religious wars
Return of the King (film)
Rhysson, Rhys (the Low King)
Rice, Anne
Ridcully, Mustrum
Riftwar Saga (Feist)
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” (Kipling)
Rincewind
Ring Cycle (Wagner)
Ringworld (Niven)
Rinpo, chief acolyte
Rippke, Dale
Roddenberry, Gene
Rogers, Stephen P.
Roman mythology
Romero, George
Rothfuss, Patrick
Rowan, Charles
Rowling, J. K.
Rust, Lord
Rybczynski, Witold
St. Nobbs, Corporal C. W. (Nobby)
Salem’s Lot (King)
Salzella the Opera Ghost
Sandman
Sandman graphic novels (Gaiman)
Saruman
Saturday
Scarpetta, Kay
Schleppel, Mr.
Schmendrick
Scissor Man
Scolpini
Scudder, Matthew
Seamstresses Guild
Selachii, Lord
Seventh Seal, The (film)
Shakespeare, William
Hwel plays referring to
plays of
Shannara series (Brooks)
Shelley, Mary
Shine, Mr.
Shlimazel
Shlitzen
Shmaltzberg
Shoe, Reg
Sideney, Mr.
Silicon Anti-Defamation League
silent movies
Silmarillion, The (Tolkien)
Silver Horde
Silverfish, Thomas
Silverlock (Meyers)
Simenon, Georges
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
Skimmer, Inigo
Slant, Mr.
Slime
Small Gods (Pratchett)
Smince, Lord
Smith of Wooton Major (Tolkien)
snakes
Snapcase, Lord
Soak, Ronnie (Kaos)
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The (Dukas)
Soul Cake Duck
Soul Duck Tuesday
Soul Music (Pratchett)
Sourcery (Pratchett)
Spade, Sam
speaking tubes
Spelter
Spencer
Spencer, Edmund
Spencer-Churchill, John
Spider (rat king)
Spider-Man (film)
Spindle’s End (McKinley)
stags
Stanley, Apprentice Postman
Star Trek series
Star Wars films
Stephanie Plum series (Evanovich)
Stibbons, Ponder
Sto Helit, Susan
See also Binky; Death; Mort; Ysabell
Stoker, Bram
stooges and thugs
“Stuffed Alligator, The,” (Baum)
Strange, Jonathan
Strata (Pratchett)
Streets of Ankh-Morpork, The (Briggs/Pratchett)
Stroud, Jonathan
Summer Lady
Summoning Dark
suspense (mystery genre)
Swing, Captain Findthee
Swires, Buggy
Sword of Truth series (Goodkind)
Tacticus, General
Tailor “the other weaver”
Tawneee
Teatime, Jonathan
technomancy
10th Kingdom, The (TV miniseries)
Tepes, Vlad (Vlad the Impaler)
Teppic/Pteppic
Thatcher, Margaret
Thatcher the carter
Them
Theogony (Hesiod)
thermodynamics, second law of
Thief of Time (Pratchett)
Thieves Guild
those that died out
“Three Billy Goat Gruff, The,”
thrillers (mystery genre)
Thud! (Pratchett)
Tick, Miss Perspicacia
tick of the universe
Time Machine, The (Wells)
time travel
timepieces
Tinker Bell
Tinker the tinker
Toad (The Free Wee Men)
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tomjon
Tonker
Tooth Fairy
Travers, P. L.
Treason, Eumenides
Treebeard
Trilby (du Maurier)
trolls
Silicon Anti-Defamation League
in Tolkien
Truckers (Pratchett)
Truth, The (Pratchett)
Tsort
Tsortean Wars
Tubelcek, Father
Tugelbend, Victor
Tulip, Mr.
turtles and tortoises
as gods
Great A’Tuin
Two Towers, The (Tolkien)
Twoflower
Twyla
U.S.-China relations
Uberwald
Unadulterated Cats, The (Pratchett)
undead. See banshees; vampires; werewolves; zombies
Underworld
Underworld movies
Unicorn Tapestries
unicorns
Unity (Lady Myria LeJean)
Unseen University
Library
See also Librarian; wizards
Valkyries
Vampire Chronicles (Rice)
vampires
“Vampyre, The” (Polidori)
Vena the Raven-Haired
Verence, King
Verence II (the Fool)
Vetinari, Lord Havelock
Vimes, Commander Samuel
Vimes, Lady Sybil Ramkin
Virgil
Vitoller
Vogler, Christopher
Voldemort, Lord
von Humpeding, Sally
von Lipwig, Moist
von Uberwald, Sergeant Angua (Delphine)
von Uberwald, Baron and Baroness
von Uberwald, Lady Margolotta
von Uberwald, Wolfgang
Vorbis, Deacon
Vulcan
Wagner, RichardSee also Ring Cycle
War
Warbeck, Lucy
Warriors series (Hunter)
Warshawski, V. I.
weapons
canons
gonne
gunpowder
swords
See also Burleigh and Stronginthearm; Leonard of Quirm; Leonardo da Vinci
Weasley, Ron
Weatherwax, Esmeralda (Granny)
Weatherwax, Galder
Weatherwax, Lily (Lilith de Tempscire)
Weaver the thatcher
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Wee Free Men, The (Pratchett)
Wee Mad Arthur
Wells, H. G.
