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The Annotated Pratchett File, v9.0 Collectedandeditedby: LeoBreebaart<[email protected]> AssistantEditor: MikeKew<[email protected]> Organisation: UnseenUniversity Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett,alt.books.pratchett Archivename: apf–9.0.3 Lastmodified: 1July2005 Versionnumber: 9.0.3(ThePointlessAlbatrossRelease) TheAnnotatedPratchettFile 2 CONTENTS 1 Preface to v9.0 5 TheLastHero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 TheAmazingMauriceandhisEducatedRodents . 137 2 Introduction 7 NightWatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 3 Discworld Annotations 9 TheWeeFreeMen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 TheColourofMagic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 MonstrousRegiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 TheLightFantastic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 AHatFullofSky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 EqualRites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 OnceMore,WithFootnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Mort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 GoingPostal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Sourcery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Wintersmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 WyrdSisters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Thud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Pyramids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Where’sMyCow? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Guards!Guards! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 WhenIAmOldIShallWearMidnight. . . . . . . 149 Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 TheDiscworldCompanion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 MovingPictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 TheScienceofDiscworld . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 ReaperMan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 TheScienceofDiscworldII:theGlobe . . . . . . 151 WitchesAbroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 TheScienceofDiscworldIII:Darwin’sWatch . . 151 SmallGods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 TheStreetsofAnkh-Morpork . . . . . . . . . . . 151 LordsandLadies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 TheDiscworldMapp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 MenatArms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 ATouristGuidetoLancre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 SoulMusic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Death’sDomain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 InterestingTimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 4 Other Annotations 153 Maskerade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 GoodOmens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 FeetofClay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Strata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Hogfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 TheDarkSideoftheSun . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Jingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Truckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 TheLastContinent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Diggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 CarpeJugulum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 TheFifthElephant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 OnlyYouCanSaveMankind . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 TheTruth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 JohnnyandtheDead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 ThiefofTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 3 TheAnnotatedPratchettFile JohnnyandtheBomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 TheCarpetPeople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 TheUnadulteratedCat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 5 Thoughts and Themes 169 TheTurtleMoves! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Song... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 ...andDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 ReverseAnnotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 WordsfromtheMaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 6 Editorial Comments 183 TheOriginoftheAPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 VersionhistoryandTimeline . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 PageNumbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 ToAnnotateorNottoAnnotate . . . . . . . . . . 185 TheAPFinOtherFormats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Third-partyAnnotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 CopyingtheAPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 CopyrightDiscussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 4 CHAPTER 1 Preface to v9.0 Thisisthefirst‘real’releaseoftheAnnotatedPratchettFile sincethev7a.0releaseof16June1996. Backthen,Iapologisedfortheeighteenmonthsthathad passedbetweenv7.0andv7a.0,andIpromisedIwoulddo betternexttime. Um,yes. Apologisingagain,butnowfortheeightyears thathave passedbetweenv7a.0andthisv9.0,seemsabitpointless. LetmeinsteadjustthankallyouAPFreadersforyour patience,yoursubmissions,yourcorrections,andyour offerstohelp. Inallthoseeightyearstheflowofsupportive wordsandemailsandUsenetmessagesneveroncedried up,andIdoubtifIcouldeverexpressadequatelyenough howmotivatingandhelpfulthathasbeen. Havinglearnedmylesson,Iwillmakenopromisesor predictionsthistimewithrespecttofuturereleasesofthe APF,butmyhonestintentionisforv9.0tosignalthestartof aperiodofsteadyAPFdevelopmentonallfronts: annotation content,WorldWideWebversion,typesetversion— everything. InasenseIstillconsiderv9.0an‘intermediate’ version,andIhavePlansformajorimprovementsallover. Wewilljusthavetoseehow(andwhen!) itallplaysout;for nowIhopethatv9.0willbeawelcomemilestone,of sufficientqualitytomakesureeverybodyisonceagain willingtocomealongonthenextlegofthetrip. LeoBreebaart Delft,August2004 5 TheAnnotatedPratchettFile 6 PREFACETOV9.0 CHAPTER 2 Introduction Youarenowreadingthe9theditionoftheAnnotated chapter.) PratchettFile,orAPFforshort. Forinformationaboutwhat Eachannotationisprefixedbyeithera‘+’,denotingan isneworchangedinv9.0withrespecttopreviouseditions annotationthatisneworhasbeensignificantlyupdatedin IreferyoutothenewVersionHistoryandTimeline section thisversionoftheAPF,ora‘–’,denotinganunchanged intheEditorialComments chapter. olderannotation. Thisusedtobequitehandywhennew Eversinceitscreationin1992,oneofthemostpopular APFversionsappearedmorefrequently,buthassince pastimesontheUsenetnewsgroupalt.fan.pratchetthas becomealotlessmeaningful. Wearestickingtothe beendiscussingthemanyjokes,parodies,allusionsand practicefornow,onaccountoftradition. referenceswithwhichTerryPratchettseasonshiswork. TheAPFincorporates,inthiseditiononceagainmorethan Since,asTerryonceputit,“alt.fan.pratchettasanentity everbefore,manypassagesfromarticlesthatTerryhimself hastheattentionspanofabutterflyoncocaine”,itquickly haspostedtoalt.fan.pratchett. Asalongtimeactive becameclearthatitwouldbeagoodideatodistilsomeof contributortothegroup,heoftenprovidesinside thesediscussionsintosomethingwithalittlemore informationonmanyaspectsofhiswriting,anditwouldbe persistenceandstayingpowerthanindividualUsenet awastetoletthisfirst-handknowledgejustdisappearinto articles(rememberthatthisalltookplacelongbefore Usenethistory. Muchofthismaterialhasbeen somethinglikeGoogleGroups—orindeedeventheWorld incorporatedintotheannotationsthemselves,butquitea WideWebitself—existed!). AndsotheAnnotated bitofinterestinginformationthatdidnotfitanywhereelse PratchettFile wasborn,and(becauseIwasbraveorfoolish hasbeencollectedintheThoughtsandThemes chapter. enoughtovolunteer)Ibecameitseditor. TheAPFendswiththealreadymentionedEditorial OvertheyearstheAPFhasgrowninpopularityandsize. It Comments chapter,wherevariousnuts&boltsofthe nowcontainsnearlytwothousandannotations,andis editingprocessarediscussed. Italsolistsinformationto availableinanumberofdifferentformats. Yetitisstill(and helpyouobtainthemostrecentversionoftheAPFin ifIcanhelpitwillalwaysbe)calleda‘file’,reflectingits whateverformatyouprefer. originasashorttextfilethatIregularlypostedto alt.fan.pratchett. Oneparticularpieceoftechnicalinformationisso importantIamplacingithereaswellasattheend,and ThestructureoftheAPFisstraightforward,withthe thatistheaddresstowritetoifyouhaveanysuggestions, annotationsdividedintotwolargechapters: theDiscworld questions,corrections,ornewannotations. Withoutthe Annotations,andalltheOtherAnnotations. Withineach enthusiasticreactionsandinputfromitsreaders,theAPF group,thebooksarelistedintheorderinwhichtheywere