Hex is a fictional computer featuring in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett . First appearing in Soul Music novel Soul Music , Hex is an elaborate, magic powered and self building computer housed at the Unseen University UU in the city of Ankh Morpork Hex is a computer unlike any other the Discworld ... of DiscworldHex was capable of once and future computing increasing its abilities simply ... in Hogfather where, when Death approaches Hex, it asks if it is Big Red Lever time ? Other Discworld computers According to The Science of Discworld III Darwin s Watch , another Hex like machine has ... game Discworld II Missing Presumed... ? Real world connections The inspiration for Hex, which evolves ... for Mathematical Modelling and, with Pratchett s blessing, named HEX. References reflist discworld ... had consisted of druidic stone circles . Programmed via Softlore , Hex runs and evolves under ... Hex has its origins in a device that briefly appeared in Soul Music , created by Ponder Stibbons ... of the next novel, Interesting Times , Hex had become a lot more complex, and was constantly reinventing ... words, data compression and information retrieval . In Hogfather Hex contained several things .... This virtual memory appeared as translucent silver towers superimposed onto the real Hex. Hex ... though Hex s voice seems to come from everywhere as it travels in blit space, although Ponder ... of Discworld II The Globe Stibbons had hooked it up to the University s Clacks Discworld clacks tower ..., debatable whether or not the Patrician, Lord Havelock Vetinari , knows. In The Art of Discworld ... entered into it . Structure and technology Currently, Hex is activated by initializing ... of glass tubes that makes up the bulk of Hex hence the sticker on Hex that reads Anthill inside , a pun on Intel s ad slogan Intel Inside . Hex thinks by controlling which tubes the ants can crawl through .... Hex can now be given input through a huge wooden keyboard, in analogue writing by means of a complicated ... more details
members include Ponder Stibbons , a geeky young wizard HexDiscworldHex , the Disc s first computer ...Use dmy dates date June 2011 About the novels the Discworld itself Discworld world the MUD Discworld ... of Magic art by Josh Kirby country United Kingdom language English genre Comic fantasy Discworld ... 2008 ref set on Discworld world the Discworld , a Flat Earth flat world balanced on the backs ... Discworld world Chelys Galactica Great A Tuin . The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration ..., political and scientific issues. Since the first novel, The Colour of Magic 1983 , 39 Discworld ... s art. There have also been six short stories some only loosely related to the Discworld , three ... s Going Postal Going Postal , was broadcast on 30 and 31 May 2010. Newly released Discworld books regularly ... . Discworld novels have also won awards such as the Prometheus Award and the Carnegie Medal . In the BBC s Big Read , four Discworld books were in the top 100, and a total of fourteen in the top 200. Composition Very few of the Discworld novels have chapter divisions, instead featuring interweaving ... accessdate 9 June 2007 ref However, the first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic , was divided into books , as is Pyramids Discworld Pyramids . Additionally, Going Postal and Making Money do indeed ... of A. A. Milne , Jules Verne and Jerome K. Jerome . Themes and motifs The Discworld novels contain ... Maskerade or rock music Soul Music novel Soul Music . Parodies of non Discworld fiction also occur ... battles, are sometimes used as the basis for both trivial and key events in Discworld stories ... Moving Pictures novel Moving Pictures , Men at Arms . There are also humanist themes in many of the Discworld .... Storylines Image DiscworldShelf.png thumb Two shelves full of Terry Pratchett s Discworld work To a greater or lesser degree, Discworld stories stand alone as independent works set in the same fantasy ..., later events. The main threads within the Discworld series are Rincewind Main Rincewind Rincewind was the first ... more details
German magical system of hex work Hex sign , a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch Country of the Northeastern United States Entertainment Television and film Hex TV series Hex TV series , a British television programme Hex Doctor Who , a character in the Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the television series Doctor Who List of Ben 10 characters HexHex , a Ben 10 villain Hex film Hex film , a 1973 film starring Keith Carradine, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, and Hillarie Thompson Jonah Hex film Jonah Hex film , a 2010 film based on the DC Comics character The Hex Girls, a fictitious, gothic girl group in the Scooby Doo franchise Stephanie Bendixsen Stephanie Hex Bendixsen born 1985 , presenter for Australian TV show Good Game HEX, also known as Vexos, a group of antagonists in anime Bakugan Battle Brawlers Bakugan New Vestroia the name HEX is used in overseas version, while the alternative name Vexos is used in US Canadian version Music Hex Or Printing in the Infernal Method , an album by the band Earth Hex album Hex album , a 1994 album by the band Bark Psychosis Hex VJ group , a British based multimedia group active in the 1990s, which later became Hexstatic Hex Hector born 1965 , American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for Best Remixer Hex , a 2003 album by the Los Angeles based rock band Bigelf Hex, a late 1980s band consisting of Steve Kilbey Collaborations Steve Kilbey and Donnette Thayer Literature HexDiscworld , a computer in Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels also Hex fictional computer Hex novel Hex novel , a 2001 dystopian novel ...wiktionary Hexhexhex A hex is a magical spell paranormal spell , usually with malevolent purposes such as a curse ... word for six , as in hexagon , a polygon with six corners. Hex may also refer to tocright Computers & Technology Hexadecimal , or hex, a base 16 number system often used in computer nomenclature Intel HEX , a computer file format Uranium hexafluoride , part of the nuclear fuel refinement process ... more details
