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| | Discworld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Newly released Discworld books regularly top The Sunday Times bestsellers list, with Pratchett being the UK's best selling author in the 1990s, mainly on the strength of the Discworld (he has since been overtaken by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, but still holds the record for the most shoplifted books). | | | This is mainly a tribute to the complexity of Pratchett's characters; many of his potential villains, such Lord Vetinari and Lord Downey, are too multifaceted to be simplistically characterised as "evil", while other more standard villains, such as Lord Rust, are depicted merely as egocentric dullards. | | | Each book could be seen as containing a short Discworld novel in its own right, with chapters switching between the story and notes on real science related to it. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld
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| | Interview Terry Pratchett |
| | And so, a little book which is maybe 40,000 words long takes as long as a Discworld book which is two and a half times as long [in actual words]. | | | The Amazing Maurice is technically a Discworld book: it's set in Discworld, but it was written for children. | | | And that was The Color of Magic, the first Discworld book. |
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http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/tpratchett2002.html
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| | Review: Discworld 2 |
| | Discworld books are extremely hard to classify--at first they might appear to be fantasy novels, but that's only a disguise. | | | Terry Pratchett's Discworld is probably one of the most successful book series ever. | | | Discworld fans will immediately spot people and places familiar from Moving Pictures, Lost Continent, Reaper Man, Pyramids, and others. |
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http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/Discworld_2/DW2.shtm
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| | Well-known characters, scenes and dialogue are all given the Discworld treatment (Sidney Greenstreet in the form of an unusually articulate Troll and a Peter Lorre Dwarf) and part of the fun is in identifying the reference source. | | | Into the breach steps Lewton, the Discworld's first Private Investigator, a man with a hard-boiled interior monologue and his name on the glass door to his office. | | | How could they tamper with the Ankh-Morpork I have come to know and love? |
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http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArticle.jsp?index=279
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| | Diskworld Divinity |
| | I'm not even certain it's possible to do one; I think there are only three or four books that could be made into a good 'Discworld' movie. | | | I'm planning to finish this novel and then have a bit of a holiday for a while, because I've been writing books back-to-back for quite a long time. | | | That's what I've always wanted: an illustration of 'Discworld' seen from space. |
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http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/03_march/news0303_1.shtml
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| | Terry Pratchet |
| | That book is written with Nil Geymen and it isn't about Discworld, but I really liked their sense of humor, so I started reading every book I've found. | | | Some of his books were adapted for theatre, many are issued in audio format, there are a few illustrated books, a Discworld "encyclopedia", maps.... | | | The first Pratchet's book I have read was "Good Omens". |
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http://www.quemaster.com/books/pratchet.htm
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| | Discworld Intro |
| | The Discworld is the fantastical setting for a series of books by Mr. | | | Official Description of the Discworld from the Discworld Companion (thanks to Finn who I nicked this off and didn't tell - forgive me?!). | | | So far we know only of GENUA And some miscellaneous small countries. |
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http://www.worldknights.com/palace/intro.htm
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| | Discworld Monthly - Issue 33 |
| | Out of the twenty three Discworld books only four give the impression that PTerry is talking about the Black community. | | | I'm presently reading a rather good biography (Isaac Newton The Last Sorcerer by Michael White) One of Newton's contemporaries, Robert Boyle of the gas laws (who like Newton was a practising alchemist) was a co-founder of 'The Invisible College' - the earliest form of the Royal society :-0 | | | All melded together quite seamlessly so that the book can be read at many levels of discourse. |
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http://www.discworldmonthly.co.uk/dwm0033.php
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Discworld Calendar: Books |
| | Artists briefed include: Edward Miller, Les Edwards, Sandy Nightingale, Jackie Morris, David Frankland, David Wyatt, and, of course, Paul Kidby, Terry Pratchett's favourite portrayer of the Discworld.Terry Pratchett himself has chosen some of his favourite scenes to be illustrated. | | | A huge calendar with some top-quality illustrations which portray some favourite Discworld scenes really well. | | | Our inspired collection of award-winning illustrators give us their own unique interpretations of Terry Pratchett's phenomal Discworld. |
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/057507664X
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| | Adventure Gamers : Discworld Noir |
| | But it wouldn't be Discworld if there wasn’t also a troll with a one-track mind (and dialogue) who is making demands, and a dwarf with a large axe who wants you to drop the case. | | | Discworld Noir has more in common with the later, much darker, Discworld novels. | | | Even though Discworld Noir stays very true to the oddity of the original fantasy books, it is also different in many ways. |
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http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,195
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| | Discworld MUD |
| | On Discworld you will meet many of the characters from those books. | | | This is because the Discworld exists right on the edge of reality. | | | Discworld MUD is a multiplayer, text-based, online game (a MUD) based on the Discworld books by Terry Pratchett. |
