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'''Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor''' is a short story written by [[Terry Pratchett]] in 1973 for the [[Uncle Jim|Bucks Free Press]]. The plot of this short story would later serve as the template for {{T}}. It was later reprinted in {{BS}} and {{TWVC}}.
'''Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor''' is a short story written by [[Terry Pratchett]] in 1973 for the [[Uncle Jim|Bucks Free Press]]. The plot of this short story would later serve as the template for {{T}}. It was later reprinted in {{BS}} and {{TWVC}}.


==Plot==
== Plot ==
Rincemangle is a lonely [[Nome|Gnome]] living out in [[Even Moor]]. One day he hops onto a truck and arrives at a large [[Arnold Bros (est. 1905)|store]] where he discovers other Gnomes. Unfortunately Rincemangle discovers that the store is closing and helps the store Gnomes to escape with him on the back of a truck back to his home in Even Moor.
Rincemangle is a lonely [[Nome|Gnome]] living out in the "strange and mysterious" [[Even Moor]]. One day he hops onto a truck and arrives at a large [[Arnold Bros (est. 1905)|department store]] where he discovers other Gnomes. Unfortunately Rincemangle discovers that the humans who own the store now know ''something'' is living under their floorboards; they've brought in a cat and rat poison and will surely soon find and exterminate them. With inspiration from a book, Rincemangle helps the store Gnomes to escape on the back of a truck back to his home in Even Moor.


==Annotation==
== Annotations ==
Similar to 'Tales of the Carpet People' which would be expanded into {{TCP}} this short story is near identical in its plot to {{T}} and is likely the fist instance of what would later become the [[Bromeliad|Bromeliad trilogy]].
* Similar to "Tales of the Carpet People", which would be expanded into {{TCP}}, this short story is, in Pratchett's own words in {{BS}}, "an earlier and shorter version of what would become {{T}}."
* Rincemangle - who fulfils the story role of [[Masklin]] in the later work, but doesn't much resemble him in personality - has his name changed and repurposed for a certain [[Rincewind|wizzard]] (Pratchett refers to him as an "echo" of this story's protagonist).
* These Gnomes use the more traditional spelling, rather than "[[Nome]]" as in the Bromeliad. The latter change might have been because those Nomes have a very non-traditional origin, whereas Rincemangle and his friends seem to be of the common (but not garden) variety.


The two main differences between this short story and the later novel would first be the name of Rincemangle, which would seem to have changed and repurposed for a certain [[Rincewind|wizzard]]. The other is the spelling of the word Gnome, which is given its more traditional spelling here rather than its later spelling of Nome. This helps to differentiate it from the [[Gnomes]] that appear in the [[Discworld]] series.
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Revision as of 07:49, 30 January 2023

Rincemangle, The Gnome of Even Moor is a short story written by Terry Pratchett in 1973 for the Bucks Free Press. The plot of this short story would later serve as the template for Truckers. It was later reprinted in A Blink of the Screen and The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner.

Plot

Rincemangle is a lonely Gnome living out in the "strange and mysterious" Even Moor. One day he hops onto a truck and arrives at a large department store where he discovers other Gnomes. Unfortunately Rincemangle discovers that the humans who own the store now know something is living under their floorboards; they've brought in a cat and rat poison and will surely soon find and exterminate them. With inspiration from a book, Rincemangle helps the store Gnomes to escape on the back of a truck back to his home in Even Moor.

Annotations

  • Similar to "Tales of the Carpet People", which would be expanded into The Carpet People, this short story is, in Pratchett's own words in A Blink of the Screen, "an earlier and shorter version of what would become Truckers."
  • Rincemangle - who fulfils the story role of Masklin in the later work, but doesn't much resemble him in personality - has his name changed and repurposed for a certain wizzard (Pratchett refers to him as an "echo" of this story's protagonist).
  • These Gnomes use the more traditional spelling, rather than "Nome" as in the Bromeliad. The latter change might have been because those Nomes have a very non-traditional origin, whereas Rincemangle and his friends seem to be of the common (but not garden) variety.
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