saved book title Discworld subtitle The Complete Guide cover image Discworld icon.svg cover color DarkGoldenRod Discworld The Complete Guide Overview Discworld Terry Pratchett Discworld Novels The Colour ... Maurice and his Educated Rodents Night Watch Discworld Night Watch The Wee Free Men The Wee ... of Cruelty Discworld Theatre of Cruelty The Sea and Little Fishes The Sea and Little Fishes Death ... Casting Out of Devilish Devices Other books The Discworld Companion The Discworld Companion The Science of Discworld The Science of Discworld The Science of Discworld II The Globe The Science of Discworld II The Globe The Science of Discworld III Darwin s Watch The Science of Discworld III Darwin s Watch The Pratchett Portfolio The Pratchett Portfolio The Art of Discworld The Art of Discworld ... of Ankh Morpork The Discworld Mapp The Discworld Mapp A Tourist Guide to Lancre A Tourist Guide to Lancre Death s Domain Death s Domain Nanny Ogg s Cookbook Nanny Ogg s Cookbook The Discworld Almanak The Discworld Almanak Where s My Cow? Where s My Cow? The Unseen University Cut Out Book The Unseen University Cut Out Book Discworld Diary The Discworld Diaries Once More With Footnotes Once More with Footnotes Wit and Wisdom of Discworld The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld The Folklore of Discworld The Folklore of Discworld Games The Colour of Magic video game The Colour of Magic Discworld MUD Discworld MUD Discworld video game DiscworldDiscworld II Missing Presumed... ? Discworld II GURPS Discworld GURPS DiscworldDiscworld Noir Discworld Noir Films and TV series Welcome to the Discworld Welcome to the Discworld Soul Music TV series Soul Music Wyrd Sisters TV series Wyrd Sisters Terry ... Postal Going Postal Terry Pratchett s Unseen Academicals Unseen Academicals Discworld Characters Tiffany Aching Death Discworld Death HexDiscworldHex Moist von Lipwig Nanny Ogg Rincewind Susan Sto Helit Havelock Vetinari Sam Vimes Granny Weatherwax Races and creatures of Discworld Auditors of Reality ... more details
more magical energy than planned and threatens to explode, destroying the University, the Discworld, and the entire universe. The university s thinking engine, HexDiscworldHex , decides to divert ...unreferenced date February 2010 infobox Discworld id 1st science novel Image The science of discworld 1.jpg 140px center characters Rincewind br Unseen University Unseen University Staff locations Unseen University br Earth Roundworld motifs History of the world br Evolution year 1999 publisher EBURY PRESS Random House, London ISBNH ISBNP ISBN 0 09 188657 0 awards notes The Science of Discworld is a 1999 book by novelist Terry Pratchett and popular science writers Ian Stewart mathematician Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen scientist Jack Cohen . Two sequels, The Science of Discworld II The Globe and The Science of Discworld III Darwin s Watch , have been written by the same authors. The book alternates between a typically absurd Discworld story and serious science scientific exposition after each chapter. The purpose of the book is both to entertain and educate. In having fictional sections in which observers from a very different world with a very different set of rules look with confused eyes upon the Earth Roundworld , the authors are able to expand upon things we take for granted, such as planets being round and stars being far away, in a manner which is free of a line of thinking which ... painting An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Joseph Wright of Derby . Plot summary The Discworld world Discworld part of the book begins when a new experimental power source for the Unseen University ... around in the universe, using Hex. They call it the Roundworld the Earth , because in it, matter ... References reflist Discworld books DEFAULTSORT Science of Discworld I Category Discworld books Category 1999 books cs V da na Zem plo e eo The Science of Discworld fr La Science du Disque monde nl The Science of Discworld pl Nauka wiata Dysku ru The Science of Discworld ... more details
HEX could refer to Hypersonic Flight Experiment HEX Helsinki Stock Exchange Hexham railway station , England National Rail station code HEX. High energy X rays Intel HEXHexDiscworldHex TV series Hex board game disambig ... more details