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http://discworld.atuin.net
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| | Adventure Gamers : Discworld |
| | His Discworld novels, now numbering around forty books when you count the tour guide manuals, lampoon the fantasy genre with a vengeance, skewering everything from fairy godmothers, to brainless heroes, to wizards, to Death himself (who rides a horse named Binky). | | | Next to Adams and his brilliant Hitchhiker's series, Pratchett has ruled the roost as far as British comedy writing is concerned. | | | The game begins with a wonderfully animated, very long (ten-plus minutes) cutscene describing Discworld and setting up our tale. |
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http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,85
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| | Discworld Noir: PIB PC Game Review |
| | If that wasn't bad enough, there's a troll with a one-track mind (and dialogue) who is making demands plus a dwarf with a large axe who wants you to drop the case. | | | Based on film noir, the gritty dark streets of Ankh-Morpork must be searched carefully for clues. | | | As a note, you can tell approximately when the story takes place from the fact that Vimes is now Commander of the Watch. |
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http://www.pibweb.com/review/dwn.html
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| | The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen |
| | A Discworld novel and a factual science book which covers everything from the Big Bang to Evolution, and is now reprinted in an updated and revised edition. | | | The story develops from here, with alternative chapters reading like a whirlwind trip through our universe’s history, and a Discworld novel exploring Rincewind’s (who is sent into the Roundworld and try and understand it) adventures on this world. | | | After 25 novels, the Discworld universe could be seen as almost as established as our own, complete with its own ideas on life and death, religion, science and philosophy. |
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http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/02_july/review0702_10.shtml
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| | Crescent Blues Terry Pratchett: Carpe Discworld |
| | One of those short ones that hopes for a thousand-word answer, that's what. | | | It's mainly about what happens when cultures meet and screw one another up. | | | This is quite a drastic revision in Discworld cosmogony. |
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http://www.crescentblues.com/2_4issue/pratchett.shtml
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| | Mark Hughes: Discworld Reading Order |
| | Pratchett writes sub-series based on different groups of characters, and the characters do develop in later books, so either read all of the books in order, or each subseries in order. | | | The Colour of Magic is the first book, but probably not the best to start with (it's funny, but not a good representative of Discworld). | | | This is my recommendation on the "best way" to read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. |
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http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/Text/discworld.html
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| | BursarVixen Enterprises -- Home |
| | Other books: Monstrous Regiment, The New Discworld Companion | | | You can order our T-shirts, conical glasses and glass tankdards from our Discworld Merchandise page. | | | The quality of the painting and the sculpting bring the characters to life. |
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http://www.bursarvixen.com
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| | Clarecraft discworld |
| | The other half of the site is dedicated to Terry Pratchett's Discworld® and and the characters contained therein both fantasticle and ordinary alike. | | | To make the site easier to navigate I have split it into two seperate sides, the Clarecraft side where you will find a wide selection of our figurines fom Angels to Demons, Fairies to Dragons and Harry Enfield to the Giles family. |
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http://www.clarecraft.co.uk
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| | Terry Pratchett's Discworld |
| | These books aren't Discworld novels but are a great read! | | | A funny take on how the Pied Piper of Hamlin tale might really have gone down, this book is for kids of all ages. | | | This is a different kind of Discworld novel, showing you a side of the Discoworld Terry Pratchett has kept hidden till now...and it is just as fresh and funny as the rest! |
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http://www.hickorytech.net/~northie/pratchett
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| | Death (Discworld) - definition of Death (Discworld) in Encyclopedia |
| | Death is one of the most popular Discworld characters, and makes an appearance in most of the Discworld books. | | | Discworld's Death is a parody of several other personifications of death, such as the Grim Reaper. | | | Calendar - City Watch - Clacks - Magic - Minor Discworld concepts |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Death_(Discworld)
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| | Discworld - PC Review - Coming Soon Magazine! |
| | The only thing that you might not like in Discworld is how the dialogues are handled, except that, there is nothing else I can complain about. | | | The story of the game is divided in several acts that each consists as a quest inspired by Discworld's stories and mythology. | | | I love Discworld and its humor and I bet you will like it as much as I do. |
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http://www.csoon.com/issue7/discwld.htm
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| | Technorati Tag: discworld |
| | There are gods everywhere on the Discworld but only a few... | | | Buy the Discworld Series on Amazon.com Interested in Discworld? | | | Discworld Items - Shop eBay Find new and used fiction and literature including discworld, from Action and adventure to westerns. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/discworld
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| | Discworld Review - Mr. Bill's Adventureland |
