The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

Yeah.

Especially the Bromeliad trilogy, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.

I was obsessed with that book.

Nice.

... and really gets deep into some philo- uh, really deep sort of, um, uh, rumi- like, just some really deep ruminations on, [laughs] on, uh, what it means to be alive and all that.

Uh, in fact, the, the young adult book I read, uh, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, I said, "This is not...

This is a really dark book for what is supposed to be young readers." [laughs]

Yeah.

I am your host, Mark Buckle, and each episode will be joined by a guest as we discuss the novels, the characters, the jokes, and whatever direction the conversation takes us.

This episode, we'll be discussing the 28th Discworld novel, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents.

My guest returns to Discworld Order to discuss the first Discworld novel that he ever read.

Welcome back, Stuart Iverson.

Yes, there's little things like that that are, you know, a little nod for the ... 'Cause he must have known adult Discworld fans were going to read it as well, so kind of throw them a little, a little taster in there, yeah, of, uh, what they would expect from your classic Discworld books.

Yeah.

And, and the thing is, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was actually mentioned as, um, in Reaper Man.

It was like a throwaway comment in Reaper Man, which was like 10 years before this.