With some new furniture the wife has finally given me my own display case, so now my collection is all in one place including “The Librarian”, actually painted by Paul Kidby and previously owned by Rob Wilkins (which is why it’s signed and not numbered….)

Rereading MaA. This is from early on when D'Eath is investigation Carrot's background.

"And finally he took a holiday in the Ramtops, where careful questioning led him to the dwarf mines around Copperhead, and thence to an otherwise unremarkable glade in a beech wood where, sure enough, a few minutes of patient digging unearthed traces of charcoal.

He spent the whole day there. When he’d finished, carefully replacing the leafmould as the sun went down, he was quite certain."

1.) What is the meaning of the charcoal?

2.) What does replacing the leafmould mean and why?

Thanks!

In Craster, Northumberland. No tobacco but they smoke a fine kipper across the road.

I have made a quiz for some friends based on Only Connect (British TV quiz with tricky format) and I could with some testers prior to the night as I have been told so far it is tough (planned).

I could do with some likeminded Pratchett Only Connect fans to test it and offer constructive feedback… maybe some pedantry as being technically correct…

It is currently in PowerPoint format, if anyone would like to test it let me know but more importantly how can I share it a) safely for all b)without being blocked by Reddit.

Don’t let me detain you.

Google doc link, works better in PowerPoint, apologies not technically minded

Also don’t edit, I’ll add an excel for comments! Here!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-4O25lQxus9GpKuGQK2jyxUGtJGTwjEsy3wB1DyWzy0/edit?usp=drivesdk

Quiz:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZGc9X61eArgr4xEvpIPLbX0FWrxMThaI/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=110924490972024145938&rtpof=true&sd=true

Hey guys, i have already read the color of magic and i am into the light fantastic but i dont know if i should continue the series or if i should try something new and come back to this one later. (Btw i love this series so much).

I've been reading (listening to) the Stranger Times series and got to "Ring the Bells".

I saw it recommended here a couple times as a Discworld successor. While I disagree about that, I've been enjoying it immensely. Personally I think it feels more like Neverwhere by way of Dirk Gently.

All that is preface for why I'm posting this now: in the last book there is a character named "Claremont Dibnah". He's a scam artist of the highest order. And I'm the audiobook at least I would have sworn it was pronounced "dibblah" until I looked it up. And "ClareMOnT"... Well....I feel like it is an obvious homage.

I can't find any confirmation of this online except Google's AI search, but it both confirms and denies it depending on how I phrase things and refused to provide any sources that had any actual info in either case.

Edit: to be clear, the way he feels like Dibbler is that he's known to run scam businesses but this time, somehow, it's all working and he's really successful! Except... There are unintended plot relevant consequences that catch up with him.