infobox Discworld id 2 sup nd sup art book br Image The Art of Discworld.jpg center 150px The Art of Discworld by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby characters Virtually all major characters, except the Discworld gods locations Ankh Morpork br Lancre br Death s Domain motifs Illustrations of various Discworld characters br Pastiches of famous paintings year 2004 publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd ISBNH ISBN 0 575 07511 2 ISBNP awards notes The Art of Discworld is a descriptive book of the world of the Discworld world Discworld as portrayed in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series. It showcases the art of Paul Kidby with descriptions of characters and locations by Pratchett and some details of the development of the art by Kidby himself. The book details most major lead characters from the Discworld books and gives them background information, including how Pratchett visualises them and the inspiration behind them. The cover shows the Mona Ogg , a famous painting by Leonard of Quirm , which is a parody of the Mona Lisa based on Nanny Ogg . discworld books DEFAULTSORT Art of Discworld, The Category Discworld books Category 2004 books pl Sztuka wiata Dysku ru The Art of Discworld fi The Art of Discworld ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Discworld Almanak is a spin off book from Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels, in a similar format to the Diaries and Nanny Ogg s Cookbook . It was written by Pratchett and Bernard Pearson and published in 2004. The book takes the form of an almanac for the Discworld world Discworld Year of the Prawn, and offers astrological predictions using the complex Discworld zodiac , in which every constellation is a birthsign, and the Turtle moves fast enough that they change frequently , and agricultural advice including an awful lot about cabbage s . Like Nanny Ogg s Cookbook it is enlivened by a series of pinned on notes between the publisher and the head printer. These include the revelation that the horoscopes are actually written by the Discworld gods Wilf God of Astrology Discworld books DEFAULTSORT Discworld Almanak, The Category Discworld books Category 2004 books ... more details
Chemistry Moving pictures Alchemists HexDiscworldHex Computer Magic Soul Music Created by Ponder ...The technology depicted in Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels takes two forms magical and mechanical ..., the exact nature of which is usually unclear. Most Discworld technologies have real world equivalents, in function if not form. Technological development In early novels, most parts of the Discworld ... or mostly mechanical. Magical technologies Main Discworld magic Most technology in the Discworld ... items such as Wizards Discworld wizards staffs, Witches Discworld witches broomsticks and Rincewind ... beings. Imp powered devices See also Discworld gods Imps The earliest technological items depicted in the Discworld novels are owned by Twoflower . These include a watch and the Iconographs iconograph .... In The Colour of Magic , Rincewind sees the iconograph, which is essentially the discworld equivalent ... Citation needed date August 2010 . In The Art of Discworld the Mark I and Mark II are drawn to resemble ... , the Discworld world Discworld s first tourism tourist , to the bemusement of most other characters ... the Discworld version of a Gatso , recording cart drivers who speed over bridges. This book also features ... Regiment , Chriek can transmit iconographs thousands of miles through the Clacks Discworld Clacks Semaphore line semaphore system . Hex Main HexDiscworldHex is an elaborate, magic powered computer housed at Unseen University UU in the city of Ankh Morpork Hex is a computer unlike any other the Discworld world Disc has ever seen which is not particularly hard since until quite recently all other computers on the Disc consist of druidic stone circles . Hex runs and evolves under the watchful ... because he s the only one who understands what he s talking about. Hex has its origins in a device ..., Interesting Times , Hex had become a lot more complex, and was constantly reinventing itself. Part ... compression and information retrieval . In Hogfather Hex contained several things that nobody remembered ... more details
Infobox RPG title GURPS Discworld image Image DiscworldRPGCover.jpg caption Discworld Roleplaying Game ... Discworld br 2002 Discworld Role Playing Game genre Comedic Fantasy system GURPS Lite footnotes GURPS Discworld and the related supplements are role playing game sourcebooks set in Terry Pratchett s Discworld fictional universe fantasy universe using the GURPS role playing game system . History GURPS Discworld was written by Phil Masters and Terry Pratchett . Cover and illustrations were done ... first Phil authorlink coauthors Terry Pratchett Pratchett, Terry title GURPS Discworld year 1998 ... 4e Basic Set GURPS Basic in order to play. ref name InQuest cite book title Review of GURPS Discworld year publisher InQuest Gamer February 1999 ref The game included a lot of detail about Discworld world Discworld , appealing to both roleplaying and Discworld fans. ref cite book first Dave last Higgins authorlink year 1974 title Ramtop to Rimfall publisher Discworld Newsletter ref It has also been attributed to introducing roleplayers to the series of Discworld books Novels Discworld books . ref cite book last Hite first Kenneth authorlink coauthors title Review of GURPS Discworld date 1998 09 11 publisher MANIA Magazine ref ref cite web url http www.sjgames.com gurps books discworld comments.html title What people are saying about GURPS Discworld accessdate 2007 09 15 last Weiss first Phillip ... title RPGnet review of GURPS Discworld accessdate 2007 09 15 last Lindsay Levine first Sam ... Jackson Games published a sequel under the title GURPS Discworld Also . ref cite web url http www.warehouse23.com item.html?id SJG6061 title GURPS Discworld Also Steve Jackson Games accessdate 2007 ... first Paul authorlink coauthors Pratchett, Terry title GURPS Discworld Also year 2001 publisher ... Discworld Also accessdate 2007 09 15 author Robert A. Rodger date 2001 07 05 work publisher RPGnet ... discworldalso title Discworld Also accessdate 2007 09 15 author date work publisher Steve Jackson ... more details
