by Duleigh
That was great. It is so good to revisit Disc World again. You really captured the spirit of Terry’s writing. I hope you get the urge to write another story on the Disc. Thank you so much
I really liked this. I've never read the Discworld books, but I like the "meta" content sprinkled throughout. 5 stars.
Excellent.
With time I think you will remove the egregious explanatory parenthetical footnotes and leave only the essentials.
Same for the extended sentences, I know you're adding explanations for a non discworld audience, but they don't hang together well.
I feel there's room for another Bruce in there, somewhere in the duchy. Perhaps with an Igor who wants to be called Alfred due to a sledging quantum inspiration...
Did you mean for the farm girl's name to be "Lousie" or Louise?
Did you use "velum" instead of vellum deliberately?
Unlike Terry's use of the more subtle vermine this stands out, gratingly, when read.
Eliminate egregious explanatory parenthetical footnotes??? Far too many footnotes is a hallmark of Sir Terry's greatest work!!! Footnotes don't work in this environment, I could try but that's roughly 3,500 words per page depending on the size of the words and there's no way to force a page break so I went with in-line italicized parenthetical footnotes. There are a few legitimate parenthetical notations and they have normal parentheses and are not italicized
Igors are always Igors, sorry, I can understand the desire for an alfred, what with Wægn Manor and all but Igors are Igors. It's a rule set in place by Sir Terry, but there will be an army of Bruces near the end of Enchantress 2
I searched all over for voluptuarymanque and all I came up with was a wood working on Deviant Art. But he makes nice stuff
Farm communities concentrate on getting the goat milked before worrying about spelling, as Queen Magrat learned.
SOMEONE GOT THE VELUM! " velum, in mycology, is one of several structures in fungi, especially the thin membrane that covers the cap and stalk of an immature mushroom." Nick is a witch and witches get their medicines from nature.
You may pick up your prize down in HR.
As a Bruce of some 75 summers and a dedicated Discworld fan for 40 of those summers, I declare this story to be a most welcome addition to the genre. Well played sir!
Thank you very much. I've been a fan of Pterry's books for a long time, and I really enjoyed reading this.
The only "complaint" I have is that it contains too little sex for literotica, and too much of it for a discworld story.
I really enjoyed this story!
As far as Voluptuary Manque, try these. He has two author names. Really excellent stories.
https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=889290&page=submissions
https://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=4537811&page=submissions
Brilliant. As a long time fan of the sadly late great Sir Terry Pratchett thanks for creating more of the Discworld. I've only just found your stories so I'm about to binge on the rest of your stories.
And that was Pratchett-worthy! I just found these Disc World homages through reading your Winter Holidays contest entry Happy Hogswatch. Sorry I didn't read it earlier in time to add my vote for it, but now I've begun The Enchantress series as a result. I was hoping by the end of that one for a story with the beginning of his friendship with Gaspode, and it looks like this is it. I generally avoid these serial stories, preferring the one and done, especially when it looks like the end isn't in sight, but for Disc World? I'm hooked. If somebody were to pick up Sir Terry's mantle, you've proven yourself worthy. Though he did come up with a far cooler name for a camel! Lol.
"Crown Princess Esmerelda Margaret Note Spelling" I actually thought that was a typo at first. Then I laughed.
As a long term fan of Terry Pratchett and the disc world this is a most welcome find and I will be reading the rest of your work.. Thank you thank you!
Loved the story and as an Ecksian, roared with laughter at your interpretations. Will raise a tallie in your honour.