Pyramids

Pyramids

Author	Terry Pratchett
Audio read by	Tony Robinson (abridged); Nigel Planer (unabridged); TBC (new)
Cover artist	Josh Kirby
Country	UK
Language	English
Series	Discworld
Release number	7
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Gollancz/Corgi
Publication date	1989-06-15
Preceded by	Wyrd Sisters
Followed by	Guards! Guards!

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	DOP 07	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	TCD 08	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	DCP 07	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	fireside.fm
2023-01-03	Beyond the Bindings	“Pyramids - Discworld 7”	buzzsprout.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	TPP 14	thepratchettpodcast.wordpress.com
2021-08-05	Fiction Fans	"Smuggler's Fortune & Pyramids"	fictionfanspodcast.com

Adaptations

To be added: audiobooks.

External links

• Pyramids at the L-Space Wiki
• Pyramids on Wikipedia
• Pyramids at colinsmythe.co.uk