Welcome to the Discworld is a short 8 minute animation animated television adaptation of a fragment of the Reaper Man novel by Terry Pratchett , produced by Cosgrove Hall in 1996. It was the first film adaptation of a Discworld novel and was followed by the TV series Soul Music TV series Soul Music and Wyrd Sisters TV series Wyrd Sisters . The rest of Reaper Man was not filmed. The film featured Christopher Lee as the voice of Death Discworld Death , as did the following animated TV series and the 2008 Terry Pratchett s The Colour of Magic live action TV miniseries. External links imdb title id 0313773 title Welcome to the Discworld UK tv prog stub Discworld books Category Discworld films and TV series ... more details
Infobox book name The Discworld Mapp title orig translator image File Discworld mapp.JPG 200px image caption Cover of Discworld Mapp atlas. author Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs illustrator Stephen Player cover artist Stephen Player country Great Britain language English language English series Discworld subject genre Fantasy publisher Corgi Books pub date 9 November 1995 english pub date media type Print pages isbn 0 552 14324 3 oclc dewey congress preceded by The Streets of Ankh Morpork followed by A Tourist Guide to Lancre The Discworld Mapp is an atlas that contains a large, fold out map of the Discworld world Discworld fictional world, drawn by Stephen Player to the directions of Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs . ref Clute and Grant 1997, pp. 784 785. ref It also contains a short booklet relating the adventures and explorers of the Disc and their discoveries. File Schijfwereld01.png thumb 300px left Dutch version of the map. It was originally conceived as the second in a series of three maps, along with The Streets of Ankh Morpork and A Tourist Guide to Lancre . For this work, Briggs became known as the cartographer of Discworld. ref cite book title The Turtle Moves Discworld s Story Unauthorized last Watt Evans first Lawrence authorlink year 2008 publisher BenBella Books isbn 1933771461 page 194 url http books.google.com books?id YSFEwHD6FQ0C accessdate 2011 08 08 ref A fourth atlas. Death s Domain , was added to the series. After its publication, Pratchett was surprised ... 978 1857233681. Refend External links http wiki.lspace.org Discworld & Pratchett Wiki isfdb title id 102663 title The Discworld Mapp Discworld books Use dmy dates date May 2011 DEFAULTSORT Discworld Mapp, The Category Discworld books Mapp Category Fictional atlases Category Fictional maps Fantasy book stub cs Mapa Zem plochy fr La Carte du Disque Monde nl The Discworld Mapp pl wiat Dysku Mappa ru The Discworld Mapp ... more details
Image Discworld diary 2000 cover.jpg thumb right 150px Cover of the 2000 Discworld diary The Discworld Diaries are a series of themed diary diaries based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett . Each one except the 2008 diary is based on an Ankh Morpork institution, and has an opening section containing information about that institution written by Pratchett and Stephen Briggs . The diaries feature a great deal of background information, far more than could reasonably be put into the novels. However, some of this occasionally finds its way into the series proper the concept of female assassins ... Guild Yearbook. All the diaries are illustrated by Paul Kidby . The diaries are Discworld s Unseen University Diary 1998 the cover art features the character Death Discworld Death , possibly the character who appeared in the greatest number of Discworld novels. Discworld s Ankh Morpork City Watch Diary ... armor. Discworld Assassins Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000 2000 the cover art features the character ... rumored poisoned . Discworld Fools Guild Yearbook and Diary 2001 2001 the cover art features Dr Whiteface, the Fools Guild Discworld Fools Guild leader, bursting through a paper hoop. Discworld ... Morpork Thieves Guild Thieves Guild leader. Discworld Reformed Vampyre s Diary 2003 2003 the cover art features Mr John Not A Vampire At All Smith, head of the Ankh Morpork Mission of the Undead Discworld Vampires Black Ribboners with a cup of steaming brown liquid, likely coffee or hot cocoa. Discworld ... . There were no diaries published between 2004 and 2006 The Discworld Almanak by Pratchett and Bernard Pearson was published in 2004. Due to their limited edition nature, Discworld Diaries become ... 110. ref http www.amazon.co.uk dp B000NI1CAQ Amazon.co.uk Discworld s Unseen University Diary 1998 Books Terry Pratchett,Stephen Briggs,Paul Kidby Bot generated title ref References Reflist Discworld books Category Discworld books Category Diaries ru The Discworld Diaries ... more details
Infobox book name The Discworld Companion title orig translator image Image The discworld companion 1.jpg ... series Discworld subject genre publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd. Gollancz pub date 1994 english pub date ... by followed by The Discworld Companion is an encyclopaedia of the Discworld fictional universe ... people, geography of places and events that have appeared in at least one Discworld novel, map, diary, non fiction book and the short stories Troll Bridge , Theatre of Cruelty Discworld Theatre ... Discworld Companion was published in 2003. It includes articles about books up to Night Watch Discworld Night Watch , as well as Discworld related books and short stories. The book also contains a 10 page interview with Pratchett titled Discworld Quo Vadis? . All of them also include information that exists on Pratchett s computer, but that he has not yet worked into a novel for instance, Discworld ... last Pratchett first Terry authorlink Terry Pratchett coauthors Stephen Briggs title The Discworld ... Pratchett first Terry authorlink Terry