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- ...of references to people and events in the ''Discworld'' series to delight the fans, or else to see if anybody notices. * '''Corgi paperback pp133-134:''' - The rather big mess made of several East Earths by Chinese attempts to improve ...5 KB (789 words) - 22:57, 16 January 2016
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- These are annotations for the book '''{{MR}}'''. See also the [[Annotated Pratchett File]]’s [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/monstrous ...United Kingdom. (Pratchett is obviously not adopting Knox's ideas - almost the reverse in fact.) ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 00:57, 12 April 2024
- |title=The Long War |series=The Long Earth Series ...9 KB (1,472 words) - 22:42, 24 January 2022
- '''''The Title''''' ...ggressive or warlike foreign policy) which in turn comes from Macdermott's War Song. ...13 KB (2,252 words) - 17:02, 26 March 2023
- |characters=[[Rincewind]], [[Twoflower]], [[Cohen the Barbarian]] Mighty Battles! Revolution! [[Death]]! [[War]]! (and his sons [[Terror]] and [[Panic]], and daughter [[Clancy]]). ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 04:44, 19 October 2022
- Annotations for {{T!}}. Unless otherwise specified, page numbers refer to the UK Doubleday hardback edition. Annotations about general ideas and concepts in the book, rather than specific passages. ...30 KB (4,890 words) - 08:10, 7 August 2023
- ...ress dissent by bringing tall towers crashing down, followed by attacks on the railways. Hmmm. ...re are limits to a Fascist dictator's power, and Benito discovered his was the Italian state railway. Adolf Hitler didn't have to exert himself - German s ...30 KB (4,999 words) - 00:10, 4 August 2023
- ...is here to help you. If you like Pratchett, these books are recommended by the fans. *For the more graphically-oriented, see also [[Webcomic and Graphic Novel Suggestion ...70 KB (11,485 words) - 04:31, 20 October 2022
- ...nasty surprise, is a deliberate parody of Dan Brown's mystery thrillers of the ''Da Vinci Code'' genre. ...barefoot Goddess of Football, the winged angel standing bare of foot atop the ball... documentary evidence, hopefully, will follow. ...47 KB (7,988 words) - 05:21, 6 March 2024
- |title=The Long Earth |series=The Long Earth Series ...5 KB (855 words) - 03:31, 4 May 2020
- ...and I had to restore from my previous backup. We've all new changes since the 23rd :( --[[User:Osiris|Osiris]] ([[User talk:Osiris|talk]]) 18:12, 7 July ...Mended Drum archives, but I don't know what's to be done with the rest of the missing pieces. [[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens| ...28 KB (4,642 words) - 16:51, 18 March 2024
- :a. The name of this page, "Discworld & Pratchett Wiki:Mended Drum" (and other :b. The existance of the category bar on all pages regardless of whether or not they are in a catego ...44 KB (7,292 words) - 14:54, 7 July 2016
- ...absent is what caused the great amount of interest the [[Gods]] had in the war (as mentioned by [[Anoia]] in {{W}}). ...rough brand of justice, Cadram's lifespan is probably not going to be too long. ...3 KB (403 words) - 12:41, 4 April 2021
- |title=The Long Mars |series=The Long Earth Series ...2 KB (326 words) - 15:32, 11 April 2020
- ...at the least, the sort of pointed diplomacy that often takes the place of war). ...all) dwarfs have a problem with fitting into a modern world, where many of the old traditions have become obsolete or plain wrong. ...9 KB (1,626 words) - 20:30, 9 November 2013
- ...the star of the first sound movie, [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0018037/ ''The Jazz Singer'']. "...the deep fat mines at Shmaltzberg..." Shmaltz is Yiddish for chicken fat, as we ...11 KB (1,854 words) - 10:25, 27 March 2023
- ...ming typical inhabitants of [[Power Cable]], Nebraska*, who are angry that the spectacular thing they promised little Virgilia on her ninth birthday did n ...the cumulating event of ''"The Long War"'' and its consequences in ''"The Long Mars"''. ...2 KB (270 words) - 02:56, 18 August 2014
- ...h are not, strictly speaking, to do with spicy [[Klatch]]ian foodstuffs or the purveyors thereof. ...Curry Gardens, compared to the known take-home pay of a lance-constable in the Watch, using Roundworld equivalent costings as an analogue. It all fitted, ...24 KB (4,068 words) - 09:44, 29 January 2018
