Tag Archives: Discworld

2025: My Year in Books: The Infographic and the Aftermath

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Brenton Dickieson

In a New Year message, the author shares their Goodreads “My Year in Books” infographic, reflecting humorously on their reading accomplishments and a lack of compliments. They met their goal of reading 120 books and mention winning badges–though the real prize is the reading experience itself. They express hopes for future reading challenges and share well wishes for the upcoming literary year. Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged book-reviews, books, C.S. Lewis, Discworld, fantasy, fiction, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Octavia Butler, P. G. Wodehouse, Reading, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett | 2 Comments

1,000th Post Party!

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s the 1,000th post on A Pilgrim in Narnia! Huzzah! I began this blog way back in 2011 as a sandbox project for thoughts about C.S. Lewis’ writings. “Pilgrimage” was a word-picture I was using a lot for my life … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Discworld, Earthsea, Field of Arbol, H.P. Lovecraft, Harry Potter, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Lilliput, Middle Earth, Narnia, Númenor, Neil Gaiman, New Urth, Oz, Panem, Prince Edward Island, Ringworld, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Enderverse, The Great Divorce | 38 Comments

The Shepherd’s Crown: Terry Pratchett’s Last Discworld Novel

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

It was six years ago, late summer in 2013, when I decided to read through Terry Pratchett‘s Discworld. At that point, the fortieth novel had been published and we already knew that Pratchett had a terminal illness. There might have … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reviews | Tagged Anne McCaffrey, Discworld, Moist von Lipwig, Monstrous Regiment, Raising Steam, Seinfeld, Terry Pratchett, The Game of Thrones, The Shepherd's Crown, Tiffany Aching, Ursula K. Le Guin, Wee Free Men | 9 Comments

Lessons on Christian Culture from Good Omens, and Why the Protests Make Weird Sense

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars I decided to reread Good Omens because of the Amazon Prime series–though don’t tell fundamentalist American Christians that the series … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged american fundamentalism, Candide, Discworld, George R.R. Martin, Good Omens, Harry Potter, mythopoiea, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Stephen King, Terry Pratchett, The Omen, Voltaire | 20 Comments

Wintersmith: Terry Pratchett’s Mythic Showdown and a Good Winter Read

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love the Tiffany Aching character within Terry Pratchett‘s imaginative and expansive Discworld, though I found this book a little slow in the middle. Though anatomy majors will do better, … Continue reading →