Pratchett coauthors Stephen Briggs title The Discworld Companion ... title The Discworld Companion Updated publisher Gollancz location London year 1997 isbn 0 575 60030 ... title The Discworld Companion Updated publisher Gollancz location London year 2000 isbn 0 575 60030 ... Stephen Briggs title The New Discworld Companion publisher Gollancz location London year 2002 isbn 0 ... coauthors Stephen Briggs title The New Discworld Companion publisher Gollancz location London year ... authorlink Terry Pratchett coauthors Stephen Briggs title The New Discworld Companion publisher .... refend External links http wiki.lspace.org Discworld & Pratchett Wiki isfdb title id 170003 title The Discworld Companion isfdb title id 329461 title The Discworld Companion Updated isfdb title id 103659 title The New Discworld Companion Discworld books DEFAULTSORT Discworld Companion, The Category Encyclopedias on fictional worlds Category Discworld books fr Disque monde Le Vade Mecum ... more details
of laws. The golem therefore goes insane. Ethics Like HexDiscworldHex , Golems are artificial ... buy itself from the Trust and become free. The hiring service is run by Miss Discworld characters ..., and later reprogrammed to capture Mr Discworld characters Reacher Gilt Reacher Gilt . Older golems ... is also ethically tricky. Golems are distrusted by many on the Discworld world Discworld , particularly the undead Discworld undead , who dislike the fact they are generally more accepted, despite being .... In Making Money, Discworld characters Adora Belle Dearheart Adora Belle Dearheart tells Lord Vetinari ... ones, have also been given voices. Like Death Discworld Death , those golems capable of speech have ... wizard , Moist von Lipwig gains the ability to control them. However, the economist Technology of the Discworld ... s fiancee, Discworld characters Adora Belle Dearheart Adora Belle Dearheart , who understood that golems ... , 2004 discworld Category Discworld peoples Category Discworld characters Category Fictional ... more details
italic title infobox Discworld id Image Folklore of Discworld.jpg center characters Most Discworld characters locations Discworld motifs Folklore year 2008 publisher Doubleday publisher Doubleday ISBNH ISBN 9780385611008 ISBNP awards notes Co written with Jacqueline Simpson The Folklore of Discworld is a book written by Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson as an ancillary to the Discworld series of novels. It details the folklore aspects of the Discworld novels and draws parallels with earth s folklore. It is divided into sections, each with an accompanying sketch by Paul Kidby . As the only Discworld book published in 2008 25 years after The Colour of Magic the hardback editions display a sticker stating 25 Years of Discworld . Summary The book is divided into 16 sections The Cosmos Gods, Demons and Things Discusses the known gods on the Discworld and their relationships with the gods of Earth. Dwarfs Explores the customs of the dwarfs and the similarities between dwarf culture and mining cultures on Earth also certain Earthly religious cultures. Elves Considers the elven race and what is known about them both on Earth and the Disc. The Nac Mac Feegle Discusses the Feegle and their Pictsies equivalents on Earth. Trolls Documents the customs and thoughts of the silicon based lifeform and our beliefs regarding them on Earth. Other Significant Races Covers a variety of other races including Vampires and Igors and their equivalents on Earth. Beasties Dragons, chimeras, the sphinx, etc, including the Luggage. The Witches of Lancre Explores similarities and contrasts between the Lancre witches and the Wise Women and witches of Britain and Ireland. The Land of Lancre The landscape legends, customs and beliefs in lancre set alongside their counterparts on earth mainly British ... comparison of the Hogfather with father Christmas Santa Claus. Death Well, death, obviously. discworld books Category Discworld books ... more details
See also Discworld magic A major subset of the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett involves the witches ... from the wizards Discworld wizard magic taught in the Unseen University , and consists largely ... that this would cause a sort of magical inbreeding. ref name Companion The Discworld Companion , Terry Pratchett and Stephen Briggs , 1994, Victor Gollancz ref Discworld West African Vodun Voodoo is considered ... heavily on the power of belief described below. The most powerful Discworld voodoo women can deliberately ... ever been one female wizard on the Discworld world main Discworld continent , as described in the events ... of Discworld Witches are seen in the Ramtops region of Discworld, and, barring the latest book ... of witches in the Discworld novels, and the ones featured in the novels referred to as The Witches ... Verence II of Lancre Verence II . As of Carpe Jugulum the couple has one daughter, Discworld geography ... and is supplanted by Discworld characters Agnes Nitt after the events of Maskerade . Her absence from ... adopted by Witches Discworld Miss Tick Miss Tick . Other Ramtops Witches Gwinifer Old Mother Blackcap ... whisperer . According to The Discworld Almanak , pig boring is a humane form of slaughter in which ... Goodie Hamstring Ammeline Hamstring , also known as Goodie Hamstring was a witch from Lancre, the Discworld geography Ramtops . She appeared only in Mort , and was Death Discworld Lord Mortimer, Duke of Sto Helit Mort s first collection as Death Discworld Death s apprentice. She had a grey cat. As with all Discworld world Discworld magical practitioners, she knew in advance when her death would ... to summon sadistic Elves Discworld elves . At the end of Lords and Ladies , Granny speculated ... cousin also being a wizard and archchancellor of Unseen University. First mentioned in The Discworld ... Discworld Aliss Demurrage Aliss Demurrage . Goodie Whemper Generally referred to as Goodie Whemper ... hails from the chalk downland Rimward of the Ramtops. Her grandmother, Witches Discworld Sarah Granny ... more details
