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Critical Mass: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Terry Pratchett is a British author whose series of Discworld books are extremely popular. There are currently 32 books in the series, written for adults, a handful written for young adults, and a handful of "spinoffs" - maps and companions, etc. Searching! Searching! Searching!   Web thethunderchild.com Search results open in new window Terry Pratchett Discworld Series: Scenes From A Life This entire section contains spoilers What is Scenes From A Life? There are 32 books and counting in the Terry Pratchett Discworld series. Within this series there are a handful of sub-series, featuring The Witches, Rincewind, Death, and The Night Watch and others. For each of my favorite characters, there are certain scenes in each book that I really enjoy revisiting on a regular basis. For example, I like the encounters between Granny Weatherwax and Death, which happen in most but not all of the Witches books. However, my favorite scenes might not be yours. Therefore, we compile a list of scenes for various major characters from the books, so that an individual reader can find their favorite scene. We start with the first two books The Color of Magic and The Light Fantastic. Death Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind meets Death on the streets of Ankh-Morpork. Death is puzzled as he'd expected to see Rincewind in Psephopololis. Rincewind refuses to head toward Psephopololis and runs away...and Death in annoyance stops the heart of a fish salesman, and takes one of the nine lives of a cat. Boardman DEATH The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" In attempting to set a fire in the basement of the Mended Drum, the owner, Boardman doesn't have a match. Death gives him one. Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind hangs onto a tree while wolves slaver below him. Death appears, but Rincewind refuses to give up. Death takes the lives of some mayflies instead. Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind has escaped the temple of Bel-Shelhamaroth. Death stands in the ruins, deciding he has a new hobby - getting Rincewind. DEATH The Light Fantastic The Wizards of Unseen University summon Death via the Rite of AshkEnte. Death was at a party, informs the wizards of the location of Rincewind, and then returns to the party, where "I THINK IT MIGHT GO DOWNHILL VERY QUICKLY AT MIDNIGHT. THAT'S WHEN THEY THINK I'LL BE TAKING MY MASK OFF." DEATH Greyhald Spold The Light Fantastic The oldest living wizard has prepared a box to protect him against Death, but forgot to put air holes in it. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen the Barbarian Bethan Ysabell Death and the Four Horsemen The Light Fantastic Rincewind and company visit a woman, a necromancer. She spreads Caroc cards in front of her, and sees the Red Star coming towards the Discworld. In order to bring Twoflower back to life, Rincewind drinks a prepared drink, and then appears in Death's Domain, where he meets Ysabell, Death's daughter. Twoflower is teaching Death, Pestilence, Famine and War how to play bridge. He and Rincewind escape whlie the Four argue over the rules. Rincewind DEATH The Light Fantastic Rincewind, Bethan, Cohen and Twoflowers enter a walled city religously fanatic about the red star in the sky. A self-professed prophet, Dahoney, talks about "cleansing" nd "purifying." Rincewind has a conversation with Death about this. "THE DEATH OF THE WARRIOR OR THE OLD MAN OR THE LITTLE CHILD, THIS I UNDERSTAND, AND I TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND END THE SUFFERING. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS DEATH-OFTHE-MIND." The Gods Blind Io, Offler the Crocodile God Zephyrus the God of Slight Breezes Fate the Lady Chance, Night, Destiny The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Gods at Dunmanifestin are playing a game, with the humas as pieces. Blind Io, Offler the Crocodile God Zephyrus the God of Slight Breezes Fate the Lady Chance, Night, Destiny The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Blind Io retires from the game. All that are left are Fate and the Lady. Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Fate acknowledges that he has lost the game to the Lady. "There will be other games," he says. The Gods The Light Fantastic Engaged in litigation with the Ice Giants, who have refused to return the lawn mower. The Librarian The Librarian The Light Fantastic The Octavo, in order to save Rincewind from falling off the edge of the earth, "shifts" reality...the resultant magic changes the Librarian into an orangutan. The Librarian The Light Fantastic Trymon visits the Library, to learn about the Prophecy on the Temple of Tsort. He attempts to bribe the Librarian with bananas. Rincewind Twoflower the Librarian The Light Fantastic Twoflower journeys to Unseen University where Rincewind, with the help of the Librarian, is supervising the lowering down of the wizard statues. Rincewind goes with Twoflower to see him off at the docks, and leaves the Librarian in charge. Rincewind "The Color of Magic" Rincewind Weasel Bravd the Barbarian The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind flees the burning city of Ankh-Morpork, and comes across Bravd the Barbarian and Weasel, to whom he gives the history of why A-M is now burning. Rincewind Twoflower the Patrician The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind meets Twoflower, the first tourist on Discworld, attempts to escape Ankh-Morpork, but is brought back by the Patrician - who has several chinsberinged fingers, and various dried and candied seafoods. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic Rincewind eels his way through a fight at the Broken Drum, grabs Twoflower, and they tour the city. Twoflower takes photos with his iconograph. Rincewind the Luggage The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Twoflower has been kidnapped, but the Luggage won't let Rincewind abandon the search for the tourist. Rincewind the Luggage the Imp The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Twoflower has been kidnapped, but the Luggage won't let Rincewind abandon the search for the tourist. Rincewind converses with the imp in the iconograph about the nature of magic. Rincewind the Luggage The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind and the Luggage learn the location of where Twoflower is being held prisoner, by rolling coins along a street to attract a guard, who then gets into the grip of the Luggage. Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind meets Death. Death is puzzled as he'd expected to see Rincewind in Psephopololis. Rincewind leaves...and Death in annoyance stops the heart of a fish salesman, and takes one of the nine lives of a cat. Rincewind the Luggage Twoflower The Color of Magic "The Color of Magic" Rincewind and the Luggage rescue Twoflower, who has been held prisoner at the Mended Drum, where criminals, guilds and Assassins have gathered. Broadman, the owner of the Drum, sets it alight, and soon all A-M is ablaze. Rincewind Twoflower the Luggage the Imp The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind and Twoflower ride toward Chirm, discussing the unsatisfactoriness of magic. A troll attacks and is killed, and the two are separated. Rincewind DEATH The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind hangs onto a tree while wolves slaver below him. Death appears, but Rincewind refuses to give up. Death takes the lives of some mayflies instead. Rincewind Druellae The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind accidentally strips some bark from the tree, and then is drawn into it by a dryad. She and the male hamadryads intend to kill him, but he flees and ...somehow...escapes. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic "The Sending of Eight" Rincewind's body grows from a small speck and he pops into existence in the temple of Bel-Shamharoth. Hrun the Barbarian and his magical sword Kring also arrive. The flash attachment of Twoflower's iconograph destroys Bel-Shamharoth, and as the temple crumbles they all escape. Rincewind Twoflower Hrun the Barbarian The Color of Magic "The Lure of the Wyrm" Rincewind discovers that he, Hrun and Twoflower are in an intense magical field. Twoflower throws a few coins down and they morph into other creatures. Rincewind urges that they leave the area. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic "The Lure of the Wyrm" Our trio flee desperately from the pursuing dragons. Hrun and Twoflower are captured, but not Rincewind. He recovers consciousness, and makes the mistake of grabbing the sword Kring, lodged in the same tree. Kring forces Rincewind to confront the dragonrider, and he is brought to the Wyrmberg. There, he and Kring must fight Lio!rt, Dragonlord, hanging upside down from rings in the ceiling. He falls...but after an interlude where Twoflower in a cell discovers he can imagine dragons, Twoflower and the dragon rescue him. Another interlude between Hrun and the Dragonlords, before Rincewind and Twoflower "rescue" him as well, briefly. Rincewind Twoflower Hrun briefly The Color of Magic "The Lure of the Wyrm" Our trio flee desperately from the pursuing dragons. Hrun and Twoflower are captured, but not Rincewind. He recovers consciousness, and makes the mistake of grabbing the sword Kring, lodged in the same tree. Kring forces Rincewind to confront the dragonrider, and he is brought to the Wyrmberg. There, he and Kring must fight Lio!rt, Dragonlord, hanging upside down from rings in the ceiling. He falls...but after an interlude where Twoflower in a cell discovers he can imagine dragons, Twoflower and the dragon rescue him. Another interlude between Hrun and the Dragonlords, before Rincewind and Twoflower "rescue" him as well, briefly. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic "The Lure of the Wyrm" Rincewind and Twoflower are transported into a different universe, briefly, in which they are flying in a plane that is being hijacked until Rincewind accidentally saves the day. Rincewind becomes Dr. Rjinswand and Twoflower, Jack Zweiblumen. Then the plane explodes and they return to Discworld and fall into the Circle Sea. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic "Close To The Edge" Rincewind and Twoflower floating in a boat that's about to go over the Rimfall, except its caught up in the Circumfence, and they are rescued by Tethis, the sea troll. Rincewind Twoflower The Color of Magic "Close To The Edge" A glass lens comes to pick up Rincewind and Twoflower. It is powered by hydrophobe-magicians and helmed by a female, Marchesa. They bring them to Krull where they are to be sacrificed to ensure the success of the Potent Voyager ship. Garharta the Guestmaster greets them and explains they are to be sacrificed. Rincewind had saved a frog while they were going over the Rim...the frog transforms into the Lady who gives them one chance to escape. They exchange places with the two chelonauts who had been ready to board the Potent Voyager. Twoflower and Tethis (swallowed and then released by the Luggage) are in the ship when it goes over the edge, Rincewind is on the outside of the ship. Rincewind Death The Color of Magic "Close To The Edge" Death comes for Rincewind, but it turns out it's only the demon Scrofula, as Death has duties in Pseudopolis. Rincewind lets go of a branch on which he'd been hanging, and falls into interstellar space. Rincewind The Light Fantastic Rincewind, who at the end of The Color of Magic is falling off the edge of the world, finds himself plummeting down to disc through the branches of a pine tree. The tree talks to him, but Rincewind refuses to believe it and walks away (this despite the fact that in The Color of Magic he has met a dryad and been inside a tree, so why should this surprise him? Rincewind Twoflower the Luggage The Light Fantastic Rincewind meets up with Twoflower and his Luggage in the forest. Rincewind finds a small mushroom - which has little doors and windows in it. Rincewind Twoflower the Luggage Swires the gnome The Light Fantastic Rincewind, as we now know, is in the forest of Skund, Rimward of the Ramtop Mountains. Rinewind attempts to convince Twoflower that Swires is a gnome. Swires then takes them to a real gingerbread house. Rincewind Twoflower the Luggage Swires the gnome various low-level wizards The Light Fantastic Various wizards from various rival orders swarm into the cottage to capture Rincewind, a magic arrow sent by Galder gets the Luggage instead, and Rincewind and Twoflower escape on a broomstick. Rincewind Twoflower Belafon the druid The Light Fantastic Rincewind and Twoflower find themselves on a huge rock in the sky, being "flown" to its destination, a stone circle, by the druid Belafon. Rincewind Twoflower Belafon the druid Cohen the Barbarian Bethan The Light Fantastic The rock lands. Rincewind has a discussion with the Spell in his head (one of the Eight spells in the Octavo), in which he learns why the spell was put in his head. Then, he and Twoflower try to escape from the druids, but the druids are going to sacrifice a virgin, Bethan, and Twoflower tries to rescue her, at the same time that Cohen the Barbarian shows up and they all escape in the general confusion. Twoflower, however, has been rendered unconscious. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen the Barbarian Bethan Ysabell Death and the Four Horsemen The Light Fantastic Rincewind and company visit a woman, a necromancer. She spreads Caroc cards in front of her, and ses the Red Star coming towards the Discworld. In order to bring Twoflower back to life, Rincewind drinks a prepared drink, and then appears in Death's Domain, where he meets Ysabell, Death's daughter. Twoflower is teaching Death, Pestilence, Famine and War how to play bridge. He and Rincewind escape whlie the Four argue over the rules. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen Bethan The Light Fantastic Before returning to his body, Rincewind has another chat with the Octavo. Then he returns to consciousness in the hut and tells his companions they must head for Ankh-Morpork. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen Bethan The Light Fantastic As the group rides toward the Circle Sea Twoflower waxes enthusiastic about the fame of Cohen, and doesn't see that he is now 67 and looks it. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen Bethan The Light Fantastic Rincewind goes in search of onions, and is helped in this quest by voices. Rincewind various trolls The Light Fantastic The voices turn out to be trolls. They help Rincewind because of a long ago prophecy. The trolls are: Kwartz, Jasper, Krysoprase and Beryl. They return to the camp to see Cohen et al gone, and signs of a struggle. Rincewind various trolls The Light Fantastic Rincewind and the trolls track his companions, and see that their captors have taken refuge in a cave and lit a fire...unfortunately the cave is Old Grandad and the fire is on his tongue. Rincewind various trolls The Light Fantastic Rincewind, from down below, yells up to Herrena the Henna-haired Harridan that they've lit a fire in a troll's mouth. Too late. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen Bethan the Luggage The Light Fantastic Rincewind and company climb down from the gigantic troll which has turned to unmoving stone in the sunlight. We learn where Twoflower got the Luggage - one of those "strange shops" (that will turn up again in Soul Music.) Rincewind persuades Twoflower to abandon the others...but after a while he returns, leaving Rincewind alone with the Luggage. Rincewind refuses to go back. Rincewind Twoflower Cohen Bethan Luggage The Light Fantastic The next scene opens with Rincewind reunited with Twoflower, only because he was recaptured by Herrena the Henna-Haired Harridan. However, as they get to the River Smarl, Cohen and Bethany appear, not to mention the Luggage. Cohen's back gives out while he's dueling Herrena, but Bethan knocks her out from behind. Rincewind Twoflower The Light Fantastic Cohen announces that he and Bethan are getting married. Rincewind tries to point out he's 70 years older than she and that he might not be able to handle it, but Cohen isn't worried. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan The Light Fantastic The travelers enter a walled city, where everyone has gone religously fanatic about the red star in the sky. A self-professed prophet, Dahoney, talks about "cleansing" nd "purifying." Rincewind has a conversation with Death about this. The villagers soon see the strangers in their midst and decide they must be killed. Everyone - except Cohen who is off buying dentures - flees until they find a small magical shop that suddenly appears in one of the streets. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan The Light Fantastic The travelers enter a walled city, where everyone has gone religously fanatic about the red star in the sky. A self-professed prophet, Dahoney, talks about "cleansing" nd "purifying." Rincewind has a conversation with Death about this. The villagers soon see the strangers in their midst and decide they must be killed. Everyone - except Cohen who is off buying dentures - flees until they find a small magical shop -- a wandering shop or tabernae vagantes that suddenly appears in one of the streets. They enter...but can find no exits. They learn the history of these shops. The shop takes them to Ankh-Morpork. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan The Light Fantastic The citizens of Ankh-Morpork are also panicking becvuse of the Star in the sky, and also intend to attempt to purge the wizards of Unseen University. Because magic is getting weaker as the Star grows nearer, the wizards are in danger. Rincewind and company get caught up in the stampede toward the University. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan The Light Fantastic Rincewind knows a secret way into the University, and enters it with his friends. Rincewind intends to find the Octavo and make the Spell return to it. They come to the room in which the Octavo had been, but Trymon has removed it and imprisoned the other seven wizards. Rincewind releases them. Bethan insists that they track down Trymon and get the Octavo back. They resist...but Twoflower leaves the room with that intent, and so they are shamed into it. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan The Light Fantastic Rincewind and the wizards join Twoflower. They find the Octavo but its pages are blank - Trymon has the spells in his head. The wizards go up to the tower to congratulate Trymon but are turned to stone....then Trymon tries to get the Eigth Spell from Rincewind. Rincewind, Twoflower and Trymon are transported to an arena where things of a tentacular nature are watching (a take off on Lovecraft's Cthulu mythos) and Rincewind wins, with the help of Twoflower. Then he finds himself back at Unseen University, dangling by his fingers from the tower. Twoflower grabs hold, but it is only when Cohen appeara that the two of them can drag Rincewind back up to terra firma. The Luggage had brought Cohen there. Rincewind Twoflower Bethan Cohen The Light Fantastic The red Star is still approaching and the villagers are still restless. The Spells have been returned to the Octavo. Rincewind reads them, but incorrectly. Bethan corrects one of his pronunciations, the Spells are cast, and the day is saved. Rincewind Twoflower The Light Fantastic The Octavo has disappeared into the Luggage. Twoflower wants to go home, and gives the Luggage to Rincewind. The wizards remain as stone statues, except Wert, who was dropped and is now rubble. Rincewind is giving the orders at the University, with the Librarian as his assistant, and is thinking of re-enrolling. The Wizards - Pre-Mudstrum Ridcully Wizards at Unseen University The Light Fantastic In The Light Fantastic, the wizards are a different group then in future novels, prsumably because these eight get turned into stone. Galder Weatherwax - Supreme Grand Conjuror of the Order of the Silver Star, Lord Imperial of the Sacred Staff, Eighth Level Ipsissimus and 304th chancellor of Unseen University Greyhald Spold - of the Ancient and Truly Original Sages of the Unbroken Circle Trymon Jiglad Wert, of the Hoodwinkers Lumuel Panter of the Order of Midnight Ganmack Treehallet, of the Venerable Seers At the end of The Light Fantastic, Galder is still swallowed by the Luggage, Greyhald is dead, and the rest have been transformed, apparently permanently, into stone statutes, except for Wert, whose statue was broken.

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