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{{P}} is the seventh Discworld book, a standalone story introducing Pteppic, a new graduate of the Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork and heir to the throne of the kingdom of Djelibeybi. Unusually for the series it is divided into four “books”. The first book, “The Book of Going Forth”, primarily chronicles Pteppic’s final exam at the Guild, with flashbacks of his time as a student, in a fairly direct fantasy parody of ''[[wikipedia:Tom Brown's School Days|Tom Brown’s School Days]]'' and British boarding school fiction more generally.


== Blurb ==
== Blurb ==
‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’
Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Pteppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected. It’s hard to fulfil your obligations to the ancestors with a depleted treasury that is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.
He’d had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassins’ Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen…


== Podcast episodes ==
== Podcast episodes ==
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| 2012-05-13 || {{TTM}} || ''Unknown'' || N/A
| 2012-05-13 || {{TTM}} || ''Unknown'' || N/A
|-
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| 2015-11-08 || {{RMP}} || "[[An Assassin's Creed]]" || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/pyramids-an-assassins-creed/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
| 2015-11-08 || {{RMP}} || “An Assassin's Creed” || [https://radiomorpork.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/pyramids-an-assassins-creed/ radiomorpork.wordpress.com]
|-
| 2018-03-08 || {{PC}} || “Ten Points to Viper House” || [http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/03/08/episode-5-ten-points-to-viper-house/ pratchatpodcast.com]
|-
| 2019-05-15 || {{DOP}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p_WVvDYW1qNVry aalgar.com]
|-
| 2019-08-28 || {{WSP}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wsp-wyrd-sisters/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
|-
| 2019-12-08 || {{DID}} || “Alan Trotter and Pyramids” || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/1-3-alan-trotter-and-pyramids/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
|-
| 2020-06-07 || {{MYF}} || “Not For Internal Use” (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/07/e23-not-for-internal-use/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-06-14 || {{MYF}} || “That Won't Keep My Pyramids Flaring” (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/14/e24-that-wont-keep-my-pyramids-flaring/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-06-21 || {{MYF}} || “Allegory, And This Time I Mean It” (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/21/e25-allegory-and-this-time-i-mean-it/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
|-
| 2020-06-24 || {{TCD}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://compleatdiscography.page/episode/fa52ad46/pyramids compleatdiscography.page]
|-
|-
| 2018-03-08 || {{PC}} || "[[Ten Points to Viper House]]" || [http://pratchatpodcast.com/2018/03/08/episode-5-ten-points-to-viper-house/ pratchatpodcast.com]
| 2020-09-18 || {{WWTW}} || “Snake House” (1/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/6a859ab9d04448c7/snake-house-pyramids-pt-1- pinecast.co]
|-
|-
| 2019-05-15 || {{DOP}} || [[DOP 07]] || [https://sites.google.com/view/aalgarcom/content/death-of-podcasts#h.p_WVvDYW1qNVry aalgar.com]
| 2020-09-26 || {{WWTW}} || “Wet Arse Pyramids” (2/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/0701acdb499b4f39/wet-arse-pyramids-pyramids-pt-2- pinecast.co]
|-
|-
| 2019-08-28 || {{WSP}} || [[WSP 07]] || [https://wyrdsisters.podbean.com/e/wsp-wyrd-sisters/ wyrdsisters.podbean.com]
| 2020-10-03 || {{WWTW}} || “History is Just Father Issues” (3/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/70e879c41e2b4049/history-is-just-father-issues-pyramids-pt-3- pinecast.co]
|-
|-
| 2019-12-08 || {{DID}} || [[Alan Trotter and Pyramids]] || [https://www.desertislanddiscworld.com/episodes/1-3-alan-trotter-and-pyramids/ desertislanddiscworld.com]
| 2021-07-26 || {{DCP}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/07-Pyramids-e150nl2 anchor.fm]
|-
|-
| 2020-06-07 || {{MYF}} || "[[Not For Internal Use]]" (1/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/07/e23-not-for-internal-use/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2021-09-26 || {{SOA}} || “Discworld Book Seven” || [https://stuckonarrakis.buzzsprout.com/209222/9262416-discworld-book-seven-pyramids-by-terry-pratchett-featuring-anna buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-06-14 || {{MYF}} || "[[That Won't Keep My Pyramids Flaring]]" (2/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/14/e24-that-wont-keep-my-pyramids-flaring/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2021-10-13 || {{TDC}} || “Dad I'd Like to Pity” (1/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-27-dad-id-like-to-pity shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-06-21 || {{MYF}} || "[[Allegory, And This Time I Mean It]]" (3/3) || [https://thetruthshallmakeyefret.com/2020/06/21/e25-allegory-and-this-time-i-mean-it/ thetruthshallmakeyefret.com]