| | The Discworld is a circular flat planet (sail too far and you'll fall off the edge) that is being carried through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants, which themselves perch upon the shell of a giant flying turtle, the Great A'Tuin. | | | For one thing it introduced us for the first time to Discworld, that demented world created by best-selling English author Terry Pratchett. | | | The game is the saga of how he manages to do this, and the puzzles that you must solve to do so are not typical, by any stretch of the imagination. |
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http://www.mrbillsadventureland.com/reviews/c-d/discworldR/discworld1R.htm
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| | Discworld |
| | So, if all this interests you, don't bother visiting Discworld mud. | | | Welcome to Discworld, the place where all of your dreams can't come true. | | | You think we could write all this in a mud? |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/mud/katmandus/Discworld.html
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| | Discworld In Miniature |
| | This site is in the main my interpretation of the characters from the discworld books. | | | I hope this site will be of interest to all who Enjoy Discworld but in particularly those who have collected these figures or use them in wargames or role-plays (like Games Workshop's Warhammer and Mordhiem and GURP's Discworld). | | | During the period I have been modelling I have looked at the official Kidby and Kirby pictures, Clarecrafts figures both large and small, as well as reading the Discworld books themselves to combine all available information together to create what I consider to be as near accurate characters as I can. |
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http://www.area51b.freeserve.co.uk/dworld.htm
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| | Discworld MUD Index |
| | This is a thieves eye view of the Discworld MUD based on the books by Terry Pratchett. | | | If I've ripped off your map or graphic in this site sorry, let me know and I'll credit you or remove it. | | | For PC owners I've added a program to strip your skills from a log file here and a program to make a map from a log file here |
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/guiderjo/DISC001.HTM
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| | TerryPratchettBooks.com |
| | But he's dogged and honest and he'll be damned if he lets anyone disturb his city's always-tentative peace -- and that includes a rabble-rousing dwarf from the sticks (or deep beneath them) who's been stirring up big trouble on the eve of the anniversary of one of Discworld's most infamous historical events. | | | Centuries earlier, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, a horde of trolls met a division of dwarfs in bloody combat. | | | Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch admits he may not be the sharpest knife in the cutlery drawer -- he might not even be a spoon. |
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http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog/pratchett/site/books/description.asp?isbn=0060815221
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| | The Discworld Compendium |
| | The author posted a quote from it in alt.books.pratchett, in a discussion about Havelock Vetinari: | | | This is where the gods play games with the lives of men, on a board which is at one and the same time a simple playing area and the whole world... | | | The new Children's Discworld book is A Hat Full of Sky, the sequel to The Wee Free Men. |
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| | Cripple Mr Onion: Other Sites on Discworld and Terry Pratchett |
| | The L-Space Web: “Confifting of that part of thee WORLDE WIDE WEBB which contains COMMENTARIES and EXPLICATIONS upon the MULTITUDINOUS WORKS of MISTER TERENCE PRATCHETT ESQUIRE, scribe of thysse parifh. | | | Discworld Monthly is another free monthly on-line newsletter about Terry Pratchett and his works, with an extensive letters section from the readers. | | | alt.fan.pratchett is a Usenet newsgroup where fans chat about Terry Pratchett, Discworld and his other books, and (for some reason) baked goods. |
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| | Dolls From the Discworld |
| | Links to Discworld book reviews (and ordering) from Amazon | | | Link to Bloomsbury Magazine article that mentions the Discworld dolls and other Pterry fan sites | | | This RingSurf Net Ring - The Customized Fashiondoll Webring is owned by Discworld Dolls |
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http://www.world.std.com/~kcl/discworlddolls.html
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| | Discworld - Home |
| | This is where you can talk about books not set on the Disc, but still by Pterry | | | The place for discussing the four Discworld Games | | | A land full of dark creatures, where vampires go to meetings and werewolves hunt you... |
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| | The Turtle Moves |
| | Links Pratchett Books Pratchett.com PaulKidby.com The L-Space Web Discworld Monthly | | | Welcome to The Turtle Moves, the fanlisting for Terry Pratchett's book series called Discworld. | | | If you're a fan of the books please read this site and take a couple minutes to sign up. |
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| | Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Discworld Noir |
| | Discworld Noir is set in the most depraved city in the Discworld, Ankh-Morpork, where the sun never shines (because it is always night). | | | Throw in a missing artifact, some shady underworld characters, and the ex-girlfriend who broke you heart, and you have all the elements of classic Raymond Chandler noir novels. | | | It is also my most favorite, even though Rincewind (the hero from the other two games) is nowhere to be found, and light-hearted humor has been replaced by forboding atmosphere and shady characters. |
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http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=1505
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| | IGN: Discworld |
| | Find out what other IGN readers have to say about Discworld. | | | Which discworld character do you feel is most like you? | | | This game would be great if it weren't for one thing: it's dog-slow |
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http://psx.ign.com/objects/000/000583.html
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| | Acerbic.org |
| | In the books Discworld is a disc shaped planet that sits atop the backs of four giant elephants, who in turn stand upon the back of an even more giant turtle, the Great A'Tuin. | | | Discworld is a magical place, and a funny place. | | | Often times things don't quite work right, or work but in a very unexpected, and unexplainable way. |