- ...its of a succession of tradesmen, each coming to repair the damage done by the previous tradesman[http://www.linux.org.uk/~telsa/Diary/gasman.html]). ...bar of the [[Broken Drum]] with weapons not far from plain sight, and took the form: ...7 KB (1,125 words) - 18:11, 29 December 2015
- ...nd mention the part where Imp says "Hello, Baby" the infamous beginning to the Roundworld version. ...and is in turn rejected by it (by not being in the train crash which kills the others and thereby sends them to Narnia) because of what is essentially a r ...36 KB (6,252 words) - 00:03, 3 March 2021
- ...Pratchett's other works, or there should be secondary evidence to support the annotation. ...s or a kinder Grim Reaper are more likely just examples of "[[fishing from the same stream]]", as Pratchett put it. ...28 KB (4,660 words) - 01:38, 20 December 2023
- ...anetary Society. He became a full time author in 1995 and co-authored the 'Long Earth' series with [[Terry Pratchett]]. *{{wp|Xeelee Sequence|The Xeelee Sequence}}, 1991-2018 ...2 KB (283 words) - 15:15, 11 April 2020
- ...as a plot point in Book Two [[Book:The Long War|The Long War]] concerning the status and treatment of [[Marjorie|trolls]]. [[Category: Long Earth locations]] ...431 bytes (73 words) - 06:56, 29 January 2017
- |next=[[TV and Film:The Watch|The Watch]] ...ded to the story from ideas that the authors had that did not make it into the book, as well as ideas they had plotted for a sequel, but never written. ...12 KB (1,911 words) - 11:35, 28 September 2023
- ...enté? You're ''him'', aren't you? The weird one? With the [[Stepper]]? And the nuns?" ...in that he and [[Lobsang]] embark on a top-secret mission to the depths of Long Earth for that most natural of reasons: to see what is out there, and wheth ...2 KB (261 words) - 11:58, 3 March 2016
- ...powerful city-state on the [[Sto Plains]]. The [[Baron Rust|ancestor]] of the current Lord Rust was created a Baron after single-handedly killing thirty- ...r: Lord Ronald Rust, or "''Ronnie''." He is the drawling kind of nobleman, the gentleman who looks so leisurely that he seems to be sleeping during import ...9 KB (1,567 words) - 04:21, 8 October 2021
- ...]] to act as mediator, they explore several hundred thousand iterations of the planet Mars together, discovering, among other things, a race of sentient d ...of events resulting in [[Joshua Valienté]] losing an arm as a trophy in [[The Game]]. ...1 KB (181 words) - 16:37, 19 August 2014
- ...ubtle pattern of change as Earths progress, like the flickering of a film, the jokers stand completely outside this harmonious pattern. it is discovered in [[Book:The Long Cosmos]] that there is, in fact, a pattern to their distribution. ...942 bytes (141 words) - 09:38, 18 July 2016
- '''Alphabetical list of characters in the works of Terry Pratchett''' ...characters, please also add them to a relevant category, or create one for the book if necessary (should only be needed for non-Discworld books). ...15 KB (1,833 words) - 21:52, 9 February 2024
- |occupation= Commander of the [[Ankh-Morpork City Watch|City Watch]] (Badge No.177) ...], in which his rises from being a poor and often-drunk policeman to being the leader of a modern police force. ...24 KB (4,167 words) - 19:55, 21 December 2022
- ...edition, hardback, pp. 121). And Vimes' younger self has followed him into the torture chambers, perhaps over-hearing this discourse between Swing and "J :The "philosophical bastard" was Voltaire. It was a favorite quote of Robespier ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 12:16, 9 May 2024
- ...and Libya on Roundworld, the long flowing robe of the Arab male is called the ''gelebeia''. ...esewright to dark sarcasm, and challenged to name the invisible enemies of the Assassin who will dog at his heels, Pteppic lists them as ''"Ill-preparedne ...9 KB (1,521 words) - 23:01, 4 November 2018
- ...reciation of the truism, usually spoken about [[foot-the-ball]], that '''''the Game isn't merely a matter of life and death - it's more important than tha == The Game in Überwald == ...3 KB (577 words) - 22:41, 28 August 2017
- in the APF, Breebart and Kew write:- ...ll dance the FiveHundredAndTwelvesome Reel to the tune o' "The Devil Among The Lawyers"'" ...11 KB (1,827 words) - 12:16, 19 June 2023