Wen the Eternally Surprised
werewolves
werewolves vs. vampires vs. humans
Wexford, Reginald
Wheedle, Ly Tin
Wheel of Time series (Jordan)
Where’s My Cow? (Pratchett)
Whiplash, Snidley
White, T. H.
White Witch
Whitlow, Mrs. (housekeeper)
Whittington, Richard
whodunits (mystery genre)
Wicked (Maguire)
Williamson, John
Wimsey, Peter
Wings
Winkings, Doreen (Countess Notfaroutoe)
Wintersmith (personification)
Wintersmith (Pratchett)
Wise Woman, The (MacDonald)
witches
Bene Gesserits (Dune series)
cackling
and cats
fairy godmothers
in literature, films, and TV
rule of three
Salem Witch Hunt
witch’s hat
wise wom
en
See also Aching, Sarah; Aching, Tiffany; Baba Yaga; Cake, Evadne; Dunlop, Bessie; Earwig, Letice; Garlick, Magrat; Glinda the Good; Granger, Hermione; Gristle, Petulia; Hawkin, Annagramma; Hubbub, Dimity; Level, Miss; McGonagall, Professor; Nitt, Agnes; Nutter, Agnes; Ogg, Gytha; Treason, Eumenides; Warbeck, Lucy; Weatherwax, Esmeralda
Witches Abroad (Pratchett)
Wizard of Oz, The (Baum)
wizards
appearance of
contest between
in literature and films
Mage Wars
wizarding levels
See also Abrim; al’Thor, Rand; Billet, Drum; Brom; Chair of Indefinite Studies; Coin the sourcerer; Cutwell, Igneous; Darrow; Dean of Pentacles; Dean, the; Dresden, Harry; Dumbledore, Albus; Eragon; Eskarina; Gandalf; Ged/Sparrowhawk; Ipslore the Red; Kellen the Knight-Mage; Kulgan; Lecturer in Recent Runes; Librarian; Macros the Black; Merlin; Norrell, Mr.; Ogion; Potter, Harry; Pug conDoin; Rahl, Richard; Ridcully, Mustrum; Rincewind; Saruman; Schmendrick; Sideney, Mr.; Spelter;
Strange, Jonathan; Tugelbend,
Victor; Voldemort, Lord; Weasley,
Ron; Weatherwax, Galder; Wrangler,
Senior; Zorander, Zeddicus Zu’l
Wolf Man, The (film)
wolves
Woman in White, The (Collins)
Wonse, Lupine
Wrangler, Senior
Wyrd Sisters (Pratchett)
You (kitten)
Ysabell (Duchess of Sto Helit) See also Death; Mort; Sto Helit, Susan
Zhou Enlai
Zimmerman Valley
Zlobenia
zombies
Fresh Starters (Dead Rights group)
Zorander, Zeddicus Zu’l (Zedd)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Carrie Pyykkonen is anxiously waiting for a lifetimer that grants extra time while living in Wheaton, Illinois, with her husband, two children, four cats (two are visitors), and a dog named Wilfred. She has dabbled in writing due to Linda’s nagging, volunteers by wearing a long garment called an alb, and spends a lot of money on animal food. (Please buy more books so sweet little Samantha can eat.) This is her second book project that involves talking animals and fantastical creatures for which she still has no use. She plans on spending more time photographing her animals in pink dresses and parasols.
Linda Washington is a freelance writer living in Carol Stream, Illinois, who has authored or coauthored thirty-eight books. She still mooches food from the Pyykkonens on Sundays and keeps adding to her increasingly large library of nonsense books, DVDs, and music. She became a huge fan of Terry Pratchett, thanks to (see dedication). She aspires to find the perfect cookie, own her own flying machine, and flee the newest trend of her friends, which is to acquire odd pets.
Notes
1 Terry Pratchett Bookcase interview at http://www.lspace.org/about-terry/interviews/book-case.html. The About Terry (and interviews) section of L-Space is maintained by Jamas Enright.
2 Patrick Rothfuss interviewed by Akiva Cohen in “Pitch-Perfect High Fantasy,” Publishers Weekly, February 12, 2007, 68.
3 We will be sure to forward this site to the Pratchett fans who are nuns.
4 Glares during Pratchett reading are inevitable if they are by a non-Pratchett-reading spouse.
5 The same year in which Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in India and the year my parents, Donn and Kathleen Czegus, were born.
6 This may be debated in certain parts of the world. After all, good definitions of being alive are hard to come by.
7 The Look of Architecture by Witold Rybczynski (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), 48. Not like “The Look of Love,” but still entertaining.
8 According to Sir Henry Wotton, a man writing in 1642 (and he would know), discussed in The Look of Architecture, 4-5.
9 Made you look.
10 Quote from the 11th Duke of Marlborough in Palm Beach: An Architectural Legacy by Polly Anne Earl (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2002), 7. And we’re pretty sure the duke was never a “Marlborough Man.”
