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I told her I'm busy, what with dealing with the railway, but she's determined to make a better man of me. Page 110 and footnote - "Having kittens" is an expression meaning "to become very nervous or upset about something " which of course anyone would be who was placed in an Iron Maiden with a bunch of kittens and beaten by Cedric if the kittens meowed. V Rising is our most ambitious game yet, and player feedback is essential to help us achieve our goals. Also the bandits who early on in the book attempt to ambush the coach of a certain highly skilled Assassin. He does this is in spite of being expressly forbidden to use them by Vetinari (who knows that Moist has the necessary expertise to command the golems and, if he were so inclined orchestrate a coup with them under his control).

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Raising Steam touches base with many of the Discworld's numerous characters, definitively blows apart Medieval Stasis (which had been crumbling recently anyway), and looks to the future with an optimistic air. Page 98 - The fact that the surveyors treat Dick Simnel as an equal, just simply a different kind of engineers resonates with Roundworld where Civil, Mechanical, Structura and Chemical Engineers are all represented by Professional Engineers Associations. Page 96 - The discussion between Vetinari and Moist reflect the development of the railway in the Roundworld as well. He speaks paragraphs at a time, but he is also so clear and eloquent that nobody is willing to interrupt him, and there are no questions to ask him when he's done talking.

In the Roundworld, farmers' implements such as scythes, axes, hoes and spades were used as weapons by the peasants. Aborted Arc: Apparently what's happened to the original plot for this book involving Moist taking over the Ankh-Morpork Tax Office, which was foreshadowed by the end of Making Money and the original working title of this book (see below). These personalities got their feet under the table, as it were, to the point where their fictional demise would prompt national mourning and, possibly, death threats to the publisher. Worth It: After all is said and done, Moist decides that even though he didn't get any compensation, the adventure was worth it because he got to dance on a speeding locomotive. Particularly, a troll hairdresser is mentioned, a troll librarian appears briefly as a viewpoint character, and a supporting character is Mr.

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Not surprising they attack the tall Clacks towers (like the World Trade center in New York) and the railways (like the various train, subway and metro bombings in London,Madrid, Paris,Moscow, etc).One common myth was that women's uteruses would fly out of their bodies at speed and that one's face would melt at 50 miles per hour (something which Pratchett has the reporter Hardwick suggest to Dick).

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