About this episode

The episode discusses the Discworld novel 'The Truth', exploring its characters, themes, and connections to real-world printing history.

Join us as we discuss The Truth (the Discworld novel, not the concept). A new cast of characters, a fresh viewpoint on the Watch and the explosion of movable type and the Press in Ankh-Morpork. With digressions about our own history with newspapers, printing on the Disc, and how aristocrats running newspapers doesn't feel fantastical. You can find the Podcast on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/DiningTableDiscworld BlueSky: dtdiscworld.bsky.social E-Mail: diningtablediscworld@gmail.com Our intro and outro music is Beyond Infinity by user BlenderTimer on Pixabay.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave, Cathy

Topics covered

• Discworld
• The Truth
• movable type
• Ankh-Morpork
• newspapers
• printing

Keywords

• Discworld
• The Truth
• Ankh-Morpork
• printing
• newspapers
• movable type
• Watch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ankh-Morpork

Books & works: The Truth

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