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Add These New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Your August Reading List

As summer winds down, there are new titles on the way from Alice Hoffman, R.A. Salvatore, Jonathan Maberry, Josh Malerman, and many more.

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Aug 1

Discworld‘s Famous ‘Boots Theory’ Is Putting a Spotlight on Poverty in the UK

The Pratchett estate and author Rhianna Pratchett are supporting a new campaign that aims to spotlight the effect of rising food prices in the UK.

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 26

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels Are Getting New, Star-Studded Audiobooks

Bill Nighy, Indira Varma, Peter Serafinowicz, and more will bring the author's world to aural life.

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Nov 16

The Watch Begins in a New Trailer for the Discworld-Inspired Show

Wanna watch The Watch? Well the time is almost here. The Watch is a new BBC America show based on characters from Terry Pratchett’s expansive Discworld universe. It follows the Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch (originally from the book Guards! Guards!), who are a diverse, unlikely group of ragtag heroes who must come together to stop an…

Trailers Germain Lussier Dec 10

The Watch‘s Sam Vimes Faces Death in the First Footage of the Pratchett Adaptation

Ever since the BBC adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld universe first gave us a look at its take on Ankh-Morpork’s city watch, fans have been mixed about just what kind of show The Watch is actually going to be. That might not change seeing it in action, but BBC America is hoping to make…

Trailers James Whitbrook Oct 9

This Cast Photo Brings Together the Ragtag Heroes of BBC’s The Watch

This is not a Discworld adaptation you’ve seen before. BBC’s newest attempt to adapt Terry Pratchett’s seminal fantasy series is The Watch, a modernized, slickly stylish take on Pratchett’s City Watch, a subsection of the Discworld universe influenced by noir, cynicism, and procedurals. In short: these misfits are trying to keep the city safe. And…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 9

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Will Get Even More Adaptations Thanks to Massive New Deal

While the BBC is already gearing up to bring Terry Pratchett’sThe Watch to the small screen in an interesting looking live-action series, a new deal points to a future in which we’re going to be seeing a whole lot more of Discworld. Pratchett’s production company Narrativia has just inked a massive (and notably-exclusive) development deal…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 28

Our First Look at the Discworld TV Show Is Not What You Were Expecting

The Watch is here. But it’s not a version of Ankh-Morpork’s infamous guard that you might have been envisioning when news of a new Discworld show first popped up. BBC America has dropped the first official pictures from The Watch, an eight-episode series that takes the characters of Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch, first introduced in Terry…

io9 James Whitbrook Jan 17

BBC’s Discworld Adaptation, The Watch, Nabs Richard Dormer and More for Its Cast

We’ve been hearing tiny little bits of news about the BBC’s attempt to bring the world of Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy novels to life since the author’s passing in 2015, but now, the world of the Disc is taking a big step forward in its return to TV. The BBC has just announced the full…

io9 James Whitbrook Sep 11

Terry Pratchett’s First Discworld Book for Kids Is Being Turned Into an Animated Movie

Sure, the Discworld books in general were great reading material for children—I devoured them as a kid and I turned out…reasonably okay-ish, I guess—but The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, the 28th in Terry Pratchett’s beloved fantasy series, was the first he wrote specifically for children. And now, it’s getting an animated adaptation. Variety…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 11

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld City Watch Is Coming to BBC America

Earlier this year, we learned that BBC Studios was planning to bring a slice of Terry Pratchett’s wonderful Discworld novels to TV in the form of a series based around the City Watch of Ankh-Morpork. Now, we know a little more—and that its plans have been expanded ever so slightly. BBC America has now officially…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 31

The Best and Worst Afterlives in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

The concept of a great beyond, whether heavenly or hellish, exists across so many fictional universes—be they part of belief systems or, more often than not in the realms of sci-fi and fantasy, actual planes of existence. To celebrate Death Week at Gizmodo, we gather up a few our of favorite afterlives. Some Divine Heavens……

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 26

Postal Apocalypse: What Was Solo‘s Problem?