11 Guards! Guards! (New York: HarperTorch, 1989), 292.
12 Wintersmith (New York: HarperTempest, 2006), 295.
13 Ibid., 275.
14 The Wee Free Men (New York: HarperTrophy, 2003), 56.
15 Ibid., 123.
16 The Truth (New York: HarperTorch, 2000), 338.
17 Posted at the Enlightenment Web site: http://enlightenment.supersaturated.com/johnlocke/BOOKIIChapterXXIII.html.
18 Amos Rapoport, House Form and Culture (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1969), 104.
19 Eric (New York: HarperTorch, 1990), 35.
20 The Fifth Elephant (New York: HarperTorch, 2000), 15.
21 From “Cult Classic” by Terry Pratchett, one of the essays in Meditations on Middle-Earth, edited by Karen Haber (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2001), 78. Worth a read.
22 Lords and Ladies (New York: HarperTorch, 1992), 6.
23 The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954, 1965, 1966), 462.
24 Witches Abroad (New York: HarperTorch, 1991), 66.
25 Wintersmith, 297.
26 The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (New York: Ballantine Books, 1955, 1965), 238.
27 From “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. Originally published in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Posted at http://www.bartleby.com/310/2/2.html. Check it out.
28 Moving Pictures (New York: HarperTorch, 1990), 156.
29 Pyramids (New York: HarperTorch, 2001), 264-65. See also L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (New York: HarperTrophy, 1987 [afterword]; originally published in 1899), 154.
30 The legal mystery is another subgenre. But since none of Pratchett’s City Watch stories take place in a courtroom setting, we left that subgenre off the list. However, we’re sure Pratchett would put his own spin on that one as well.
31 Definition from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_fiction—Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Not The Wee Free Men Encyclopedia. If you come across one, let us know.)
32 Title used at http://www.mysteryguide.com/classic-whodunit.html. (Please note: Although the site was in operation during the writing of this book, it was missing in action later on.)
33 Posted at http://www.writing-world.com/mystery/cozy.shtml.
34 Posted at http://www.mysteryguide.com/police-procedural.html. Obviously, we like this site.
35 From A Study in Scarlet and the Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (New York: Berkley Books edition, 1975), 173.
36 Bleak House by Charles Dickens (New York: Bantam Books edition, 1983. Originally published in 1852-53), 285. We first read this in college. Not that you had to know that.
37 From Vimes’s musings in the narration of Feet of Clay (New York: HarperTorch, 1996), 174.
38 Scarlet, 24.
39 From Vimes’s musings in the narration of Feet, 234.
40 Scarlet, 127-28.
41 Men at Arms (New York: HarperTorch, 1993), 344.
42 The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler in The Raymond Chandler Omnibus (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1939), 4.
43 Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh (New York: Jove, 1938), 314.
44 “Vivid Villains” by Sandra Scoppettone in Writing Mystery: A Handbook by the Mystery Writers of America (Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books, 1992), 66.
45 The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (New York: Ballantine Books, 1955, 1965), 422-23. Obviously, we like this book.
46 F. David Peat, From Certainty to Uncertainty: The Story of Science and Ideas in the Twentieth Century (Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2002), 134. Science nicely done.
47 Posted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy.
48 From Book the First of Metamorphoses, “The Creation of the World,” posted at http://classics.mit.edu/Ovid/metam.1.first.html.
49 Posted at http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Physics-Sir-Isaac-Newton.ht
m.
50 Thief of Time (New York: HarperTorch, 2001), 19.
51 From Certainty to Uncertainty, 119.
52 Quotes from Interesting Times, 4.
53 Men at Arms (New York: HarperTorch, 1993), 319.
54 The Book of Tapestry: History and Technique by Pierre Verlet, Michael Florisoone, Adolf Hoffmeister, and François Tabard (New York: The Vendome Press, distributed by Viking Press, 1965), 13.
55 Posted at http://www.igopogo.com/we_have_met.htm.
56 Monstrous Regiment (New York: HarperCollins, 2003), 86.
57 Posted at the BBC site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1821104.stm.
58 Interesting Times (New York: HarperPrism, 1994), 10.
59 Quoted at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/mohandas_gandhi.html.
60 Posted at http://www.danielpipes.org/article/990, December 31, 2002.
61 Quoted at http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/25727.html.
62 John Williamson, The Oak King, the Holly King, and the Unicorn (New York: Harper & Row, 1986), 7.
63 Definition from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E. Cobham Brewer (New York: Tess Press), 823.
64 Ibid., 277.
65 Posted at http://www.amazon.com/Wolf-Man-Claude-Rains/dp/B00001TZ6Q.
66 Posted at http://horror.about.com/od/quotablequotes/a/qq_vampire.htm.
67 Posted at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/sarah_polley.html.
68 Quote from The Simpsons: “Treehouse of Horror XVII” episode posted at http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/treehouse-of-horror-xvii/episode/728361/trivia.html.
69 Definition from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E. Cobham Brewer (New York: Tess Press), 64. Pratchett recommended this book to the audience at his Naperville book signing. He contributed to a volume of Brewer’s (the millennium edition), which was much more expensive than the one we have.