Bromeliad - Revision history

Guybrush: /* Gallery */

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Gallery

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom CL.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|~~Collectors~~ Library Edition by Joe McLaren]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom CL.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|[[Discworld Collector’s Library\|Collector’s Library]] Edition by Joe McLaren]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]		[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]

Guybrush: Split gallery into two rows

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]
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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]

Guybrush: Added second edition cover to gallery

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Added second edition cover to gallery

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brome FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brome FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Second Edition cover by [[David Wyatt]]]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]

Jagra at 15:53, 8 August 2023

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	\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition by David Wyatt (2008)]]		\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition by David Wyatt (2008)]]
	\|coauthors=		\|coauthors=
			\|illustrator=
	\|date=November 1998		\|date=November 1998
	\|publisher=Doubleday		\|publisher=Doubleday
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	'''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the [[Collections\|trilogy]] about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.		'''The Bromeliad''' or '''The Bromeliad Trilogy''' is the name of the [[Collections\|trilogy]] about the [[nomes]]. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.

	It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]], and more specifically the species that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [[wikipedia:Bromeliad\|bromeliad]] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...		It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]], and more specifically the species that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [[wikipedia:Bromeliad\|bromeliad]] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...
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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\| Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom CL.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Collectors Library Edition by Joe McLaren]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]		[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]

Guybrush: Broadened explanation of Bromeliads a bit, since the grouping includes (for example) pineapples

2023-04-03T23:24:11Z

Broadened explanation of Bromeliads a bit, since the grouping includes (for example) pineapples

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	'''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the [[Collections\|trilogy]] about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.		'''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the [[Collections\|trilogy]] about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.

	It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]] that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Bromeliad bromeliad] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...		It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]], and more specifically the species that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [[wikipedia:Bromeliad\|bromeliad]] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...

	[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...		[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...

Jagra at 15:07, 2 June 2017

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	{{Book Data		{{Book Data
	\|title=The Bromeliad		\|title=The Bromeliad
	\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition (2008)]]		\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition by David Wyatt (2008)]]
	\|coauthors=		\|coauthors=
	\|date=November 1998		\|date=November 1998
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	[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...		[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...

			==Gallery==
			{\|
			\|-
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brome FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\| Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]
			\|}

	[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]		[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]

Jagra at 19:48, 13 November 2016

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	'''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the trilogy about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.		'''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the [[Collections\|trilogy]] about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.

	It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]] that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromeliad bromeliad] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...		It's taken from the name for a family of plants on [[Roundworld]] that grow in the airy and well-lit upper branches of trees in the rainforest, principally in South America. This possibly parasitic plant puts out very big, long-lasting flowers that act as natural reservoirs for rainwater. A well-established [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromeliad bromeliad] will end up sustaining its own more-or-less self-contained ecology, including small yellow frogs which live their entire life cycles in the water within the flower. These are used in {{D}} as a metaphor for the lives of [[Nomes]], especially for those who lived as a self-contained and possibly parasitic ecology within the walls and floors of the [[Store]]. However, it becomes apparent that a wider metaphor also applies here for ''all'' Nomes, who are effectively living as parasites on the margins of human society, in a world not their own, and where the slightest knock, or circumstances beyond their control altering, means they have to adapt or die. And, it could be wider, if we think that the [[Roundworld]] is too big for us, little humans...

Jagra at 22:24, 11 September 2016

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	\|title=The Bromeliad		\|title=The Bromeliad
	\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition]]		\|cover=[[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|240px\|Cover Second Edition (2008)]]
	\|coauthors=		\|coauthors=
	\|date=November 1998		\|date=November 1998

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 '''The Bromeliad''' is the name of the trilogy about the nomes. {{T}} was the first book, {{D}} was the second, and {{WI}} was the third.

Jagra at 19:18, 14 March 2016

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	[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...		[[Masklin]], once in a sort of control of the [[Starship Swan]], brings back a bromeliad flower, plus frogs, as a sort of ad-hoc Interflora gift for [[Grimma\|a very special person]]...

	[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad~~, The~~]]		[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom CL.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|~~Collectors~~ Library Edition by Joe McLaren]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom CL.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|[[Discworld Collector’s Library\|Collector’s Library]] Edition by Joe McLaren]]
	\|}		\|}

	[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]		[[Category:Bromeliad series\|Bromeliad]]

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]
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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom SG2.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by S. Saelig Gallagher-Library Binding]]

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	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brome FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brome FE.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|First Edition cover by [[Josh Kirby]]]]
			\| valign="top" \| [[File:Bromeliad Cover.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Second Edition cover by [[David Wyatt]]]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom DC.jpg\|thumb\|120px\|Cover by David A. Cherry]]
	\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]		\| valign="top" \| [[File:Brom Proof.jpg\|thumb\|140px\|Book Proof-US]]