The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
 Collector's Library edition, 2022 | |
| Author | Terry Pratchett |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Tony Robinson (abridged); Stephen Briggs (unabridged) Ariyon Bakare (new) |
| Cover artist | Paul Kidby |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Series | Discworld |
Release number | 28 |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Preceded by | The Last Hero |
| Followed by | Night Watch |
For the animated film adaptation, see The Amazing Maurice.
Blurb
Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats...
But in Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune and now the rats must learn a new word.
EVIL.
It's not a game any more. It's a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start...
Podcast episodes
Major appearances
These are episodes primarily devoted to discussing this book.
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-14 | Radio Morpork | "Puss in Cahoots" | radiomorpork.wordpress.com |
| 2020-07-08 | Pratchat | "Cat, Rats and Two Meddling Kids" | pratchatpodcast.com |
| 2020-12-15 | The Death of Podcasts | “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” | aalgar.com |
| 2021-06-28 | Wyrd Sisters | “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” | wyrdsisters.podbean.com |
| 2021-11-21 | Desert Island Discworld | "Erica Henderson and The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents" | desertislanddiscworld.com |
| 2022-04-25 | The Compleat Discography | “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” | compleatdiscography.page |
| 2022-04-28 | The Compleat Discography | "The Amazing Maurice part 2" | compleatdiscography.page |
| 2022-12-05 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | "Butter Beans & Instant Oodles" (1/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2022-12-12 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | "Narratively Satisfying Lever" (2/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2022-12-19 | The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret | “Rat King Roomba" (3/3) | thetruthshallmakeyefret.com |
| 2023-02-10 | Nanny Ogg's Book Club | “The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents” | fireside.fm |
| 2023-03-20 | Will You Still Love It Tomorrow | “Episode 57 - The Amazing Maurice”[1] | libsyn.com |
| 2023-05-24 | Who Watches the Watch | “Das Rathaus” (1/?) | pinecast.co |
| 2023-06-16 | Who Watches the Watch | “Vegan Condoms” (2/?) | pinecast.co |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-01 | The Pratchett Podcast | “EPISODE48” | app.talkshoe.com |
Adaptations
- The Amazing Maurice is an animated movie - and the first feature film adaptation of a Pratchett work - produced by Sky, Narrativia and other production companies, and first released in December 2022.
- The BBC produced a two-part full-cast radio adaptation in 2003. Notably this featured David Tennant as Dangerous Beans, a role he also plays in the feature film. Michael Fenton Stevens also appears in two roles.
- Penguin released a new audiobook in 2022 as part of the 50 Years of Terry new editions; it's read by Ariyon Bakare, who plays Darktan in the film. There are earlier abridged and unabridged audiobooks too, read by Tony Robinson and Stephen Briggs, respectively.
- The book was adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, and as a stage musical for schools by Matthew Holmes.
External links
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents at the L-Space Wiki
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents on Wikipedia
Footnotes
- ↑ Compares the book to the film adaptation The Amazing Maurice.