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I don't really have time to go into it at the moment, but I feel that Gravid not actually being in the book was a very deliberate point by Terry. He is in many ways the faceless Capitalist who sits back and exploits sweatshop labour. The outwardly legitimate businessman who will ignore the...

Interesting idea, but Gravid isn't really a "criminal mastermind" the way Moriarty (or even Teatime, or Lord De Worde were). The aura about him just doesn't seem there. Plus, it does seem, at the end of the book, that Vetinari will find some way to deal with Gavrid. Perhaps not in a way that...

So, what you're saying is that Pratchett intends to use Gravid Rust as a character device? If Moriarty is any indication, Gravid isn't going to be a good villain... :?

On that point, it might be worth mentioning that we never meet Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes books either (arguably literature's greatest detective stories) until a brief scene in "The Final Problem" and his death at the Reichanbach Falls was only touched upon in summery by Dr. Watson at the...

Agreed. It's not clear to me whether Pterry meant for Gravid to actually have on-page time, or whether he was supposed to be a 'behind the scenes' character who Vetinari, rather than Vimes, would actually deal with. If so, then why even feature old Lord Rust? Or why not feature both Lord Rust...

Jeff - NP with the fact that speciesism exists on the Disc as it evidently does and not just between humans v The Rest (as surely this is an exact description of the Troll/Dwarf dynamic :wink: ), just as to degree. Trolls are probably closest to goblins/orcs in terms of being looked down on by...

...submit your details by 30th November 2011. There are 10 goody bags up for grabs and one could be yours! In Snuff, what is the name of Lord Vetinari’s secretary? A) Belltrunk B) Drumknott C) Hornbranch [hint – try reading an extract of Snuff] You can enter this one by...

Gods alone knows what Leonard de Quirm put in it to make it as it was!:shock: Then again, the gonne is all power and power corrupts. Humans and probably dwarves, if they let themselves go, would appreciate that power ... the only way to get what you really want is to annihilate your...

If you'd wanna be snappy, one could say that if one looks at the things Vetinari does in UA it IS someone else as patrician than vetinari..... Just sayin....

But it would certainly make for interesting reading would it not? :shock:

...Snuff in a non Ankh Morpork setting. Even He must enjoy leaving behind the stench of Ankh Morpork occasionaly! :D And someone OTHER than VETINARI as Patrician? Methinks NOT! :evil: Vetinari is the same age if not a bit younger than Vimes. He could go on for years! Lord VETINARI...

I dunno if IT is my favourite Rincewind book, but I like it very much. Like some of you already pointed out, it is interesting (and funny) to see the Agatean Empire through the cynic eyes of Rincewind. I particularly like his/ Terry's view of revolutions, which hardly ever change anything much...

More suggestions BTW In German Sodium is called Natrium, so you can see where the Na comes in. There's quite a few elements that don't have obvious abbreviations - Au for gold; Ag for silver; Pb for lead; Sn for tin; Hg for mercury, all from the Latin, K for Potassium, but I'm straying off the...

I'm hoping it's a significant role because of late she's gone from major character to being a minor character like Visit. The person I feel most sorry for is Reg Shoe he hasn't had a role for ages

...only three months from publication of SNUFF we can exclusively reveal that the first five characters to grace it’s pages are: 1.Lord Vetinari 2.Drumknott 3.Commander Sir Samuel Vimes 4.Sergeant Cheery Littlebottom 5.Captain Carrot You can read more and look back at previous months...

Since you're clearly not soliciting unsolicited advice, I'm going to give you my thoughts on these which you can take with a grain of NaCl.

...basics) of carrying material trappings and in particular laundry action... 8) Binky? 8 ~ Justice Happy or painful consequences. Lord Vetinari - just right! :D Sam Vimes. He is justice personnified. Even Vetinari must bow to him when it concerns The Law. They are both servants of...

Following on from UA I'm guessing the crime here is going to be something to do with the genocide (gobicide) of the goblin race and we're going to see just which leading Ankh character was behind it (how about the much-villified Lord Rust). And in answer to the earlier post about Vetinari...

This isn't the first time. Arguably, the first three Watch books plus The Truth incorporated plots to remove the Patrician and replace him with a new ruler of some sort. In Guards, Guards! the man who summons the dragon (with help from his circle of conspirators, who one assumes are probably...

Yes, unfortunately French is back-to-front with nouns first and adjectives second, so she has to introduce herself as 'Petitcul, Hilare' for the worldplay to work optimally ^^ I found my old write-up! It's very long, and I can't link directly to the other forum because you have to register to...