| 2021-10-27 || {{TDC}} || “Spend Less on Pyramids” (2/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-28-spend-less-on-pyramids shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-06-24 || {{TCD}} || [[TCD 08]] || [https://www.compleatdiscography.page/episodes/pyramids compleatdiscography.page]
| 2021-11-10 || {{TDC}} || “Fine Counterweight Continent” (3/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-29-fine-counterweight-continent shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-09-18 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Snake House]]" (1/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/6a859ab9d04448c7/snake-house-pyramids-pt-1- pinecast.co]
| 2021-11-24 || {{TDC}} || “Introducing Topics of Amusing Discourse” (4/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-30-introducing-topics-of-amusing-discourse shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-09-26 || {{WWTW}} || "[[Wet Arse Pyramids]]" (2/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/0701acdb499b4f39/wet-arse-pyramids-pyramids-pt-2- pinecast.co]
| 2021-12-08 || {{TDC}} || “The Kingdom Owners’ Association” (5/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-31-the-kingdom-owners-association shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2020-10-03 || {{WWTW}} || "[[History is Just Father Issues]]" (3/3) || [https://who-watches-the-watch.pinecast.co/episode/70e879c41e2b4049/history-is-just-father-issues-pyramids-pt-3- pinecast.co]
| 2021-12-22 || {{TDC}} || “Afterlife of the Author” (6/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-32-afterlife-of-the-author shows.acast.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-07-26 || {{DCP}} || [[DCP 07]] || [https://anchor.fm/discpod/episodes/07-Pyramids-e150nl2 anchor.fm]
| 2021-12-08 || {{NOBC}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://sites.libsyn.com/529447/episode-6-pyramids libsyn.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-10-13 || {{TDC}} || "[[Dad I'd Like to Pity]]" (1/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-27-dad-id-like-to-pity shows.acast.com]
| 2023-01-03 || {{BTB}} || “Pyramids - Discworld 7” || [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1728184/11949272-episode-54-pyramids-discworld-7 buzzsprout.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-10-27 || {{TDC}} || "[[Spend Less on Pyramids]]" (2/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-28-spend-less-on-pyramids shows.acast.com]
| 2023-04-03 || {{NRD}} || “Book 7. Pyramids” || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iveneverreaddiscworld/episodes/Book-7--Pyramids-e21lcr2 spotify.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-11-10 || {{TDC}} || "[[Fine Counterweight Continent]]" (3/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-29-fine-counterweight-continent shows.acast.com]
| 2024-02-17 || {{UAP}} || “Pyramids, Part 1: Progress and Prejudice” (1/3) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/14A--Pyramids--Part-1-Progress-and-Prejudice-e2ft9ku spotify.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-11-24 || {{TDC}} || "[[Introducing Topics of Amusing Discourse]]" (4/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-30-introducing-topics-of-amusing-discourse shows.acast.com]
| 2024-03-07 || {{UAP}} || “Pyramids, Part 2a: Mummy Madness” (2/3) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/14B--Pyramids--Part-2a-Mummy-Madness-e2goopm spotify.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-12-08 || {{TDC}} || "[[The Kingdom Owners' Association]]" (5/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-31-the-kingdom-owners-association shows.acast.com]
| 2024-04-04 || {{UAP}} || “Pyramids, Part 2b: Egyptian Representations” (3/3) || [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unseenacademicals/episodes/14C--Pyramids--Part-2b-Egyptian-Representations-e2hvb2f spotify.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-12-22 || {{TDC}} || "[[Afterlife of the Author]]" (6/6) || [https://shows.acast.com/the-disc-course/episodes/episode-32-afterlife-of-the-author shows.acast.com]
| 2024-05-23 || {{DTD}} || {{P|ep}} || [https://diningtablediscworld.podbean.com/e/dining-table-discworld-pyramids/ podbean.com]
|-
|-
| 2021-12-08 || {{NOBC}} || [[NOBC 06]] || [https://nannyoggsbookclub.fireside.fm/6 fireside.fm]
| 2024-12-01 || {{DWO}} || “E06 - Pyramids” || [https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/discworld-order/episodes/E06---Pyramids-e2rmv4u spotify.com]
|}
|}