wouldneverhavesurvivedsofar. Pleasemailallyour published(withtheexceptionthatintheDiscworldchapter feedbacktomeat: thepropernovelscomebeforethesecondarymaterialsuch asthemapsandtheScienceofDiscworld books). Within [email protected] eachbook,theannotationsaresortedinascendingorderby andmaybeyouwillseeyour contributionbecomeapartof pagenumber,withthatnumberreferringtotheeditionI thenextedition. Iwillnowleaveyoutotheannotations, actuallyownmyself,whichwilltypicallybetheoriginalUK andendthisintroductionwithathoughtthatisabitofa hardcoveredition. (Someoftheearlierbooksalsolist clichébutnonethelesstrue: Ihopeyouwillenjoyreading paperbackpagenumbers—formoreinformationplease theAPFasmuchasIhaveenjoyedputtingittogether. readthePageNumbers sectionintheEditorialComments 7 TheAnnotatedPratchettFile 8 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 3 Discworld Annotations bird(frogmouthsandsmallbrownowls,respectively)that The Colour of Magic gobythenameof‘Morepork’. SinceIfirstwrotedowntheaboveannotation,therehave beennewdevelopments,however. InTheStreetsof –[p.7/7] “[...] HestaresfixedlyattheDestination.” Ankh-Morpork andTheDiscworldCompanion weare ThislineisinterestingnotonlybecauseitforeshadowsThe shownanillustrationoftheAnkh-Morporkcoatofarms, LightFantastic (asinfacttheentireprologuedoes),but whichdoes featureaMorepork/owlholdinganankh. But alsobecauseitisabouttheonlytimethenarratorreally fromTerry’sremarks(seenextannotation)Ifeelit’ssafeto commitshimselftoA’Tuin’sgenderwithouthedginghis saythatneitherbirdnorcrosswereexplicitlyonhismind bets(ase.g.onthefirstpageofTheLightFantastic). Note whenhefirstcameupwiththenameAnkh-Morpork. thecapital‘H’,whichDeathalsoratesinthisbookand Finally,manyreadershavementionedtheresonancethat losesinthelaterones. Ankh-Morporkhaswithourworld’sBudapest: alsoalarge citymadeupoftwosmallercities(BudaandPest) –[p.8/8] “Forexample,whatwasA’Tuin’sactualsex?” separatedbyariver. Ihavehademailfromaherpetologistwhohasstudied underoneoftheworld’sexpertsonturtles,andheassures –[p.9/9] “[...] twofigureswerewatchingwith methatinreallifedeterminingthesexofturtlesisnoeasy considerableinterest.” task. Unlikemammals,reptilesdon’thavetheirnaughty Thetwobarbarians,BravdandWeasel,areparodiesofFritz bitshangingoutwheretheycanbeeasilyseen,andthe Leiber’sfantasyheroesFafhrdandtheGrayMouser. The onlywaytoreallytellaturtle’sgenderisbycomparison: Swords seriesofbooksinwhichtheystarareabsolute maleturtlesareoftensmallerthanfemalesandhave classics,andhaveprobablyhadaboutasmuchinfluenceon thickertails. SincetherearenootherChelysGalactica to thegenreasTolkien’sLordoftheRings. compareA’Tuinto,theattemptsoftheDiscworld’s Astrozoologistsareprobablyfutiletobeginwith. TheSwords storiesdatebackasfaras1939,butmorethan sixtyyearslatertheyhavelostnoneoftheirappeal. Both –[p.8/8] “[...] thetheorythatA’Tuinhadcomefrom TheColourofMagic andTheLightFantastic are,inlarge nowhereandwouldcontinueatauniformcrawl,orsteady part,affectionateparodiesoftheLeiberianuniverse, gait,[...]” althoughIhastentoaddthat,insharpcontrasttomany laterwritersinthefield,Leiberhimselfalreadyhadagreat Punsonthe‘steadystate’theoryofexplainingthesize, senseofhumour. FafhrdandtheMouserarenottobe originandfutureoftheuniverse. Thebest-knownother takenaltogetherseriousinhisoriginalversion,either. theoryis,ofcourse,theBigBangtheory,referredtointhe precedingsentence. Givenallthis,Icanperhapsbeforgivenforthinkingthat TerryintendedAnkh-Morporktobeadirectparodyofthe –[p.9/9] “Fireroaredthroughthebifurcatedcityof greatcityofLankhmarinwhichmanyoftheSwords Ankh-Morpork.” adventurestakeplace. However,Terryexplicitlydeniedthis Terryhassaidthatthename‘Ankh-Morpork’wasinspired whenIsuggesteditonalt.fan.pratchett: neitherbytheankh(theEgyptiancrosswiththeclosedloop “BravdandtheWeaselwereindeedtakeoffsofLeiber ontop),norbytheAustralianorNewZealandspeciesof characters—therewasalotofthatsortofthinginThe 9 TheAnnotatedPratchettFile ColourofMagic. ButIdidn’t—atleastconsciously,I whichtheDiscworldmight‘work’. SeealsotheTheTurtle supposeImustsay—createAnkh-Morporkasatakeoffof Moves! sectioninChapter5formoreinformationaboutthe Lankhmar.” physicalaspectsoftheDiscworld. –[p.11/11] “[...] twolesserdirections,whichare –[p.16/16] “[...] foundhimselflookingupintoaface TurnwiseandWiddershins.” withfoureyesinit.” ‘Widdershins’isinfactanexistingwordmeaning OnthecoversofthefirsttwoDiscworldbooks,JoshKirby ‘counter-sunwise’,i.e.counter-clockwiseintheNorthern