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==External links==

*[http://www.lspace.org The L-Space Web] - ''Everything'' about Discworld (including this Wiki.)

'''Newsgroups'''

* [news://alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] - opens [[alt.fan.pratchett]] in your default mail client
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] on [[Wikipedia:Google_(search_engine)|Google Groups]]
* [news://alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce] on Google Groups
* [news://alt.book.pratchett alt.books.pratchett]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.books.pratchett alt.books.pratchett] on Google Groups
* [news://de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] - German fan newsgroup
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] on Google Groups

'''Publishers' Websites'''

* [http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/ Terry Pratchett] - Bibliography, forums and features from Verlagsgruppe Random House / Doubleday / etc.
* [http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ Terry Pratchett Books] - A very active forum with members from around the world. Main page also includes current news and information about the books and Terry Pratchett. (HarperCollins)

'''Blogs and Discussion'''

* [http://www.affordable-prawns.co.uk/planet Planet afp] - A collection of afpers' weblogs.
* [http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett Terry Pratchett Quotes] - A collection of quotations from Pratchett's novels and stories.
* [http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Discworld Monthly] - A free monthly newsletter about the Discworld.
* [http://goodomenslexicon.org/index.php The Good Omens Lexicon] - a fan site dedicated to this one book, and worth visiting

'''National Sites'''

* [http://www.Ankh-Morpork.de Ankh-Morpork.de] - The German Terry Pratchett Fan Club
* [http://www.discworld.cz www.discworld.cz] - The biggest Czech web page about Discworld
* [http://www.dwcon.org/ DWCon] UK ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
* [http://www.ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] - The Australian ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
* [http://www.discworld-convention.de Dicscworld-Convention.de] - The German ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011)
* [http://www.dutchdwcon.nl/ Cabbagecon] - Dutch Discworld Convention
* [http://www.nadwcon.org/ NADWCON] - The official site for the first North American Discworld Convention (2009)
* [http://www.discworld.pl discworld.pl] - The biggest Polish Pratchett&Discworld website
* [http://www.vademecum-dm.com/index.php Vade Mecum] - a very good French-language site for Francophonic fans of Terry Pratchett
* [http://dreamers.com/mundodisco/ La Concha de Gran'A'Tuin] - A Pratchett fan site in Spanish
* [http://pratchett.org pratchett.org] - a very good Russian-language site for CIS fans of sir Terry
* [http://www.idwcon.org The Irish Discworld Convention]

'''Peripherals'''

*[http://www.paulkidby.com Paul Kidby's homepage] - Discworld art and news.
* [http://discworld.atuin.net Discworld MUD] - A text {{wp|Massively multiplayer online game|MMO}} game started in 1991, based heavily on Pratchett's work.
* [http://www.nocturnalsoldier.org/Tealin/xhp/disc/index.html Discworld & Pratchett Paraphernalia], a wealth of illustrations by Tealin.
*[http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ Micro Art Studio - A Polish miniature manufacturer] - A company making miniatures for RPGs and collecting with a discworld range.
* [http://www.matchitforpratchett.org The "Match It for Pratchett" program] where you can donate to the Alzheimers Research fund in honor of Terry Pratchett. Terry donated 500,000GBP! If all his fans donate 1GBP/$2.00 (see exchange rate [http://www.xe.com/ucc/ here]) we can raise 11 million easily!
*An archive of [http://web.archive.org/web/20081212000857/http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ ''Cheerycomic''] via the Wayback Machine - a good resource for Dwarves and the Watch.

'''Forums'''

* [http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dungeon_Dimensions Dungeon Dimensions] - A forum dedicated to Discworld. Not very active but a nice community feel.
* [http://z3.invisionfree.com/DWExtended Discworld Extended] - A new forum for Discworld chat, fan fiction, games and roleplay.
* [http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett/biography.html Fantasy Book Review] - Please vote Terry the best fantasy author of all time! Voting ends March 2009.
* [http://pterryfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Discworld_Fanon_Wiki Pratchett Fanon Wiki] - A repository for all things Pratchett fanon. Feel free to use this for inspiration.

==Criticism, biography, commentary==

*[http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/literature.html ''Guilty of Literature'']. The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn

*[http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tm277.htm ''The Turtle Moves'']. Benbella Books, 2008, by American commentator on all things Pratchett, {{wp|Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans}}

*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Fantasy-Craig-Cabell/dp/1843585073 ''Terry Pratchett-The Spirit of Fantasy''] by Craig Cabell, John Blake Publishing, 2011. (£17.99 UK). An entertaining and well-written book about Terry, part unauthorised biography, part literary criticism. Rumour has it this book has landed in remaindered bins at less than a fiver, a fate something as good as this does not deserve. (But see Amazon "customer reviews" for some violent disagreement.)

==See also:==
*[[Fan fiction]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld.

Now introducing:

* [[Fan-Art]].

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Fandom

2014-02-12T02:30:37Z

Molokov: /* External links */

==External links==

*[http://www.lspace.org The L-Space Web] - ''Everything'' about Discworld (including this Wiki.)