- |neighbours= the [[Mothering Sunday Islands]] ...n would later become inhabited again by refugees from other islands hit by The Wave. ...5 KB (801 words) - 23:39, 25 June 2022
- ...lse a nearby supernova. Incessant windstorms stain the sky orangey-red and the only clouds to be seen are apparently carbon dioxide-based. [[Category: Long Earth locations]]. ...490 bytes (81 words) - 13:15, 15 August 2015
- |occupation=Butler<BR>A Member of the City Watch [[Specials]] ...emains uneasy with the idea of having a servant, he seems to have accepted the idea. ...9 KB (1,464 words) - 00:36, 31 January 2018
- |photo= Igor.jpg|One of the Igors, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]] ...on most Igors are spoiled because they like to leave the stitches in, but the daughters of Igor families ([[Igorina|Igorinas]]) are very beautiful. ...19 KB (3,240 words) - 02:02, 18 December 2021
- ....jpg|thumb|right|The "anorankh" earrings that immortalised Colette Reap in the Discworld novels.]] ...r {{wp|Wilson Tucker|Wilson Tucker}}, who either originated or popularised the idea. ...2 KB (347 words) - 00:26, 13 August 2021
- ...ee. His eyes are a penetrating ice-blue in colour. Walks with a cane after the events of {{MAA}} ...upreme ruler for some years and is the successor of [[Mad Lord Snapcase]]. The Assassins' Guild have an AM$ 1,000,000 fee for his inhumation, though rumou ...17 KB (2,851 words) - 19:57, 21 December 2022
- |residence= "imprisoned" in the [[Patrician's Palace]] ...s being mainly a painter who creates planes that can't fly. This is during the events of ''Wyrd Sisters''. ...6 KB (1,053 words) - 04:40, 2 December 2021
- ...is flagship of the Fleet, which might in its day (presumed that of one of the last Kings) have been prefixed H.A.M.M.S. ...of Ankh-Morpork]]''. Other ships referenced are the ''Indestructible'' and the ''Indolence''. ...3 KB (476 words) - 21:42, 8 March 2015
- |photo= ANNAGOVIA.jpg|The Duchess, as drawn by [[User:Knmatt|Matt Smith]] ...for the better expressed by the people has found a catalyst in the form of the fervent believer [[Wazzer Goom]]. ...3 KB (470 words) - 10:03, 4 March 2023
- In the book {{JATD}}, Bill Stickers is a long-term resident of the [[Blackbury]] cemetery. Workers Of the ...3 KB (537 words) - 00:17, 24 September 2012
- |age= Unknown; probably the vampire equivalent of a twenty-year-old or so ...and the little silver pot like a portable shrine, but soon after he joins the squad they are stolen. ...3 KB (560 words) - 17:52, 4 May 2018
- ...o displays of needless physical violence. His alias in the great ride down the M6 in {{GO}} is Grievous Bodily Harm. ...appearance on an LP sleeve... and thus are born the [[Four Other Riders Of The Apocalypse]] ...2 KB (326 words) - 02:36, 25 November 2022
- ...t to be one of the most dangerous weapons ever conceived in the history of the Disc. ...y over a long distance. This fact makes the Gonne much more dangerous than the common crossbows. ...7 KB (1,158 words) - 07:39, 30 October 2023
- ...ficial wise man of a tribe of [[D'reg|D'regs]] met by [[Sam Vimes]] during the events of {{J}}. :Vimes: "Oh, so he's not the one who tells them (i.e. the D'regs) to charge?" ...2 KB (290 words) - 15:08, 27 January 2023
- ...ry close attention in her classes. By extension, this is not a class where the pupils care to annoy [[Teacher|Miss]]. ...964 bytes (158 words) - 03:01, 26 September 2022
- ...veral) of the many [[UU degrees|degrees]] available and practicing all day long makes a great wizard. Oh yes, and growing a beard and wearing a pointed hat ...ropels himself up the the [[Tower of Art]] by causing a stone to drop from the tower's roof. It is not too hard to turn a cat into a dog, because this is ...11 KB (1,798 words) - 17:56, 14 December 2022
- |title=The Fifth Elephant |cover=[[File:Cover The Fifth Elephant.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by Josh Kirby]] ...12 KB (1,869 words) - 00:29, 26 April 2023
- ...t unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him. ...rently by a troll, yet the dwarfs are trying to keep the death secret from the watch. ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 00:45, 26 April 2023
- ...nding him. When he sings ''[[Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag]]'' the creatures respond ''in his own voice''. He was given the nickname [[Wikipedia:The Scarlet Pimpernel|Pimple]] ...767 bytes (127 words) - 19:28, 27 July 2014