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| | Discworld |
| | At the last count there were an extraordinary 30 Discworld stories, listed here, and although they are all good, those that revolve around the witches are my favourites. | | | I also collect the Discworld figures made by Clarecraft. | | | Although this is not a hard thing to do as every time I walk into a bookstore there seems to be a new Discworld novel on the shelves. |
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http://www.craigdixon.co.uk/discworld.htm
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| | Discworld is a game played in four acts, well three and a bit really, and the excellent introduction suitably sets the scene. | | | Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are ideal for conversion to humorous fantasy adventure games and the good news is that you don't need to have read them, much less be able to quote whole passages verbatim, to play and enjoy this title. | | | However, in this case I think Discworld can be forgiven because it was hugely enjoyable and provided two important features; on-screen text and the ability to click rapidly through drawn out or repeated conversations. |
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| | Discworld Cake - Kimberly Chapman's Cake Decorating |
| | This Discworld site is owned by Kimberly Chapman. | | | This was a cake made for my husband Corran, since we're both fans of the Terry Pratchett Discworld books. | | | I had to hold them in place for about a minute while they dried on enough to be stable. |
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http://kimberlychapman.com/crafts/cakes/discworld/discworld.html
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| | Terry Pratchett |
| | He is the author of the phenomenally successful Discworld series and his trilogy for young readers, The Bromeliad, is scheduled to be adapted into a spectacular animated movie. | | | His first Discworld novel for children, THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS, was awarded the 2001 Carnegie Medal. | | | The Science of Discworld (1992) (with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart) |
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| | TerryPratchettBooks.com |
| | Admittedly, real life does not contain many librarians who are a full-grown male orangutan, and Death in real life does not ride a white horse called Binky, but Discworld readers now consider that this is real life's loss. | | | He's also been known to describe it in The Discworld Companion as "like a geological pizza but without the anchovies." | | | but Discworld starts where classic heroic fantasy stops, and none of those people is doing business as usual. |
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http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld
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| | DiscWorld MUD |
| | This site is in no way connected with nor does it make any claim of endorsement by either Terry Pratchett or the publishers or distributors of the Discworld books. | | | You might find some obscure quest hints in the questions section, there's some notes in the tips and tricks pages that you really should consider very carefully, and I believe the comments about triggers in the questions section are accurate. | | | I commend the Discworld books to all visitors to this site, they provide invaluable background to MUDders. |
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/c.mcmahon4/disc/index.htm
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| | DISCWorld |
| | This is what a user would first see on connecting to a DISCWorld web page. | | | Image result superposed on the workspace, showing how the particular image has been selected from the catalogue and made available to the user for download. | | | This may be a browser plug-in or applet and will guide the user through the necessary interactions to pose a well defined query to the system. |
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http://www.dhpc.adelaide.edu.au/projects/DISCWorld
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| | Discworld Convention 2006 : |
| | Volume 4 Issue 3 of the Discworld Convention Chronicle is now available online in both Adobe PDF and plain text. | | | The Science Of The Discworld lecture set to music was one of the few Con events that I made it to. | | | The Discworld Convention 2006 will be the biggest Discworld event in 2006. |
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| | BursarVixen Enterprises -- Discworld Beer |
| | From the Discworld's centre of magical learning, we are delighted to present authentic Discworld beer. | | | We are pleased to offer you this convenient way of trying our original, famous Discworld Beers - Bonk, Old Kingdom and Ridcully's Revenge - for one very attractive price. | | | Another irresistable collection of Discworld beers, packaged together for your convenience and offered at an attractive price. |
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| | Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Discworld |
| | Two of the most underrated adventure games ever, both Discworld games are based on Terry Pratchett's pun-filled fantasy Discworld series, in which the whole world is carried through space by a turtle, and idioms and puns do have a life of their own. | | | As bumbling wizard Rincewind, prevent the Dragon from destroying the world in Discworld 1 and find a way to convince the disillusioned Death to resume his day job in the sequel. | | | Both games have great humor (although dialogues drag on at times), and some of the most devious but logical puzzles ever designed. |
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http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=315
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| | Quotes - Discworld |
| | There are no inconsistencies in the Discworld books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts. | | | It did have a lot of flashing lights, though. |
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| | The Discworld Game Pages |
| | Welcome to the Discworld Game Pages where you can find everything about the Discworld computer games created by Perfect Entertainment, based upon Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. | | | Thanks to Leo Breebaart and Robert Collier for the space for these pages, which comes to you courtesy of the Pratchett Archives and the L-Space Web Pages, home of all sorts of Pratchett related stuff, including the infamous hedgehog song.... |
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