'''Newsgroups'''

* [news://alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] - opens [[alt.fan.pratchett]] in your default mail client
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett alt.fan.pratchett] on [[Wikipedia:Google_(search_engine)|Google Groups]]
* [news://alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.fan.pratchett.announce alt.fan.pratchett.announce] on Google Groups
* [news://alt.book.pratchett alt.books.pratchett]
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.books.pratchett alt.books.pratchett] on Google Groups
* [news://de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] - German fan newsgroup
** [http://groups.google.co.uk/group/de.alt.fan.pratchett de.alt.fan.pratchett] on Google Groups

'''Publishers' Websites'''

* [http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/ Terry Pratchett] - Bibliography, forums and features from Verlagsgruppe Random House / Doubleday / etc.
* [http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ Terry Pratchett Books] - A very active forum with members from around the world. Main page also includes current news and information about the books and Terry Pratchett. (HarperCollins)

'''Blogs and Discussion'''

* [http://www.affordable-prawns.co.uk/planet Planet afp] - A collection of afpers' weblogs.
* [http://www.electric-escape.net/pratchett Terry Pratchett Quotes] - A collection of quotations from Pratchett's novels and stories.
* [http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk Discworld Monthly] - A free monthly newsletter about the Discworld.
* [http://goodomenslexicon.org/index.php The Good Omens Lexicon] - a fan site dedicated to this one book, and worth visiting

'''National Sites'''

* [http://www.Ankh-Morpork.de Ankh-Morpork.de] - The German Terry Pratchett Fan Club
* [http://www.discworld.cz www.discworld.cz] - The biggest Czech web page about Discworld
* [https://www.dwcon.org/ DWCon] -UK ''[[Discworld]] Convention (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
* [http://www.ausdwcon.org Nullus Anxietas] - The Australian ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
* [http://www.discworld-convention.de Dicscworld-Convention.de] - The German ''[[Discworld]]'' Convention (2007, 2009, 2011)
* [http://www.dutchdwcon.nl/ Cabbagecon] - Dutch Discworld Convention
* [http://www.nadwcon.org/ NADWCON] - The official site for the first North American Discworld Convention (2009)
* [http://www.discworld.pl discworld.pl] - The biggest Polish Pratchett&Discworld website
* [http://www.vademecum-dm.com/index.php Vade Mecum] - a very good French-language site for Francophonic fans of Terry Pratchett
* [http://dreamers.com/mundodisco/ La Concha de Gran'A'Tuin] - A Pratchett fan site in Spanish
* [http://pratchett.org pratchett.org] - a very good Russian-language site for CIS fans of sir Terry
* [http://www.idwcon.org The Irish Discworld Convention]

'''Peripherals'''

*[http://www.paulkidby.com Paul Kidby's homepage] - Discworld art and news.
* [http://discworld.atuin.net Discworld MUD] - A text {{wp|Massively multiplayer online game|MMO}} game started in 1991, based heavily on Pratchett's work.
* [http://www.nocturnalsoldier.org/Tealin/xhp/disc/index.html Discworld & Pratchett Paraphernalia], a wealth of illustrations by Tealin.
*[http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/ Micro Art Studio - A Polish miniature manufacturer] - A company making miniatures for RPGs and collecting with a discworld range.
* [http://www.matchitforpratchett.org The "Match It for Pratchett" program] where you can donate to the Alzheimers Research fund in honor of Terry Pratchett. Terry donated 500,000GBP! If all his fans donate 1GBP/$2.00 (see exchange rate [http://www.xe.com/ucc/ here]) we can raise 11 million easily!
*An archive of [http://web.archive.org/web/20081212000857/http://www.cheerycomic.co.uk/ ''Cheerycomic''] via the Wayback Machine - a good resource for Dwarves and the Watch.

'''Forums'''

* [http://z6.invisionfree.com/Dungeon_Dimensions Dungeon Dimensions] - A forum dedicated to Discworld. Not very active but a nice community feel.
* [http://z3.invisionfree.com/DWExtended Discworld Extended] - A new forum for Discworld chat, fan fiction, games and roleplay.
* [http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett/biography.html Fantasy Book Review] - Please vote Terry the best fantasy author of all time! Voting ends March 2009.
* [http://pterryfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Discworld_Fanon_Wiki Pratchett Fanon Wiki] - A repository for all things Pratchett fanon. Feel free to use this for inspiration.

==Criticism, biography, commentary==

*[http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/literature.html ''Guilty of Literature'']. The Science Fiction Foundation, 2000, edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn

*[http://www.sfsite.com/08a/tm277.htm ''The Turtle Moves'']. Benbella Books, 2008, by American commentator on all things Pratchett, {{wp|Lawrence Watt-Evans|Lawrence Watt-Evans}}

*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Terry-Pratchett-Fantasy-Craig-Cabell/dp/1843585073 ''Terry Pratchett-The Spirit of Fantasy''] by Craig Cabell, John Blake Publishing, 2011. (£17.99 UK). An entertaining and well-written book about Terry, part unauthorised biography, part literary criticism. Rumour has it this book has landed in remaindered bins at less than a fiver, a fate something as good as this does not deserve. (But see Amazon "customer reviews" for some violent disagreement.)

==See also:==
*[[Fan fiction]]
*[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Discworld?from=Main.Discworld TV tropes] - a really neat and entertaining site discussing the recurring "tropes", ie literary shortcuts, stereotypes and literary conventions present in TV, literature and art. A lot of space is given over to Pratchett's work, detailing how the tropes, those conventions, hooks and short-cuts present in the universal consciousness of all creative writers, work in the Discworld.

Now introducing:

* [[Fan-Art]].

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[[Category:Fandom]]