We are joined by multiple award winning author Seanan McGuire to discuss the 26th novel in the Discworld series, Thief of Time. At the time of recording, three of the four of us were either currently sick or recently recovering from being sick with the 'rona, so this one's a little loopy. Bear with us! Also, there's a series of Information Hazards around 3/4 of the way through recording.

Editor's note: there's a moment I, Aaron, did not clock during the recording but heard during editing that made me have to walk away from my computer and have a good cry. I'll leave you to figure out where that was.

Seanan McGuire is the author of the October Daye urban fantasies, the InCryptid urban fantasies, and several other works both stand-alone and in trilogies or duologies. In case that wasn't enough, she also writes under the pseudonym "Mira Grant." For details on her work as Mira, check out MiraGrant.com. You can find her on twitter at @seananmcguire

The Small Gods Project, mentioned in this episode, can be found at https://smallgodseries.tumblr.com/

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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In this pivot point in the series, we're joined by the creator of Lego Ankh-Morpork to talk about old and new heroes, the changeover between Kirby and Kidby art (and which we like better), and the canon-but-also-kind-of-fan-fiction nature of The Last Hero.

"Poets have tried to describe Ankh-Morpork. They have failed. Perhaps it's the sheer zestful vitality of the place, or maybe it's just that a city with a million inhabitants and no sewers is rather robust for poets, who prefer daffodils (and no wonder).

I am no poet, or artist, or architect (I am probably more B.S. Johnson than Leonard of Quirm) but I decided to undertake the mammoth task of recreating the Discworld's greatest city, one Lego brick at a time. It started out very much as a personal project which has grown into something so much more.

The community on Twitter @LegoAnkhMorpork is growing every day and is the main place to join in discussions and view my latest Lego creations!"

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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Maurice is just a simple talking cat with big dreams--like perfecting his preferred con, the Pied Piper. His erstwhile companions, a stupid-looking kid and a clan of sapient rats in the middle of developing things like "ethics" and "society", are dragged along in his wake. When they get to the town of Bad Blintz, however, things go from Bad... to worse.

Our guest Scott Paladin can be found on twitter @scottpaladin and online at scottpaladin.com, as well as:

• Monster Mechanics - http://mechanics.monster/
• The N7 Project - http://masseffectpodcast.com/
• Breathing Space - http://breathingspace.lawofnames.com/

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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In this bonus episode on Sir Terry's birthday, Aaron sits down with his 10 year old daughter Sophie to discuss her own perspectives on Amazing Maurice.

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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Night Watch is one heck of a book.

We are delighted to be joined AGAIN! by Kat Kuhl, a podcaster and creator we all were listening to well before we even had the notion that we could do this ourselves. Kat is a ttrpg game designer and storyteller who's been producing and GMing actual play podcasts since 2014. Her current project, Autonomic, is an all-ages indo-ecuadorian magic school fantasy show with heart, humor, and homework (and one of Aaron's kids' favorite media products). She can be found on twitter at @kat_kuhl_

Stay tuned through the end for Aaron's interview with the creator of the Ned Coates theory that Kat brings up!

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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Some recommended resources for organizations fighting abortion bans and advancing reproductive justice:

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https://www.abortionfinder.org/

Tiffany Aching, a 9 year old living on a sheep farm in the rolling grassy lowlands of the Disc, is not your ordinary child. However, we saw a lot of ourselves in her. This meditation on loss, childhood, and what it means to be someone who actually THINKS and LOOKS in a world full of people too busy just getting by is a beautiful, scary, and hilarious story written by, as our guest puts it, "possibly one of the greatest authors of the last thousand years".

Ursula Vernon, aka T. Kingfisher is the author and illustrator of far more projects than is probably healthy. She has written over fifteen books for children (many of which Aaron has read to his children multiple times with great enjoyment), at least a dozen novels for adults, an epic webcomic called “Digger” and various short stories and other odds and ends.

She has won Hugos, Mythopoeic, Locus, Sequoia, Nebula, Lodestar, Dragon, and numerous other awards, often repeatedly. She can be found at Red Wombat Studio, on twitter at @ursulav and probably more than a few other places.

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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Join Patrick Rothfuss and Worldbuilders Charity for their Geeks Doing Good Fundraiser running July 14th through the 21st! Get rad geek stuff, support cool charitable works, and watch new fun streaming content at www.twitch.tv/PatrickRothfuss. Head to www.worldbuilders.org for more info.

The Tiffany Aching novels are so special to us. A Hat Full of Sky brings us tween drama, a TON of witch lore, Granny Weatherwax actually explaining some things, and a thoroughly terrifying antagonist.

(note: Justen had severe technical issues that caused them to have to leave halfway through)

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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"There is no one alive who will get every joke in a Terry Pratchett book." - Marc Burrows

Monstrous Regiment is a book about war, gender politics, queerness, and socks.

Our guest, Marc Burrows, can be found at https://www.marcburrows.co.uk/ and @20thcenturymarc on Twitter. He is the author of the Locus award-winning biography of Sir Terry, The Magic of Terry Pratchett, and several other books, including the upcoming book The London Boys: David Bowie, Marc Bolan and the 60s Teenage Dream . He is a delight.

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Almost exactly two years later, we stray far away from the Disc to the realms of the Emperor Undying, because Nona the Ninth came out and we couldn't NOT talk about it. We had (and mostly ignored) a planning document, so... uh... strap in. SO MANY SPOILERS. Also, as we are talking and swearing about books about queer space necromancers, if body horror ain't your thing, then please go prep for either Going Postal (tomorrow) or THUD (next month).

Here's the Harrow Party Bus Diagram

Here's the Spotify playlist made by Aly, which is only twice as long as this dang episode.

Guests!

Aly Grauer is a professional renaissance woman. A writer, actor, and cosplayer, she is also a voice over artist, and serves as audio producer for a number of podcasts, including Skyjacks: Courier’s Call, where she also performs the character June Hymnal. She can be found on Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok @ dreamstobecome.

Jude Vais will get a bio when he reads a damn Terry Pratchett book.

Music:
The Hive by Kevin MacLeod
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Night Watch may be the pivotal Vimes book, but Going Postal is probably the pivotal Ankh-Morpork book--and the pivotal Vetinari book. It's a great read in terms of plot and writing, and it has a diamond-sharp message.

We're joined this month by friend of the show and game design hero Kevin Kulp!

Kevin Kulp (@kevinkulp) is the co-author of Swords of the Serpentine, GUMSHOE swords & sorcery out now in hardback and PDF from Pelgrane Press. Kevin’s previous game was the investigative time travel rpg TimeWatch. When he’s not writing games he’s either smoking BBQ or helping 24-hour companies with shiftwork, sleep, and alertness.

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

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Fuzzball Parade by Kevin MacLeod

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