Page 103 - Teasy Weasy Fornacite, the Troll hairdresser's name, like all Trolls' names, is derived from a rock, in this case fornacite which is a rare lead, copper chromate arsenate hydroxide mineral. Page 47 - Vetinari's crossword problem is the word "lagniappe" which as Moist tells Vetinari is pronounced differently than it is spelled (/ˈlænjæp/ LAN-yap, /lænˈjæp/ lan-YAP). A conversation with Moist leads to the idea of her writing a travel diary, which Moist can get published, detailing tourist attractions, accomodation, etc. 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.

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I'd Tell You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You: Played with: Vetinari makes a few revelations to Moist von Lipwig, and then mentions that if the details of the conversation ever get out, well. 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. Traverse the world with vampire comrades or hunt solo as you pillage villages, raid bandits, and delve into the domains of supernatural beasts.

Page 96 - Moist refers to Sto Lat as a 'nexus' for the Sto Plains and then starts to explain 'nexus' to the crossword wizard, Vetinari who stops him short saying, "I know what a nexus is.

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So I was a bit surprised when I opened my copy of Raising Steam, the 40th book in the series, and found a beautiful map spread across pages eight and nine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails.Answers to the Name of God: When the Marquis des Aix en Pains first meets Of The Twilight The Darkness, he exclaims " Mon Dieu!

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Lu-tze makes a cameo appearance, paying a brief visit to his old friend Ridcully to talk about the dawning of the new age. Page 76 - The battle of Koom Valley description where the troll and dwarf put down their weapons, resonates with the famous Christmas truce in WW I where the Germans and the British troops stopped fighting and had a game of football in No Man's Land. Early Access allows you to enjoy V Rising’s gothic world while participating in the game’s development.

Pratchett has also injected the mannerisms and life of Fred Dibnah (1938-2004) from Bolton, Lancashire, who was a steeplejack and mechanic and the epitome of the old-time Northern engineer into Dick's character as well.