- ''They say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, which just goes to show they'r ...ship, children and weddings, all in a refined style that should not offend the most delicate of sensibilities. Well, not much. ...7 KB (1,081 words) - 21:22, 19 August 2022
- |characters=[[Rincewind]], [[The Luggage]], [[Nijel the Destroyer]], [[Coin]], [[Conina]] ...sity. But Death makes him place a loophole in his son's destiny to appease the laws of fate: there will be a chance to defeat Coin if he throws away his s ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 04:42, 28 September 2022
- ...[[Book:Small Gods|Small Gods]] mostly as a tortoise, but in power also as the more traditional human, swan and bull forms. One of the more powerful [[gods]] on the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]]. (On and off) ...8 KB (1,292 words) - 04:20, 23 May 2022
- ...[[Lancre]] for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he's caught up in a war between [[vampires]] and [[witches magic|witches]], and he's not sure there There're the witches – young [[Agnes Nitt|Agnes]], who is ''really'' in two minds ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 04:58, 2 March 2022
- |title= The Chalk |picture=White_Horse.jpg|The White Horse ...8 KB (1,272 words) - 01:31, 19 August 2021
- ...of references to people and events in the ''Discworld'' series to delight the fans, or else to see if anybody notices. * '''Corgi paperback pp133-134:''' - The rather big mess made of several East Earths by Chinese attempts to improve ...5 KB (789 words) - 22:57, 16 January 2016
- |features= clement offshore islands such as [[Papylos]], the [[Pyrinankles]]. ...d to all those who are not a slave, mad, female, poor or foreign) Ruled by The Tyrant ...4 KB (679 words) - 19:49, 18 October 2017
- ...known world. The greatest burst of conquest occurred with the exploits of the great General [[Callus Tacticus|Tacticus]], whose dates are less certain, b ...ld and its neighbours was probably not continuously occupied, and retained the original tongues. ...2 KB (375 words) - 02:34, 9 May 2014
- ...the war against [[Omnia]], Tsort was able to contribute the most ships to the invasion fleet. ...e [[Octavo]] weren't said on [[Hogswatch]] of one year in the [[Century of the Fruitbat]]. Tsort's written language is comprised of hieroglyphs. ...3 KB (440 words) - 04:38, 4 January 2018
- ...t. In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh... and every day he has to take the [[Mr Fusspot|Chairman]] for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemie ...ins' Guild]] would enforce this contract, effectively forcing Moist to run the bank. ...8 KB (1,129 words) - 12:51, 30 January 2023
- ...e to {{wp|Great Expectations|Great Expectations}}, where Estella calls Pip the same thing. ...seems surprised when Ysabell actually does fall in love with Mort later in the book. ...6 KB (983 words) - 19:56, 10 September 2013
- ...with them, but she suspects some sort of weapon-use is involved. Later in the book crescent-shaped boomerangs are deployed as weapons. ...where the Celtic Irish war goddess Morrigan returns to Ireland. She/they (the Morrigan is a triple Goddess) uses her fingernails as a sort of boomerang- ...6 KB (915 words) - 01:55, 12 August 2023
- ...yone around them, in fact the only thing they seem to reliably remember is the sand. [[Beau Nidle|Death]] tried this once, it didn't last. They also have ...o "[[Beau Nidle]]" taking the idea a step further) The idea that "men join the Legion to forget" was coined for these books... ...4 KB (692 words) - 05:41, 1 August 2014
- |appearance= Brown hair in {{ER}} White haired ponytail, wrinkles by the time of {{ISWM}} '''''Eskarina Smith''''' ('''Esk''' for short) is the Disc's first and only female wizard, and [[Granny Weatherwax]]'s first pupi ...6 KB (995 words) - 05:28, 2 April 2021
- ...ainst the civil order and refusing to pay unjust taxes. You'd have thought the Americans would have learnt from their own history, but [[Ed Cutler]] seemi [[Category: Long Earth locations]] ...473 bytes (74 words) - 07:47, 18 July 2016