actuallydrewTwoflowerwithfourphysicaleyes. Consensus hemisphere,clockwisedownSouth. Asynonymfor onalt.fan.pratchetthasitthatTerrywastryingtoget ‘turnwise’isdeosil,whichhelpsexplainAnkh-Morpork’s acrossthefactthatTwoflowerwaswearingglasses DeosilGateasfoundontheTheStreetsofAnkh-Morpork (‘four-eyes’beingacommoninsultthrownatbespectacled Mappe. folks),butthatJoshKirbysimplytriggeredontheliteral textandwentoffinadirectionofhisown. Whetherthis WiddershinsisalsothenameoftheplanetwhereDom,the actionessentiallyshowsKirby’sinterpretativegenius(the herofromTheDarkSideoftheSun lives. KirbyFanexplanation)orhisinabilitytogetthejoke/read verycarefully(theNonKirbyFanexplanation)isamatter –[p.12/12] “‘Why,it’sRincewindthewizard,isn’tit?’ stillunderdiscussion. [...]” ThestorybehindRincewind’snamegoesbackto1924, –[p.18/17] Theinncalled‘TheBrokenDrum’getsburned whenJ.B.Mortontookoverauthorshipofthecolumn‘By downinthisbook. ThelaterDiscworldnovelsallfeaturean TheWay’intheDailyExpress,aLondonnewspaper. inncalled‘TheMendedDrum’. ThenovelStrata contains Heinheritedthepseudonym‘Beachcomber’fromhis (onp.35/42)anexplanationofwhyyouwouldcallapub predecessorsonthejob(thecolumnhadexistedsince ‘TheBrokenDrum’inthefirstplace: “Youcan’tbeatit”. 1917),buthewastomakethatnameforeverhisownby Thisisprobablyasgoodaplaceasanytomentionsome virtueofhisastonishingoutputandsuccess: Mortonwrote intriguinginformationthatIreceivedfromoneofmy thecolumnforover50years,sixtimesaweek,until1965 correspondents: ifyouhaveeverwonderedwhatitwould whenthecolumnbecameaweeklyfeature,andcontinued beliketoexperiencetheatmosphereofanestablishment tothelastcolumninNovember1975. liketheMendedDrum,thentheclosestyoucanpossibly Beachcomber/Mortonusedaneccentriccastofregular comeinourworldisbypayingavisittoAlexandria,where charactersinhissketches,whichfrequentlycaricatured thereexistsabarcalledthe‘Spitfire’,populatedmostlyby self-importantandhighbrowpublicfigures. Onecontinual soldiersandsailors,andapparentlyadeadringerforthe themewasthesillinessofthelawcourts,featuringamongst MendedDrum. Thestorygoesthatwhentheownerofthe othersMrJusticeCocklecarrotandthetwelveRed-Bearded barpassedawayafewyearsago,hisbodywaskeptina Dwarves. Inonesketch,thenamesofthosedwarfswere freezernexttothetoiletswhere,forallweknow,itmaystill givenasSophusBarkayo-Tong,AmaninterAxling,Farjole betoday. IfanyofyoueverhappentobeinAlexandria,be Merrybody,GuttergormGuttergormpton,BadlyOronparser, suretovisitthe‘Spitfire’andcheckitoutforus. ClevelandZackhouse,MolonayTubilderborst,Edeledel Edel,ScorpiondeRooftrouser,ListenisYoughaupt,Frums –[p.22/20] “Somemighthavetakenhimforamere Gillygottle,and,waitforit: ChurmRincewind. Terrysays: apprenticeenchanter[...]” “IreadoflotofBeachcomberinsecond-handcollections OneofthefewcluestoRincewind’sagebeingyounger whenIwasaround13. DaveLangfordpointedoutthe ratherthanolder,despitethetendencyofeverycoverartist originofRincewindafewyearsago,andIwentback todepicthimasatleastsixtyish. Nooneeverdrawshimas throughallthebooksandfoundthenameandthought,oh, lookinglikeaweasel,either. blast,that’s whereitcamefrom. AndthenIthought,what –[p.22/20] “[...] analumnusofUnseenUniversity,[...]” thehell,anyway.” ThenameoftheDiscworld’spremierscientificinstitution –[p.12/12] “SincetheHubisnevercloselywarmedbythe resonateswiththatoftheInvisibleCollege,formedbythe weaksunthelandstherearelockedinpermafrost. The secretorganisationoftheRosicrucians,whosemembers Rim,ontheotherhand,isaregionofsunnyislandsand werecalledtheInvisiblesbecausetheyneverdaredto balmydays.” revealthemselvesinpublic. TheInvisibleCollegewasa Apresumablyknowledgeablecorrespondenttellsmethat conclaveofscientists,philosophersandotherprogressive actually,ifyoudothecalculations,itturnsoutthatitwould thinkerswhich,inlatertimesandunderStuartpatronage, betheotherwayaround(onaverage,thesuniscloserto becametheRoyalSociety. thehubthantherim,sothehubwouldbewarmer). IntheBriefLives arcofNeilGaiman’sSandman comic, Donotfeelobligedtotakehiswordforit,though. DreamvisitstheInvisibleCollege,whereascientistis ‘DiscworldMechanics’isoneofalt.fan.pratchett’s happilydissectingadeadorangutan. Idon’tthinkthat favouritePerennialDiscussionTopics,andIdon’tthinkthat scenewasentirely coincidental... anytwogivenparticipantsinsuchathreadhaveever –[p.24/22] Terryhasthistosayaboutthename managedtoagreeonanythingdefiniteaboutthewayin ‘Twoflower’: “[...] there’snojokeinTwoflower. Ijust 10 DISCWORLDANNOTATIONS
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