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Groin Attack: Moist does this a couple times (once hoping that the dwarf he's kicking is male) and it's the traditional attack method of goblins. At the very end of the book, a goblin shows his new invention to Vetinari, a pedal powered, two wheeled vehicle. Super Prototype: Iron Girder is always better than all the other engines, because Dick uses her to test his new ideas before making new engines that incorporate them. One contains a whole bunch of Harry King's toughs the other contains Cheery Littlebottom and several well-armed dwarf Watch officers. Rhys assumes a few disguises when it becomes necessary to smuggle the Low King back to Schmaltzberg.

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So perhaps Pratchett deliberately chose to utilize a writing style reminiscent of that era in Roundworld. The connection to the apple causing the fall from the Garden of Eden is also obvious as is Pratchett's goddess' name - pips are the seeds in an apple and 'seeds of discontent' is a common expression regarding discord. Or better yet, you can mix the two: speaking it aloud (or listening to the audiobook recording by Stephen Briggs) you get a mix of English and French - "Eggs on/en pain" - eggs on bread, or, for those used to listening in two languages at once and adapting sense accordingly, eggs on toast. The main theme in the novel is the development of the railway network across the continent from Ankh-Morpork and there are many parallels between Discworld and Roundworld in this regard. vs learning a trade is played with later when his mother hopes he has got a girl friend when in reality he is playing with trains.The novel shows how far things have progressed in Ankh-Morpork since the days of The Colour of Magic. In the Roundworld, the British Transport Police is one of the oldest forces in that country, instituted not long after the first railways began.

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A common remark about tyrants and dictators on Earth, at least since 1900, has been " At least he got the trains running on time". Dick Simnel, a young self-taught engineer from Sto Lat (and whose father, Ned Simnel, appeared in Reaper Man), has invented a steam locomotive. In the Roundworld, farmers' implements such as scythes, axes, hoes and spades were used as weapons by the peasants. Travel through lush forests, open countryside, and dark caverns to discover valuable resources, meeting friends and foes alike along the way. Although many of Dick Simnel's words stem from around northern England the key word he uses 'gradely' for 'great' or 'brilliant' identifies him with Lancashire and his other expressions and his flat cap link him to Fred.Thunderbolt the troll becomes a lawyer, much to the surprise of many, including Moist, who don't realize that trolls have that level of intelligence; Teasy Weasy Fornacite, the troll becomes a hair dresser and the goblins who find they are skilled clacks operators. Interestingly enough, in one episode of the TV show Chuck, Big Mike mentions that he was a member of that band and was known as "Rain. Mugging the Monster: A very common Discworld trope is taken, perhaps, to its ultimate height, as bandits unwisely attempt to rob Lord Vetinari's coach. Page 59 - Swine Town resonates with the English city of Swindon (that name also means Swine Town), which also went from being a small agricultural village between London and England's second major port, Bristol with the introduction of the Bristol railway, the Great Western, which was built with the intention of bringing fresh perishable produce swiftly to the markets of the capital. Harry, with his drive towards getting the railway idea off the ground and his gung-ho attitude in defending it, is the Id.

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However, times have progressed and trolls have become part of society as this troll works for the railway company and has the appropriate red signal flag. The 'lotus-eater' denotes "a person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns" and comes from Greek Mythology. He is proud that his bridge building crew has constructed the new bridge and is also competing in the best tended bridge competition (similar to the Best Kept Station contest in Britain) with the winner getting 20 goats. Everything's Deader with Zombies: One potential railway route is rejected for being infested with zombies. Author Vocabulary Calendar: Boiler explosions (and on one occasion, a boomerang attack) almost always use a verbal form of "scythe" in their description.

And while he's not a businessman, he's clever enough to avoid the business mistakes the Dearhearts did. In reference to the Stoker's shovel, Vimes comments late in the novel that, 'a workman's tool used cunningly could give the average watchman a real headache. Page 126 - "Nobby Nobbs considered this information like a goat chewing the cud, and said, 'Well, you go and tell Vimesy you want to be the first Railway Policemen, eh?

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He brings his invention to Ankh-Morpork where it catches the interest of Sir Harry King, a millionaire businessman who has made his fortune in the waste and sanitation industry. The University Wizards and Lu-Tze both get mini-chapters that don't really serve the plot and are only there for additional flavour. Chief Constable Feeney employs a constable from a formerly despised minority group whose full name is a lot longer than "Boney".Author Andrew Martin has fictionalized this period in his Railway Detective novels featuring Sergeant Jim Stringer; author Edward Marston sets his railway police novels, featuring Inspector Colbert, in a slightly later period. Today, Britain incredibly imports railway locos and carriages from Europe and transfers them to their destination by road. Dick Simnel – inventor of Iron Girder, Discworld's first steam train (Discworld's answer to Roundworld's Richard Trevithick).