This guidebook provides a topographical and cultural inventory of Lancre, the highland kingdom situated within the Ramtop Mountains. It outlines the geographic boundaries between Whale Bay and Uberwald while detailing the high concentration of background magic that causes local flora to move without wind and rocks to migrate at night. The text documents the home lives of notable residents like Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, explaining how the proximity to thin spots in reality influences the local economy and the training of witches. It includes a physical map designed to illustrate the cramped, vertical nature of the terrain.
Readers who follow the Discworld series use this manual to visualize the specific layout of the settings found in the Witches sub-series. It appeals to those interested in fictional cartography and the technical mechanics of Discworld’s magical ecology. By reading this, a person gains a spatial understanding of the Ramtops and a clearer grasp of the regional folklore. It serves as a reference for identifying the specific locations of castles, forests, and villages that appear throughout the internal chronology of the novels.
Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Practical Optimizer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Random House
- ISBN
- 9781473589650
- Language
- EN