- ...Russians) after he accidentally stepped to [[Long Earth|another earth]]. The Trolls seem to enjoy it. ...schoolchildren in the UK and Commonwealth countries as late as the 1980s. The full lyrics can be found [http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/packupyourtrou ...786 bytes (132 words) - 01:45, 22 December 2023
- ...low opinion about the practical capabilities of most formal Officers, with the major exclusion of Carrot and Sam Vimes (whom he considers to be honorary s ...with the [[Duke of Eorle|Duke of Eorle's]] First Heavy Infantry Regiment (the [[Pheasant Pluckers]]). Colon has seen front-line service, but still manage ...7 KB (1,132 words) - 03:22, 6 April 2022
- ...you as a very fast red-coloured blur (and then put it down to a floater in the eye, or an after-image, or something). ...o do it. Unless they're called [[Lobsang Ludd]] that is, who was born with the knack. ...3 KB (606 words) - 02:00, 3 November 2019
- ...n to the many dwarfish eateries in the city), though he is not a member of the [[Ratcatchers' Guild]]. He lived primarily in the sewers of [[Ankh-Morpork]]. After an encounter with [[Fred Colon]] Arthur w ...3 KB (571 words) - 02:08, 11 August 2021
- ...as justly been estimated that 90% of fan fiction is, to be kind, not worth the computer run-time .../pmwiki.php/Main/SturgeonsLaw?from=Main.ptitle3tinj4tz tvtropes] explains, the remaining 10% is to die for. (Well, perhaps feel slightly ill.) ...5 KB (737 words) - 14:09, 15 August 2015
- ...t Mr. Pin's intellectual input is necessary for the continued operation of the New Firm. ...mothballs, bloodshot and spinning eyeballs, and more, but virtually never the mood-altering effects. ...5 KB (783 words) - 15:01, 15 September 2022
- ...says different!" In [[Wintersmith]], Wullie adopts [[Horace the Cheese]], the sentient Lancre Blue cheese that was previously something like a pet of Tif .... It is clear that Bob is a khaki ''idiot savant'', a trait he shares with the Feegle Daft Wullie. ...4 KB (651 words) - 03:55, 21 January 2024
- |title=Johnny and the Bomb ...lickered... and the world changed. It's May 21, 1941, thought Johnny. It's war. ...3 KB (517 words) - 04:36, 13 May 2022
- ...|Ankh-Morporkians]] are ever interested in using acronyms, the acronym for the Engine would have been ENIGMA. Must be a coincidence. Appears in: ''[[Book:The Fifth Elephant|The Fifth Elephant]]''. ...2 KB (288 words) - 03:00, 14 August 2019
- ...y the Guild council, and the necessary period of practical refinement into the approved form of words). It is thought that the [[Trickster|Trickster-God]] had a hand in the production of this grimoire, so you have been warned. ...2 KB (311 words) - 02:58, 3 April 2014
- ...sists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. In the hands of an expert, these are intimidating and potent weapons in hand-to-ha ...ng infertility and impotency, and in relation with the difficulty of using the weapon, probably an apt comparison. ...1 KB (238 words) - 04:29, 15 February 2015
- ...he four arms of a crossroads. A very large single building sits central in the square. ...ods when it came to reducing London to smouldering ash... Have Things From The Dungeon Dimensions ever walked, scuttled or slithered this way? ...832 bytes (132 words) - 01:32, 9 June 2022
- ...b of the [[History Monks|Monks of History]], who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater -- how much time does a codfish n ...apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone's problems. ...3 KB (392 words) - 05:42, 28 September 2022
- Fizz is a political cartoonist for the [[Ankh-Morpork Times]]. His depictions of [[Morporkia]] raise a manly sigh * {{T!}} - [[Vimes]] mentions that Sybil buys the original whenever Sam features in one of Fizz's cartoons ...1 KB (192 words) - 00:04, 2 February 2023
- ...nded) in an attempt to force Klatch and [[Ankh-Morpork]] to go to war over the island of [[Leshp]]. Funny, really, because he seemed to be the one that Ankh could trust - at least according to arch-idiot [[Lord Rust]]. ...1,008 bytes (160 words) - 05:17, 5 September 2017
- ...intelligent social animal, presumably out of [[Howondaland]], resident in the [[Patrician's Palace]] [[Menagerie]]. It spends its time trying to distrac ...use, in general, motorcycles have not been officially invented yet; it's a long way back to Howondaland (do meerkats who manage a home run send postcards b ...811 bytes (120 words) - 03:55, 24 December 2012