining Table Discworld

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A monthly podcast where a geeky, British couple rereads & discusses the Discworld books, at their dining table. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com Available on most pod catchers also YouTube & Facebook. @davegotsu.bsky.social @ctjhill.bsky.social

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Bex is WEAK on crime @bextraordinary.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lately I've been thinking a lot about Terry Pratchett's "Reaper Man" and AI. He was so ahead of his time in so many ways - or maybe squarely in his time but so many missed the very obvious signposts of where we were heading. Gonna be spoilers in this thread for a 25-year old book.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 29/09/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay “They were men who felt that The Time Had Come. Regimes can survive barbarian hordes, crazed terrorists and hooded secret societies, but they're in real trouble when prosperous and anonymous men sit around a big table and think thoughts like that.”
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This month we're talking about the recent Discworld RPG from Modiphius, Tales of Ankh-Morpork Looking at dice, cards and the rulebooks. Due to the nature of the episode there is more background noise than usual. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Discworld RPG Review | Dining Table Discworld
We take another brief interlude to take a look at the new Adventures in Ankh-Morpork Discworld Roleplaying game from Modiphius. (Who's name I'm sure I mispronounce every time I say it!) We have a look...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Podcast update: -Discworld RPG from @modiphius.bsky.social - final edits, coming soon -Night Watch - recorded, to be edited, it'll be a long one but only a single episode One of us will start reading Wee Free Men next, depends who finishes their current book first.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Loving this Tumblr post about various Discworld characters vs Bugs Bunny. Much fun discussion of Bugs and his powers on other parts of Bluesky.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Our Amazing Maurice episode references: Wind in the Willows - including the Eleanor & Alastair Read That episode about it Urban Jungle Beatrix Potter Mrs Frisby & the Rats of NIMH Dick King Smith Enid Blyton The Nutcracker Hilda Redwall
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We're going to be taking a run up to Night Watch, as there'll be much to say. So later this month we'll have a special episode about the new Discworld Adventures in Ankh-Morpork RPG from @modiphius.bsky.social
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents The first Discworld YA book is grimmer than we expected, there's something nasty underground. We discuss various other talking animal books this one might be in conversation with. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table DIscworld - The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents | Dining Table Discworld
The Amazing Maurice (a smart cat) and his Educated Rodents (a clan of smart rats) are planning one last rat-piper con job, but the town of Bad Blintz was a bad place to pick. The smart rats are figuri...
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 07/08/2026
You know Maurice is somehow behind this.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The Last Hero Cohen the Barbarian plans to return fire to the gods, and the leadership of Ankh-Morpork develops space travel to stop him. We discuss the art of this Discworld Fable and discover the limited circumstances where Dave enjoys Rincewind. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - The Last Hero | Dining Table Discworld
Cohen the Barbarian and the Silver Horde are on a great, last quest, which endangers the Discworld, prompting Ankh-Morpork's first space mission. We discuss this illustrated book, described as a Discw...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/07/2026
the only Trojan Horse discourse I’m interested in
Trojan horse meme

Friends welcoming me in

The horse is labeled “normal conversation”

