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'''Angalo''' is a [[nome]] from the Haberdasheri Department of the [[Store]] [[Arnold Bros (est. 1905)]]. In fact, he is the first nome that the Outside group of nomes sees.  He is dressed in bright clothes, a belt studded with glass, leather boots and a hat with a feather in.  He is very curious about the Outside (the nomes from the [[Store]] don't believe the Outside exists and that it can be life outside the [[Store]]). He has a trained rat as a pet, named [[Bobo]], and he is son of the Duke [[Cido de Haberdasheri]].
'''Angalo''' is a [[nome]] from the Haberdasheri Department of the [[Store]], and son of the Duke [[Cido de Haberdasheri]]. He is the first of the Store nomes encountered by [[Masklin]]'s group of Outside nomes.  


During the narration of {{T}}, Angalo develops as the nome specialist on vehicles, and has a very important participation on the Long Drive. His love of vehicles soon translates into a love of speed. If it can go fast, he wants to see it do so and, if possible, drive it. This almost leads to his getting captured while on board a Concorde jet liner when he takes it into his head to climb into the cockpit and look out of the pilot's window.  
Angalo dresses in bright clothes, with a belt studded with glass, leather boots and a hat with a feather in. He also has a pet trained rat named [[Bobo]]. He is very curious about the Outside, despite the [[Arnold Bros (est. 1905)]] doctrine of "All Things Under One Roof" - i.e. that the Store represents the entire world, and that the Outside is just a story. Angalo's interest in the Outside develops into a keen interest in vehicles, and he boards a lorry during {{T}} to find out more about them before the Long Drive; his long absence influences his father to support the project. When Angalo returns, his love of vehicles has translated into a love of going fast and driving. He plays an important role in the original Long Drive, and in {{D}} and {{WI}}, goes with Masklin and Gurder on the mission to contact the starhip Swan. His desire to see how fast they're moving almost leads to his getting captured on a Concorde jet liner when he takes it into his head to climb into the cockpit and look out of the pilot's window.


However the most important role of Angalo among the nomes, is the representation of atheism. This can be seen best on {{WI}}, where [[Gurder]] (and [[Nisodemus]] in {{D}}) represents the belief in [[Arnold Bros (est. 1905)]].
Angalo also represents the rise of atheism, or at least rational and scientific thought, amongst the nomes. After his adventures he writes ''A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome'', which is quoted in {{WI}} at the beginning of each chapter. Angalo uses the book to try and explain the things he finds on his journey:
 
Angalo is the author of ''A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome'', which is quoted in {{WI}} at the beginning of each chapter. In this encyclopedia, Angalo tries to explain things he finds in his journey:


   ''"'''SCIENCE''': A way of finding things out and then making them work. Science explains what
   ''"'''SCIENCE''': A way of finding things out and then making them work. Science explains what
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   ''think."''   
   ''think."''   
             From '''''A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome''''' by Angalo de Haberdasheri.
             From '''''A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome''''' by Angalo de Haberdasheri.


== Books ==
== Books ==
Angalo appears in the three books of ''[[Bromeliad]]'': {{T}}, {{D}} and {{WI}}.
Angalo appears in the three books of ''[[Bromeliad]]'': {{T}}, {{D}} and {{WI}}.


 
[[Category:Bromeliad characters|Haberdasheri, Angalo de]]
==Annotation==
The fact that in the final book, Wings, the quotes at the chapter heads are mostly from Angalo's scientific encyclopaedia whereas before they were always from the [[Book of Nome]] is perhaps meant to suggest that the Nome culture is moving out of a church-dominated medieval society and into its Renaissance/Enlightenment. This could be an "Author On Board" situation, as Terry himself is an atheist.
 
Conversely, this corresponds with the arrival of the Ship: as the crew of the Enterprise demonstrate in '''''Star Trek''''', it's impossible to be dogmatically religious in space. Indeed, none of Planet Earth's major religions seem to make it to the 24th Century, as the job description which is emphatically missing aboard any incarnation of the Enterprise is "chaplain". 
 
(Note: the above is actually incorrect - it is entirely possible to be religious in space as Klingons from Star Trek have a vast space empire and they are devoutly religious believing in both heaven and hell (Stovokor and Grethor) and worshipping Khaless the first warrior as the Klingon messiah and equivalent of the Terran Jesus. Despite operating at the level of an advanced society having Klingon scientists and engineers and having space craft and cloaking devices they are also highly conservative and very traditional in terms of their society divided into feudal age great noble houses and an archaic war like imperial government)
 
[[Category:Bromeliad characters|Haberdasheri,Angalo de]]

Latest revision as of 03:36, 11 April 2023

Angalo is a nome from the Haberdasheri Department of the Store, and son of the Duke Cido de Haberdasheri. He is the first of the Store nomes encountered by Masklin's group of Outside nomes.

Angalo dresses in bright clothes, with a belt studded with glass, leather boots and a hat with a feather in. He also has a pet trained rat named Bobo. He is very curious about the Outside, despite the Arnold Bros (est. 1905) doctrine of "All Things Under One Roof" - i.e. that the Store represents the entire world, and that the Outside is just a story. Angalo's interest in the Outside develops into a keen interest in vehicles, and he boards a lorry during Truckers to find out more about them before the Long Drive; his long absence influences his father to support the project. When Angalo returns, his love of vehicles has translated into a love of going fast and driving. He plays an important role in the original Long Drive, and in Diggers and Wings, goes with Masklin and Gurder on the mission to contact the starhip Swan. His desire to see how fast they're moving almost leads to his getting captured on a Concorde jet liner when he takes it into his head to climb into the cockpit and look out of the pilot's window.

Angalo also represents the rise of atheism, or at least rational and scientific thought, amongst the nomes. After his adventures he writes A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome, which is quoted in Wings at the beginning of each chapter. Angalo uses the book to try and explain the things he finds on his journey: 

  "SCIENCE: A way of finding things out and then making them work. Science explains what
  is happening around us the whole time. So does RELIGION, but science is better because it comes
  up with more understandable excuses when it is wrong. There is a lot more Science than you
  think."  
           From A Scientific Encyclopedia for the Enquiring Young Nome by Angalo de Haberdasheri.

Books

Angalo appears in the three books of Bromeliad: Truckers, Diggers and Wings.

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