=== Other appearances ===
=== Other appearances ===
''To be added.''
Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Show !! Episode !! External link
|-
| 2012-12-18 || {{TPP}} || “The Pratchett Podcast Episode 14”<ref>This episode also includes co-host Rhys's thoughts on {{S}}, having missed the deadline to read it for the previous episode.</ref> || [https://thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/the-pratchett-podcast-episode-14/ thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com]<ref name="earlyTPP">Post with info only; audio no longer available.</ref>
|-
| 2021-08-05 || {{FF}} || “Smuggler's Fortune & Pyramids” || [https://www.fictionfanspodcast.com/episodes/episode/4d4ace20/smugglers-fortune-and-pyramids fictionfanspodcast.com]
|}


== Adaptations ==
== Adaptations ==
''To be added: audiobooks.''
There have been three [[audiobook]] versions of ''Pyramids'': the abridged Corgi audiobook read by [[Tony Robinson]], the unabridged Isis audiobook read by [[Nigel Planer]], and the Penguin audiobook, also unabridged, read by [[Alfred Enoch]].


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{P|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
* {{P|ls}} at the L-Space Wiki
* {{P|w}} on Wikipedia
* {{P|w}} on Wikipedia
* {{P|cs}} at colinsmythe.co.uk


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==

Latest revision as of 15:04, 23 March 2025

Pyramids
Cover of the 2023 Penguin paperback edition of Pyramids
2023 Penguin paperback, cover design by Leo Nickolls
AuthorTerry Pratchett
Audio read byTony Robinson (Corgi)
Nigel Planer (Isis)
Alfred Enoch (Penguin)
Cover artistJosh Kirby
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
SeriesDiscworld
Release number
7
GenreFantasy
PublisherGollancz/Corgi
Publication date
1989-06-15
Preceded byWyrd Sisters 
Followed byGuards! Guards! 

Pyramids is the seventh Discworld book, a standalone story introducing Pteppic, a new graduate of the Assassin’s Guild in Ankh-Morpork and heir to the throne of the kingdom of Djelibeybi. Unusually for the series it is divided into four “books”. The first book, “The Book of Going Forth”, primarily chronicles Pteppic’s final exam at the Guild, with flashbacks of his time as a student, in a fairly direct fantasy parody of Tom Brown’s School Days and British boarding school fiction more generally.

Blurb

‘Look after the dead’, said the priests, ‘and the dead will look after you.’

Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when, like Pteppic, you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country rather earlier than expected. It’s hard to fulfil your obligations to the ancestors with a depleted treasury that is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father.

He’d had the best education money could buy of course, but unfortunately the syllabus at the Assassins’ Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not cover running a kingdom and basic financial acumen…

Podcast episodes

Major appearances

These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.

Date Show Episode External link
2012-05-13 The Turtle Moves Unknown N/A
2015-11-08 Radio Morpork “An Assassin's Creed” radiomorpork.wordpress.com
2018-03-08 Pratchat “Ten Points to Viper House” pratchatpodcast.com
2019-05-15 The Death of Podcasts “Pyramids” aalgar.com
2019-08-28 Wyrd Sisters “Pyramids” wyrdsisters.podbean.com
2019-12-08 Desert Island Discworld “Alan Trotter and Pyramids” desertislanddiscworld.com
2020-06-07 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Not For Internal Use” (1/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-06-14 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “That Won't Keep My Pyramids Flaring” (2/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-06-21 The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret “Allegory, And This Time I Mean It” (3/3) thetruthshallmakeyefret.com
2020-06-24 The Compleat Discography “Pyramids” compleatdiscography.page
2020-09-18 Who Watches the Watch “Snake House” (1/3) pinecast.co
2020-09-26 Who Watches the Watch “Wet Arse Pyramids” (2/3) pinecast.co
2020-10-03 Who Watches the Watch “History is Just Father Issues” (3/3) pinecast.co
2021-07-26 Disc Coverers “Pyramids” anchor.fm
2021-09-26 Stuck on Arrakis “Discworld Book Seven” buzzsprout.com
2021-10-13 The Disc-Course “Dad I'd Like to Pity” (1/6) shows.acast.com
2021-10-27 The Disc-Course “Spend Less on Pyramids” (2/6) shows.acast.com
2021-11-10 The Disc-Course “Fine Counterweight Continent” (3/6) shows.acast.com
2021-11-24 The Disc-Course “Introducing Topics of Amusing Discourse” (4/6) shows.acast.com
2021-12-08 The Disc-Course “The Kingdom Owners’ Association” (5/6) shows.acast.com
2021-12-22 The Disc-Course “Afterlife of the Author” (6/6) shows.acast.com
2021-12-08 Nanny Ogg's Book Club “Pyramids” libsyn.com
2023-01-03 Beyond the Bindings “Pyramids - Discworld 7” buzzsprout.com
2023-04-03 I’ve Never Read Discworld “Book 7. Pyramids” spotify.com
2024-02-17 Unseen Academicals “Pyramids, Part 1: Progress and Prejudice” (1/3) spotify.com
2024-03-07 Unseen Academicals “Pyramids, Part 2a: Mummy Madness” (2/3) spotify.com
2024-04-04 Unseen Academicals “Pyramids, Part 2b: Egyptian Representations” (3/3) spotify.com
2024-05-23 Dining Table Discworld “Pyramids” podbean.com
2024-12-01 Discworld Order “E06 - Pyramids” spotify.com

Other appearances

Episodes where there's significant discussion of the book, but it's not the focus of the episode.

Date Show Episode External link
2012-12-18 The Pratchett Podcast “The Pratchett Podcast Episode 14”[1] thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com[2]
2021-08-05 Fiction Fans “Smuggler's Fortune & Pyramids” fictionfanspodcast.com

Adaptations

There have been three audiobook versions of Pyramids: the abridged Corgi audiobook read by Tony Robinson, the unabridged Isis audiobook read by Nigel Planer, and the Penguin audiobook, also unabridged, read by Alfred Enoch.

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This episode also includes co-host Rhys's thoughts on Sourcery, having missed the deadline to read it for the previous episode.
  2. ↑ Post with info only; audio no longer available.
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