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- |title=The Long War |series=The Long Earth Series ...9 KB (1,472 words) - 22:42, 24 January 2022
- ...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