As you can see, your favorite fake mailman is still catching up on the biggest questions of the past year… and beyond! Could the New Gods movie possibly be any good? Should Captain Marvel have been an origin story? And why are the DC/CW’s heroes’ heads so big? The answers may surprise you! (Or they…

io9 Rob Bricken Sep 27

Elon Musk Starts Media Business, Possibly Named ‘Thud!’

Elon Musk, who already operates businesses in the aerospace, automotive, renewable energy, neural implantation, and tunnel-digging industries, has apparently decided to try his hand at media with a website called Thud! As reported earlier this week by the Daily Beast’s Maxwell Tani, Musk considered buying satirical news staple the Onion back in 2014, only to…

Tech News Avery Ellis Mar 14

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Is Finally Being Turned Into a Show

It’s a good time to be a Terry Pratchett fan. BBC Studios has announced that they’ve picked up Discworld and are planning on creating a six-part show based on the book series. Based on the working title, it could be the series that’s been in the works for years. According to Deadline, Discworld is being…

Television Beth Elderkin Mar 1

Terry Pratchett’s Unpublished Work Has Been Destroyed, Just Like He Wanted

When an author passes on, sometimes they’re survived by the uncompleted work they left behind, released as a tribute to their memory. That won’t be the case for the dearly missed Sir Terry Pratchett, however, who declared before his death that his final works would never be released—and that wish was granted in style. It’s…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 30

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature’s Top 10 Sidekicks

Sidekicks. Always there to lend a helping hand, or sword, or wand, as the case may be. A hero is nothing without his or her sidekick, but these companions rarely get the recognition they deserve. A few second bananas may get the spotlight on occasion—your Robins, your Chewbaccas, your Igors—but they all originated in comics,…

io9 Zach Ezer Jul 27

Fall in Love With Discworld All Over Again With Some Amazing Art

I have made no secret of my love of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and I very much enjoy the work of SharksDen. On the Wyrd Sisters art, the artist noted: Yeah, some easter eggs again：P And you can also find I mixed Paul Kidbys and the BBC animated character sets in the three witches. That is not…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jun 10

10 Discworld Quotes You’ll Desperately Need for the Next Four Years

There is almost no subject that Terry Pratchett hasn’t explained better, funnier, and more times than just about anyone else on the planet. Reading his Discworld novels is reading a master at work, and it seems like he gets more relevant the more time passes. Here are 10 of his most relevant passages to keep…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jan 11

The 10 Most Dangerous Schools in Fiction

It’s September, and that means that kids are heading back to school. They may not be happy about it, but it could be worse—they could be going to one of these schools, where danger, physical damage, and even death stalk the classrooms. Here are 10 schools where you have an equal chance of graduating as…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Sep 14

Discworld

Add These New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Your August Reading List

Discworld‘s Famous ‘Boots Theory’ Is Putting a Spotlight on Poverty in the UK

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novels Are Getting New, Star-Studded Audiobooks

The Watch Begins in a New Trailer for the Discworld-Inspired Show

The Watch‘s Sam Vimes Faces Death in the First Footage of the Pratchett Adaptation

This Cast Photo Brings Together the Ragtag Heroes of BBC’s The Watch

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Will Get Even More Adaptations Thanks to Massive New Deal

Our First Look at the Discworld TV Show Is Not What You Were Expecting

BBC’s Discworld Adaptation, The Watch, Nabs Richard Dormer and More for Its Cast

Terry Pratchett’s First Discworld Book for Kids Is Being Turned Into an Animated Movie

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld City Watch Is Coming to BBC America

The Best and Worst Afterlives in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

Postal Apocalypse: What Was Solo‘s Problem?

Elon Musk Starts Media Business, Possibly Named ‘Thud!’

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Is Finally Being Turned Into a Show

Terry Pratchett’s Unpublished Work Has Been Destroyed, Just Like He Wanted

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature’s Top 10 Sidekicks

Fall in Love With Discworld All Over Again With Some Amazing Art

10 Discworld Quotes You’ll Desperately Need for the Next Four Years

The 10 Most Dangerous Schools in Fiction

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