Inside is labeled “discworld”
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The Last Hero plans to return fire to the gods, and civic leaders of Ankh-Morpork send a genius, a watchman and a wizzard to stop him. We discuss this illustrated Discworld Fable and discover the (rare) situation when Dave enjoys Rincewind. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - The Last Hero | Dining Table Discworld
Cohen the Barbarian and the Silver Horde are on a great, last quest, which endangers the Discworld, prompting Ankh-Morpork's first space mission. We discuss this illustrated book, described as a Discw...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Feels like this is what we should put on the wall once we get all the Discworld books on their designated shelves
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thief of Time, a very full book which talks about time and humanity and -as ever- has a load of puns. We discuss Susan as Death's unwitting loophole, a slightly problematic portrayal of savantism, how you the book gets grim in some places. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Thief of Time | Dining Table Discworld
The universe is going to end, as soon as the glass clock strikes and it's a race against, well... Time, to either create or destroy it. We discuss how Susan is Death's unwitting loophole, and needs s...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Thief of Time In which a glass clock is someone's white whale, Susan is her grandfather's loophole and we meet the 5th Horseman who left before they were famous. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Thief of Time | Dining Table Discworld
The universe is going to end, as soon as the glass clock strikes and it's a race against, well... Time, to either create or destroy it. We discuss how Susan is Death's unwitting loophole, and needs s...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
You'll be able to listen to us discussing Ronnie very soon.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/06/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time
“But . . . you were the fifth horseman of the Apocalypse!”
“And I bet you can’t remember my name.”
Lu-Tze hesitated.
“No,” he said. “I don’t think I ever heard it.”
The fifth horseman turned around. His eyes were black. Completely black. Shiny, and black, and without any whites at all.
“My name,” said the fifth horseman, “is . . .”
“Yes?”
“My name is Ronnie.”
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Podcast update: Thief of Time - already recorded and being edited Last Hero - just recorded
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Ms Otobo @mskomeotobo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
'Terry Pratchett is a towering figure in fantasy literature – a mythmaker & a mirth-maker. His comedic novels twinkle with humour, humanity, an enduring sense of wonder & a fierce belief in justice & dignity for all. His readership was heartbroken when he died in 2015.' inews.co.uk/culture/book...
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I've read all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels - these are the 10 best
The 41 books set in the weird and sometimes wacky fantasy world are some of his best loved. Here's where new readers should start
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Our recent episode about The Truth references: -Clark Kent & the Daily Planet -Men in Black -Common People by Pulp - cos everybody hates a tourist - @effjayem.bsky.social talking about hobbies on @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social -Fraiser - when Niles finds out your true source of Maris' wealth
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/06/2026
“average discworld resident escapes death 3 times a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average discworld resident escapes death 0 times per year. Wizzard Rincewind, who lives on the run & escapes over 10,000 times each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 04/06/2026
@transworldbooks.bsky.social has donated 10,000 copies of Terry Pratchett’s Unseen Academicals to the National Literacy Trust to mark the National Year of Reading’s Go All In campaign. 👇
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Transworld donates 10k Terry Pratchett books to National Literacy Trust
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
For the late weekend crowd, The Truth. We question the Industrial Revolution category for Discworld books, discuss newspapers, printing, class and whether this could have been a Watch book. We also decide we're the phamplet of Discworld podcasts. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - The Truth | Dining Table Discworld
Join us as we discuss The Truth (the Discworld novel, not the concept). A new cast of characters, a fresh viewpoint on the Watch and the explosion of movable type and the Press in Ankh-Morpork. With d...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Join us as we discuss The Truth (the Discworld novel, not the concept). New characters, a fresh look at the Watch & the explosion of movable type in Ankh-Morpork. With digressions about printing on the Disc, class & our own thoughts about newspapers. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - The Truth | Dining Table Discworld
Join us as we discuss The Truth (the Discworld novel, not the concept). A new cast of characters, a fresh viewpoint on the Watch and the explosion of movable type and the Press in Ankh-Morpork. With d...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Hello, new followers! Nice to see you. Do consider downloading the podcast, you don't necessarily need to start from the beginning, cos it's Discworld. We don't necessarily talk about the problems of modern Britain in every episode, but it comes up a fair bit. Otherwise we mostly keep it light.
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Dr Naomi Jacobs @ladylark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Time to get out the lilac. #Glorious25th #GNUTerryPratchett
An enamel pin of a lilac coloured ribbon with a sprig of lilac. Across the top of the ribbon it says Terry Pratchett.
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Otto The Bier Dude @ottothebierdude.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Remembering the Glorious 25th wear you lilac with pride #Glorious25th #Discworld #TerryPratchett #lilac & a #hardboiledegg
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It is the #Glorious25th and I'm currently editing our episode on the 25th Discworld novel, The Truth. Coming soon to all good podcatchers. The Thief of Time episode has been recorded. One of us is reading The Last Hero.
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lilbitwytchie.bsky.social @lilbitwytchie.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Glorious 25th. How do they rise up? #GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName youtu.be/268qTtowiB0?...
An enamel pin of a purple looped ribbon, edged in gold with 'Terry Pratchett' on it in gold.

Underneath this is a silver silhouette of Terry Pratchett wearing his famous hat, above his name and the dates 1948-2015.
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The Cosy Moose @thecosymoose.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
THE GLORIOUS 25TH. Where we remember the sacrifice of John Keel and others lost at the barricades of Treacle Mine Road. Time to re-read Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, one of his finest works. I love my Penguin Modern Classics annotated edition 😍 (And Happy Towel Day too, Hitchhikers!) #Booksky 💙📚
Cover of Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch against a background of lilac blossom and a banner reading Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably Priced Love! And a hard boiled egg!
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Night Watch is the greatest argument for a long-running book series that exists. #booksky
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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 24/05/2026
In sum, skip the Atlantic on this one and read Monstrous Regiment, a great standalone Pratchett and a perfect book for right now, because it takes on propaganda, war, gender, and how religious zealots starve nations and ruin everything. Quote me on that, why don’t you.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Gah! What? Stopped clock and all that. The second part of our The Fifth Elephant episode has over 10 minutes talking about British transphobia. Because seeing someone so full of bigoted hatred that they'd ally with fascists to tear down an institution that benefits them is the mood music here rn.
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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Terry Pratchett bears witness at the American Visionary Art Museum.
Photo of the top of a wall which contains the writing:

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
— Terry Pratchett

The words appear just over what seems to be a horizontal line with blips showing a heartbeat. The line is blue against a black wall.

