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==Verse== | |||
'''W'''hat if the stories were true? What if there really were [[Vampires]] and [[Werewolves]] and [[Wizards]] and [[Witches]] who really could turn you into a toad, or make you think they had? Suppose [[Samuel Vimes|Nick]] and [[Sybil Ramkin|Nora]] {{wp|Nick_and_Nora_Charles|Charles}} were the most powerful couple in the country... | |||
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There is a story that the world is a disc borne on the backs of [[World Elephant|four elephants]] which stand on the carapace of an enormous [[Great A'Tuin|turtle]]. In one corner of the Multiverse (the one farthest from ''Reality'') this, too, is true. This is where the [[Narrative Causality|story]] creates the history and a one-in-a-million chance turns up nine times out of ten and the ocean falls into space around the [[rim]] without depleting itself. On the [[Discworld (world)|Discworld]], "what if?" must be answered, the stories lived, the myth made real. | |||
. | Tales from this remote universe arrive regularly via [[Inspiration Particles|inspiration particles]] intercepting the particularly receptive and talented brain of [[Terry Pratchett|Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE]]. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to sort, file and illuminate the elements of these chronicles in this little corner of the vast library of [[L-space]]. Just don't forget your ball of string. | ||
==Bridge== | |||
{{wp|Rowland_Hill_(preacher)|'''R'''owland Hill}} asked (possibly quoting): "Why should the devil have all the good tunes?" He was arguing against those who said God shouldn't have any, but this was obviously never the case. I can't subscribe to any gods, but I wish there were some atheist songs as good as ''Go Rest High On That Mountain'' or ''Amazing Grace'', or ''How Great Thou Art'', or ''Ave Maria'', or...Not going to happen, though; it's the problem of arguing a negative again. It's hard to be inspired by nothing. | |||
==Chorus== | |||
'''I''' sometimes sit and laugh giddily at the mere existence of some Pratchett characters (Carrot Ironfoundersson, say) and the reality he creates out of the absurd stereotype. This is often toward the end of the bottle of wine, but still, it suggests how he's different from other writers I have followed. There are now more than a thousand [[:Category:Discworld characters|Discworld characters]] described here, and that's not all. | |||
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Made a sysop for the many good contributions --[[User:Sanity|Sanity]] 01:34, 19 August 2006 (CEST) | |||
Revision as of 02:02, 2 January 2013
Verse
What if the stories were true? What if there really were Vampires and Werewolves and Wizards and Witches who really could turn you into a toad, or make you think they had? Suppose Nick and Nora Charles were the most powerful couple in the country...
There is a story that the world is a disc borne on the backs of four elephants which stand on the carapace of an enormous turtle. In one corner of the Multiverse (the one farthest from Reality) this, too, is true. This is where the story creates the history and a one-in-a-million chance turns up nine times out of ten and the ocean falls into space around the rim without depleting itself. On the Discworld, "what if?" must be answered, the stories lived, the myth made real.
Tales from this remote universe arrive regularly via inspiration particles intercepting the particularly receptive and talented brain of Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to sort, file and illuminate the elements of these chronicles in this little corner of the vast library of L-space. Just don't forget your ball of string.
Bridge
Rowland Hill asked (possibly quoting): "Why should the devil have all the good tunes?" He was arguing against those who said God shouldn't have any, but this was obviously never the case. I can't subscribe to any gods, but I wish there were some atheist songs as good as Go Rest High On That Mountain or Amazing Grace, or How Great Thou Art, or Ave Maria, or...Not going to happen, though; it's the problem of arguing a negative again. It's hard to be inspired by nothing.
Chorus
I sometimes sit and laugh giddily at the mere existence of some Pratchett characters (Carrot Ironfoundersson, say) and the reality he creates out of the absurd stereotype. This is often toward the end of the bottle of wine, but still, it suggests how he's different from other writers I have followed. There are now more than a thousand Discworld characters described here, and that's not all.
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Made a sysop for the many good contributions --Sanity 01:34, 19 August 2006 (CEST)