Image SkyOneDiscworld.png thumb right 300px The Discworld as it appears in the SkyOne adaptation of The Colour of Magic . The Discworld is the fictional setting for all of Terry Pratchett s Discworld fantasy ... galactica who travels through the Discworld universe s outer space space , carrying four giant elephant s named Berilia, Tubul, Great T Phon, and Jerakeen who in turn carry the Discworld. The narration ... of Great A Tuin s journey through the cosmos . If, as the Discworld version of the popular big bang ... the Discworld s academics as the Discworld version of the steady state theory , which in universe is known ... space to nowhere for ever. Eric Discworld Eric shows Great A Tuin being made instantly from nothing ... of eight baby turtles, each with four baby elephants and a tiny discworld of their own, would ... to the Great A Tuin s travelling through the universe, the night sky of the Discworld, unlike that of our ..., on one half, with silvery glowing plants, which feed the Fauna of the Discworld Dragons ... the Discworld analogue of Earth in The Science of Discworld , but not to readers. The Disc Main Discworld geography File Schijfwereld01.png thumb 300px The Discworld Mapp by Stephen Player Dutch ... field. Cori Celesti is also the location of the Discworld version of real world Greek Mythology s Mt. Olympus , named Dunmanifestin , the home of many of the Disc s Discworld gods gods . The area including ... is known as the Aurora Coriolis. Directions within the Discworld are not given as North, South ... in the novels, and the main information for which comes from The Discworld Mapp and footnotes. The majority ... a large main region and a smaller Counterweight Continent , a Discworld Analogue to the Far East connected ... of the novels are set, the Discworld version of Europe, and Klatch , akin to Africa, India and the Near East. In Discworld s fictional geology, there is also the island continent of Fourecks , the smallest ... the Klatchian Empire and berwald . In the Discworld Companion, Pratchett writes there have been ... more details
The Discworld mudlib is an LPC programming language LPC framework, or mudlib , originally written for the Discworld MUD . It has been regarded as one of the more advanced mudlibs around according to http www.linnaean.org lpb muddex mudline.html Lauren Burka s MUD timeline, written in 1995 , the Discworld mudlib was only the second widely available mudlib. At the time of its release it had the most advanced parsing command parser and user interface available in a mudlib. ref name dog It has been described as having many concepts you will not see in other mudlibs for any server , as well as too many frogs and wombles , possibly in reference to its frequent use of eccentric variable names such as frog and The Wombles womble . ref name lpfaq Some design elements in the mudlib have become popular ... alias of Pinkfish. Another notable MUD that uses this mudlib is Nanvaent . FluffOS FluffOS is Discworld ... code. Recent versions of the Discworld mudlib only run on the FluffOS server. It is open source under the MudOS license. The Dead Souls Mudlib is another FluffOS mudlib. Like the Discworld mudlib, it was originally written for MudOS, but current versions require FluffOS. Medical use The Discworld ... New Riders isbn 1592730000 pages 456 quote 1993 ... The Discworld MUDlib is released. The choice of MUDlibs for MudOS helps add to the driver s growing popularity. At this time, the Discworld MUDlib ... 2006 04 26 ref External links http discworld.atuin.net lpc about mudlib.html About the mudlib on the Discworld ... of Discworld that s easy ish to install. http discworld.atuin.net external lpc for dummies index.shtml Discworld MUD s LPC for Dummies, first edition http www.monkeys at keyboards.com lpc1.pdf Discworld MUD s LPC for Dummies, Book 1, second edition http www.monkeys at keyboards.com lpc2.pdf Discworld MUD s LPC for Dummies, Book 2, first edition http www.monkeys at keyboards.com better1.pdf Discworld MUD s Being A Better Creator, first edition http www.monkeys at keyboards.com working1.pdf Discworld ... more details
Infobox video game title Discworld MUD image File Discworld MUD logo.png 220px Discworld MUD Logo developer ... client or MUD client , Internet access input Keyboard computing Keyboard Discworld MUD is a popular MUD , a text based online role playing game , set in Discworld world the Discworld as depicted in the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett . R nayar kitchindodge Image discworld mud drum.PNG ... Morpork and The Discworld Mapp . It now consists of areas that attempt to simulate several big cities Ankh Morpork , Discworld geography Locations Bes Pelargic , Genua and Djelibeybi on two continents ... Reith and Evan Scott. It was an outgrowth of another MUD called Discworld II . The MUD ran for a while ... to the UK to run at Jake Sojan Greenland s house. Discworld has publicly released Discworld mudlib ... for writing their worlds. Software main Discworld Mudlib The MUD s software is divided into two sections ... new spells or abilities are generated from ideas from this group of players. Interface The Discworld ... on Discworld MUD is frequently whimsical, with a general fondness displayed for silliness ... of the original intent for Discworld MUD was to move away from a restrictive class system, and to allow ... as the Discworld series of books has been growing, therefore there are smatterings of continuity taken ... to a small number of player worshippable gods. Reception In April 1999, Discworld was selected as The Mud Connector s Mud of the Month. R motm In Total PC Gaming , UK edition, Discworld was 2nd of the Top ... the online game Discworld MUD, based on Terry Pratchett s fiction discworld.atuin.net lpc , or MUME ... Pearson Education isbn 0201745755 pages 187 188 quote Discworld MUD is based on the hugely popular fantasy world of Terry Pratchett s novels. The MUD is long running, large ... Like the Discworld ... Buck editor1 last Barton editor1 first Matt editor2 last Loguidice editor2 first Bill title Discworld ... FAQ work Internet FAQ Archives date 1998 09 15 accessdate 2010 04 13 quote Discworld Advanced command ... more details
Refimprove date May 2010 Infobox VG title Discworld Noir image Image Discworld Noir Coverart.png caption ... http www.gamefaqs.com pc 576124 discworld noir data ref PlayStation br vgrelease EU 2000 in video gaming ... RAM , 400 MB Hard disk HD space input Discworld Noir is a computer game based on Terry Pratchett s Discworld comic fantasy novels, and unlike the previous Discworld games is both an example and parody ... support for running Discworld Noir is planned. ref http sourceforge.net projects tinselnoir ... of ScummVM . The main character is Lewton, the Discworld world Discworld s first and only private ... the previous Discworld games, two of which were based on particular novels, and one of which was a mixture of elements from several. It is set in Ankh Morpork , the largest city on the Discworld. The game features many new characters and locales, which do not appear in the Discworld books. However ... an Foreword introduction written by Discworld creator Terry Pratchett. The moody, ambient SFX ... additional voices. Film noir references Discworld Noir makes both incredibly overt and alternatively ... include Lewton is named after horror noir producer Val Lewton . Josh Kirby s Discworld Noir cover ... a reference to Guards Guards and or the first Discworld computer game. The series of murders based ... in a forest this is a verbatim quote from Annie s Song by John Denver . Familiar characters In Discworld ... www.lspace.org games discworld noir index.html ref However, many classic Discworld characters appear ... of Lewton s old friends from the Ankh Morpork City Watch. He is in various City Watch Discworld novels ... ref Nobby also appeared in Discworld video game Discworld . Samuel Vimes Sam Vimes Sir Samuel Vimes ... Death Discworld Death The familiar Death personification Grim Reaper style character that appears in almost every Discworld novel. Death comes to take the Count s soul away later in the game and also ... may be just observations about the nature of discworld reality, since Discworld world The power ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels, elves are extradimensional inhuman monster s. Elves on the Discworld world Discworld are based more on the nastier kind of fairy folk in Europe an and other folklore s than elves as portrayed in most modern post J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien fantasy fiction . They are not native to the Discworld world The Disc Disc , but come from a parasite universe , sometimes called Fairyland . This pocket dimension can latch onto different universes at certain times, allowing the elves and other fae creatures such as unicorn s, Jenny Greenteeth and, before they were cast out, the Nac Mac Feegle to go hunting. Elven invasions of the Discworld are recorded in Lords and Ladies novel Lords and Ladies and The Wee Free Men . The Science of Discworld II The Globe involves an attempted invasion of Roundworld a version of our world . In Moving Pictures novel Moving Pictures it is mentioned that a few elves have moved to Holy Wood. Description Though elves lack the ability to reproduction procreate within their own species , they are capable of breeding with human s, resulting in offspring with superficially elvish characteristics skinny, pointy ear s, a tendency to giggle and sunburn burn easily in the sun but fundamentally human traits i.e. empathy . As mentioned above, creatures from the elves universe often go hunting when they manage to enter a real universe, one of the things they hunt being people. Elves have no proper imagination or real emotion s, and therefore such things fascinate them. Because they cannot create they steal music ians and artist s. Because they cannot have children they steal children from the Disc to be their toys ... not seem to have as much effect on trolls Discworld trolls and dwarfs Discworld dwarfs , partly because ... because there is no way of Discworld world Magic magicking iron, and partly that they have the ability ... Kings and Queens of the Elves tend to be similar. Discworld Category Discworld peoples Category Fictional ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Death Discworld Cleanup date April 2010 Original research date April 2010 Death is a fictional character in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series and a parody of several other Death personification ... a scythe . His jurisdiction, so to speak, is specifically the Discworld itself he is only a part, or minion, of Discworld gods Azrael Azrael , the universal Death. He has been gently used by Pratchett ... . Infobox Discworld character image File Death Discworld.png caption Death as illustrated by Paul Kidby in The Art of Discworld . name Death description associations