Talk:The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

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Rounding up that subseries... ISFDb mentions a single review in Interzone, which arguably is a magazine so it's halfway to having multiple (2+) reliable reviews. Google gave me a review on SFSite, which is also classified (by us) as magazine, so I guess that's borderline enough. @Cunard - anything else you can find? (No hurry, with those two reviews I guess this is safe, at least from me nominating it :P) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:00, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi. Here are some sources about the book The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day:  The review notes: "The book reads like a Pratchett novel, it's full of well written humour and hilarious footnotes and there are references to Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in the book, but essentially it is just a chapter driven comedy which has science revealed in it about the nature of Physical Law and the Higgs boson. For anyone into science fiction and science in general, this is the sort of light-hearted book to pick up as it asks (nearly) all of the questions that many want to have answered."  The review notes: "Pratchett’s new book, The Science of Discworld IV, co-written with the mathematician Ian Stewart and the biologist Jack Cohen, discusses ideas about origins and endings, cosmology and astrobiology, entropy and genetics. The idea of storytelling is not just an embroidered way of including a tale of the discussion of the “Roundworld” taking place on the Discworld. ... One of the most pleasing things about Pratchett, Stewart and Cohen’s book is the way the authors demonstrate that we don’t understand even what we think we understand. ... But, paradoxically, both Pratchett’s storytelling and the resolutely universe-centred perspective of the scientists make me happier to be human. I look forward to the next volume."  The review notes: "Half popular science essay and half fantasy tale, the final installment of the enjoyable Science of Discworld series sums up by updating topics from previous books while exploring the nature of our universe and the psychology of human belief."  The review notes: "Longtime Discworld compatriots and narrators Michael Fenton Stevens and Stephen Briggs once again make complicated science accessible and fun in this fourth installment of the SCIENCE OF DISCWORLD series. ... But in the end, it's the sounds of absolute glee and discovery, along with charming English accents, that Stevens and Briggs bring to the proceedings that make these books irresistible."  The review notes: "Terry Pratchett and his academic colleagues, mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, continue their successful combination of fiction, science and philosophy, spinning off Pratchett's immensely popular Discworld series. As before, Pratchett's Roundworld, aka Earth, and Discworld storylines intersect, allowing Stewart and Cohen to tackle big issues in science, religion and philosophy."  The article notes: "Judgement Day: The Science Of Discworld IV Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen (HarperCollins Pounds 18.99) The Discworld novels work so well because they invert expectations, thus magic is dull and elves are vain and dangerous. So what could inspire wonder but an investigation of science itself? Pratchett explores a universe of endless possibilities. "  The article notes: "There will be another Discworld book, Raising Steam, in the autumn, but it is nothing if not an industry: this month, Pratchett publishes volume IV in his Science of Discworld series, in which chapters of fantasy alternate with chapters of surprisingly demanding Roundworld [aka Earth] science, supplied by Pratchett's long-time collaborators, mathematician Professor Ian Stewart and biologist Dr Jack Cohen." </ol>Cunard (talk) 09:03, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Now added, except the last one which seems like a passing mention. --<sub style="border:1px solid #228B22;padding:1px;">Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:33, 10 August 2023 (UTC)