Below that are thin slivers of the tops of paintings.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
We did our first 2-part episode for The Fifth Elephant (which is not usually listed as a Discworld highlight), and a lot of that was talking about dwarves, especially Cheery - and I don't think we even mentioned this specific bit. There was also stuff about UK transphobia, which takes a while.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Happy Terry Pratchett Day! This month we have a special episode discussing the Wyrd Sisters animated TV series from Cosgrove Hall. A very faithful adaptation, with a good cast and a slightly rushed ending. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Wyrd Sisters TV Special | Dining Table Discworld
We discuss the animated Wyrd Sisters TV show, from Cosgrove Hall. Including how faithful the adaption is, the famous voice actors, and our favourite bits of animation. You can find the Podcast on: Fac...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/04/2026
GNU Terry Pratchett, whose words will echo long after we, and our children, and our children’s children have moved on thank you, as always, for making me a better person (quote from Reaper Man)
No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.
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Waterstones Inverness @waterstonesness.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today - 28th April - is Terry Pratchett day. Terry was an author with extraordinary wisdom and wit, whose stories continue to touch and inspire ✨ ‘No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away…’ Reaper Man #terrypratchettday #booksky
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Happy birthday, Dad. Wish you were here. You’d know what to do. Or at least you’d know what to write. ❤️
Terry and Rhianna Pratchett dressed up for the launch of Dodger in 2012.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Podcast Update: Wyrd Sisters TV Show - coming soon The Truth - recorded and being edited Thief of Time - started reading Also read part of A Tale of Time City to our kid (who has bounced off it), so a lot of reading about places outside of -and people controlling- history.
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 15/04/2026
Oh! In these days of Ai monstrosities, isn’t this a lovely human thing?
Penguin reveals
2026 Cover Design
Award winners
This year's competition saw students and emerging creatives reimagine classic fantasy novels Night Watch and A Wrinkle in Time 
By Adam Woodward 14/04/2026
Penguin Books has announced the winners of its 2026 Cover Design Award, the annual competition that invites emerging creatives to reimagine iconic titles from its catalogue.
Designed to spotlight new talent, the award is open to entrants with no more than one year's professional experience, with this year's shortlist made up largely of students, alongside early-career designers and those currently working outside the creative industries.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
References from 2nd part of Fifth Elephant: -TNG, Troi being in the command hierarchy & the dress uniforms -Trigger's Broom from Only Fools & Horses, or the Ship of Theseus (mentioned in WandaVision) -OFMD nose jar -The ear mouse & Dolly the Sheep -German food rules & eating currywurst in Berlin
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The thing about 2-parters is that they're long and take a while to edit, so our next episode will be a short one. Before The Truth we'll have an episode about the Wyrd Sisters TV show from Cosgrove Hall.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Quite enjoying how in @pratchatpodcast.com's Fifth Elephant episode they spend a while discussing fat. Whereas we start with a whole thing about how to pronounce Scone, because -as Cathy says in pt 1- the UK has a lot of baggage around that particular baked good.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The Fifth Elephant part 2 In the second part of our first 2-parter (which is also the 2nd book of the Uberwald duology) we discuss dwarf gender, Trigger's Broom, Igors and Uberwald, with some digressions. Content note: discussion of UK transphobia diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 2 | Dining Table Discworld
In the second part of our discussion about The Fifth Elephant we discuss dwarf gender and femininity, plus how the Scone was stolen. Also some of the mysteries of Uberwald, like Igors and vampires who...
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. Transwomen are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are valid, and trans rights are human rights. Trans* people exist across history and cultures, are not new (though wording may be) and are not a threat to us cisgender folks.
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
For the weekend crowd, part 1 of The Fifth Elephant We discuss dwarven culture, werewolf fascism and the welcome return of Lady Sybil. Vimes hates being outside Ankh-Morpork, Angua hates her awful family and Cheery is bringing new pronouns back home. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 1 | Dining Table Discworld
Vampires, werewolves and dwarves, oh my! Vimes is reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, Cheery brings dwarven femininity back home, Angua runs off to deal with her terribly family and so Carrot follows he...
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duncan gates @duncangates.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
it's like a Terry Pratchett guest-edit of One Foot in the Grave, one of those aesthetics that definitely ought to have been tried before, and maybe being Mackenzie Crook helps with that. but nevertheless, big fan so far
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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/03/2026
pretty proud of the fact that I’ve been able to keep my QOTD thread going for nearly three years the plan is to keep it up until they turn the lights off
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Dining Table Discworld @dtdiscworld.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Fifth Elephant pt 1 Vimes has to leave Ankh-Morpork for the mysteries of Uberwald, with werewolves, vampires & dwarves. Luckily there's crime to investigate, unluckily the locals get very hostile. We discuss dwarven culture & werewolf fascism. diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-tab...
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Dining Table Discworld - Fifth Elephant, Part 1 | Dining Table Discworld
Vampires, werewolves and dwarves, oh my! Vimes is reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, Cheery brings dwarven femininity back home, Angua runs off to deal with her terribly family and so Carrot follows he...
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