Discworld gods Azrael Azrael br Death Discworld Lord Mortimer, Duke of Sto Helit Mort br Death Discworld Lady Ysabell, Duchess of Sto Helit Ysabell adoptive daughter br Albert Discworld Albert br Susan Sto Helit adoptive granddaughter br Death Discworld The Death of Rats Death of Rats location Other dimensions of the Discworld Death.27s Domain Death s Domain and everywhere else firstseen The Colour of Magic alsoin Every Discworld ... of coffin lids these descriptions have become less frequent in recent novels. In the first Discworld ... to Death are proper nouns thus, for example, he is written as He. This is usually reserved for the Discworld ..., only those of a magical disposition e.g. Witches Discworld witches and Wizards Discworld wizards ... novel . Death has appeared in every Discworld novel, except for The Wee Free Men and Snuff ... of Rincewind . Terry Pratchett even says in The Art of Discworld that he has received a number of letters from terminally ill fans in which they hope that Death will resemble the Discworld incarnation ... thought experiment, believing it cruel to the cats involved. Home Main Other dimensions of the Discworld ... Susan calls him her grandfather or Granddad . When asked to describe Death, in the second Discworld ... and associates Death is both the servant and a part of The Discworld gods The Old High Ones Old High One known as Discworld gods Azrael Azrael , the Death of Universes and ruler of all deaths. In the earlier ... more details
The world depicted in Terry Pratchett s Discworld series of novels has a lively and complex religious life. The Discworld world Discworld had numerous gods, all of which clearly exist rather than being ... orders, and a variety of demons. Gods main Discworld gods Small gods The Discworld, being a flat ... to us. Gods are everywhere on the Discworld, a crucial element of the world s peculiar ecology that gives ... them until they gather enough power to join the Disc s vast, unwieldy pantheon. Gods on the Discworld ... kingdom in the centre of the Discworld called Dunmanifestin. They include current head god Blind ... the Jokester of the Ramtops and the numerous gods of Skund Forest. Troll Discworld Troll s also have ... of most of the Discworld novels, it was an intolerant religion known for attempting to forcibly .... Cosmopilite This is a belief system followed by a small number of monks from the Discworld geography ... Discworld deities have priests or priestesses. In the case of minor gods and goddesses such as Anoia ... Io have grand temples and a large priesthood. The Discworld clergy are generally portrayed ... Religions of the Discworld Evadne Cake Mrs Cake . Monastic orders The Disc has several monastic ... Surprised. The Balancing Monks First mentioned in Pyramids Discworld Pyramids as running a free hospital in Ankh Morpork. The Discworld Companion explains that the Balancing Monks believe the Disc ... Monks The Listening Monks are first mentioned in Mort . They believe that, as nothing the Discworld ... believed in. Anyone who dies, however, will be met by Death Discworld Death , who takes the form of a living ..., such as Death Discworld Lord Mortimer, Duke of Sto Helit Mort or Mort s daughter Susan Sto Helit Susan ... Desert is a transition phase between life and afterlife on the Discworld. It is described as having ... mortal coils, Omnian or not. Reincarnation Several Discworld characters have reincarnation reincarnated ... Hero . Undeath main Undead Discworld In some cases, deceased people do not technically have an afterlife ... more details
See also Discworld world Magic Image Discworld gods.jpg thumb right 340px Some of the Discworld gods .... The Discworld gods are the fictional deity deities from Terry Pratchett s Discworld series of fantasy novels. The Discworld world Discworld , being a flat disc supported on the backs of four elephants on top of a Discworld world Great A Tuin, the star turtle giant flying turtle , exists in a region ... to us. TOC left Gods are everywhere on the Discworld, a crucial element of the world s peculiar ecology that gives Discworld world The power of belief power to belief and demands Discworld world ... enough power to join the Disc s vast, unwieldy pantheon. Gods on the Discworld exist as long ... echo. Discworld demons are also considered gods, more or less after all, believers does not necessarily ..., such as Death Discworld Death , Anthropomorphic personifications Discworld Time Time or Anthropomorphic personifications Discworld Kaos, aka Ronnie Soak Chaos whose aspects, though not necessarily ... , Tiffany Aching , and Discworld characters Pteppic Pteppic have permanently or momentarily assumed ... to The Folklore of Discworld . Here is a list of most of the gods mentioned in the series to date ... Olympus like mountain top kingdom in the centre of the Discworld world Discworld called Dunmanifestin ... of Discworld to the occasional lightning bolt. Cori Celesti, the mountain upon which Dunmanifestin ... is a minor goddess of squashed animals. She is a relatively recent addition to the Discworld pantheon ... Discworld gods Bilious Bilious is. She is mentioned in Hogfather and The Last Hero . Anoia The minor ... buried since belief is what empowers Discworld gods, she benefited tremendously from the resulting ... names of European cities . Mentioned in Small Gods and Discworld Noir . Her name may be a reference ... of this link, should either ever drink Flora and fauna of the Discworld Re annual plant time ..., as detailed by Discworld gods Om Om in Small Gods . He is completely blindness blind in the traditional ... more details
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