note Weirdly, it'd been stated outright in Maskerade that Nanny Ogg is part dwarf, so it was at least canon at one point that humans and dwarfs can interbreed on the Disc. This foreshadows the train 'flying' across the bridge on its way to Uberwald near the end of the novel. Page 19 -Vetinari travels by coach to Uberwald and comments that the potholes cause "fundamental discomfort". Though younger goblins aren't that fussed about it, and one—a goblin special Watchman—allows a nickname on the logic that if they're in a fight, his human partner will want something shorter to shout. Moist himself included, but he makes an effort to get past this, in part because his wife allows a family of them to live on their roof.

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The Dreaded: Vimes, the "legendary Blackboard Monitor", has become this to the grags, in part because of the scar of the Summoning Dark on his wrist. Men Are Uncultured: Discussed by Harry King as he and his wife move up Ankh-Morpork's social circles. However in the Discworld context "Fat Mountain" is closer to Pratchett's intent since it is the source of the fat mines created when the Fifth Elephant crashed onto the Disc. 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. Similarly, the railway workers have large mallets, shovels, etc but fall victim to the dwarfs' traditional weapons, swords and knives.Page 99 - The aristocrats hate 'the whole concept of the train on the basis that it would encourage the lower classes to move about and not always be available'. Traverse the world with vampire comrades or hunt solo as you pillage villages, raid bandits, and delve into the domains of supernatural beasts. Noble Bigot: At the interspecies wedding, one of the guests is a highly traditional dwarf who hates that kind of thing but nevertheless shows up very politely dressed for the ceremony.

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Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work — as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital.

Pratchett's farmers do not seem to realize that their farm implements, hoes, scythes, shovels, etc could be used to defend themselves from attack. The dialect even finds its way into the book's blurb, as quoted above, with him being described as the "man wi' t'flat cap".

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On a more somber note, this is the last book published during Terry Pratchett's lifetime, and the last but one (posthumously published) Discworld book, as his daughter has stated she will not be continuing the series (rather, she will act as guardian of her father's legacy). Dirt Forcefield: Emily King is able to walk through the railyards and even ride on the Iron Girder without getting a spot of dirt on her or her dress. Fantastical Social Services: Moist's modernisation of Ankh-Morpork's public infrastructure continues into the creation of a city railway. Far Beyond Reality [11] was more critical and found the writing "not as crisp as it used to be" and the characters "starting to blend together". 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 turns out to be Vetinari himself, who left a body double in Ankh-Morpork so that he could help ensure the success of Iron Girder's emergency run to Bonk. 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. In the days of American Prohibition, FBI agent Izzie Einstein had a funnel and tube setup in the lining of his coat which allowed him to pour any alcohol he got out of illegal bars into a flask he kept in an inside coat pocket - the contents of which he would use as evidence in court. Swindon became an oasis of heavy industry in Wiltshire in an otherwise entirely agricultural economy.

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finally occurs, and the "Miracle of Koom Valley" that occurred in that book's climax is mentioned repeatedly. Harry King comes off as a sleazy businessman, but he passes up the opportunity to swindle Dick Simnel out of the profits from the steam engine, is horrified when he learns that children were almost killed in a train accident, and goes ballistic when the enemy extremists kill some of his employees. Indeed most of the book is devoted simply to describing how the Discworld train service developed and wonder it inspired, with the central drama not setting in until two-thirds of the way through. Page 111 - The martial art " Deja fu" is an obvious pun on "deja vu" (a feeling that you have experienced something before even though you haven't) and "kung fu" (a term used in the West to describe the Chinese martial arts). 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.Page 52 - Like cities all over Roundworld, Ankh-Morpork is plagued with good farmland being taken over for housing developments and subdivisions in what is now becoming the suburbs, which is surprising given that Vetinari is a dictator and could prevent this abuse of the land, unlike in Roundworld where the developers usually have a connection to key government politicians so there is no political will to prevent it. It is difficult to say precisely how long it will take to process player feedback and further develop the game accordingly. He's also helped along by his frequent interactions with Of The Twilight the Darkness, who's essentially a goblin version of himself. His mother begged him not to play with steam, but he's determined to conquer where his father failed, through his knowing of the sine and the cosine, and the sliding rule. While he knows about "The Un-named" (Urn's boat) via old books, does he also know the steam-engine was transferred to a landship afterwards?