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   Sisyphos said, 3 months ago

   Now, don’t gang up on Dudley, guys! He’s trying to help Boody, who stepped over the Edge of the Earth! You know, like in “Here there be dragons”?

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   Just plain Steve said, 3 months ago

   Enough people believing it? More Terry Pratchett ?

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   Just plain Steve said, 3 months ago

   enough people started believing in it? I’m getting a strong Terry Pratchett vibe from this story! (Which is great by me!)

   (and if anyone knows where my first post went, I’d like it back!)

   Edit: Found it, thanks Radical, but it wasn’t there when I posted!

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   Basqueian said, 3 months ago

   If Boody is a dragon, doesn’t he have wings?

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   iamtxmilady said, 3 months ago

   Tell A’Tuin I said “HI”!

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   wndrwrthg said, 3 months ago

   “Clap if you believe”.

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   Radical-Knight said, 3 months ago

   Steve, Your first post is just above your second post…..

   look up↑

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   reocare said, 3 months ago

   I believe, I believe! He can fly!

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   reocare said, 3 months ago

   I now have to go clap on the pinkerton strip…..

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    JUSTIN THOMPSON said, 3 months ago

    Could somebody please email me about Terry Pratchett? I know the name but I’ve never read his/her books. I’m just curious as to why today’s strip alludes to Pratchett. Might be something I’d like to check out.
    Thanks.

    j

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    puddleglum1066 said, 3 months ago

    The Pratchett references concern his popular ‘Discworld’ series, satiric fantasy set on a flat earth (where you really can fall off the edge; as Pratchett says, “space travel is just a mis-step away”) where magic works. The specific comments about belief refer to the system of gods on the disc, who seem to be some kind of intelligent life form that is nourished by belief (this is described in detail in the book “Small Gods”). When there is a lot of belief, the laws of nature can change.

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    JUSTIN THOMPSON said, 3 months ago

    That sounds cool!
    Thanks.

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    calspace said, 3 months ago

    For the record, Intelligent Design is “stupid,” not “OK.”

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    Chanticleer said, 3 months ago

    Brilliant stuff, Justin. Can’t wait to see where this goes!
    And you really should check out Terry Pratchett. I highly recommend “Thud!”

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    BlueRaven said, 3 months ago

    Another way to put it, Calspace, would be “Intelligent Design is Not.”

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    ursen1 said, 3 months ago

    Not all dragons can fly, Stanly the Steamer dragon who guards the Gap in Xanth can’t fly.

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    bmonk said, 3 months ago

    I like Karma saying “It goes round ‘n round!” What goes around comes around…

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    KalahariNight said, 3 months ago

    Oh, Justin, you’re in for a treat - start with “The Colour of Magic” and just read your way right through - as fantasy, Pratchett is stunningly good, but as satire, he’s absolutely astounding.

    It’s hard to believe now, but I started reading him at a time when he hadn’t caught on in the US and his books were mostly out of print here - and so I had to snag them when I passed through London once or twice a year.

    Point of information for Pratchett fans: Sir Terence will be in the US at the North American Discworld Convention Sept 4-7 (Tempe, AZ):

    http://www.nadwcon.org/

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    kestrelle said, 3 months ago

    I fully agree, both that there is a subconscious Pratchett influence on this strip, and that Mr. Thompson would enjoy the books. Pratchett has a wonderful way with puns. He’s the one author I’m can’t read on airplane trips ‘cause I wind up laughing too much.

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    Jo Jo said, 3 months ago

    Poor Mr. Pratchett has Alzheimer’s Disease. Savor the last few books.

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    Burgundy2 said, 3 months ago

    Oh my. Justin is not the only one in for a treat, I think. I have never read Terry Pratchett either, but will go a’hunting!

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    channce said, 3 months ago

    This is absolutely one of my favorite strips and is pretty close to the top of my all time favorite strips that that list stretches a long way back in time.

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    Dypak said, 3 months ago

    Fortunetly his Alzheimers is not the typical kind. It affects motor skills but not his ability to write novels. He’s dealing with it as you’d expect, with courage and grace.

    @ Burgundy2 (and Justin), you are indeed in for a treat. My advice is to start with “Mort”. It’s where he began to hit his stride. The Colour of Magic was his first, and it is wonderful. But I think it’s a better one to come back to and read after you’re hooked and want to know how it all started. The earlier ones, such as Mort, stood alone, so it’s ok to read it later.

    PS My avatar is supposed to be Sam Vimes, Commander of the Watch and a true hero.

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    aaf709 said, 3 months ago

    I’d start with the Color of Magic myself. The Common Swamp Dragons in his stories don’t fly; in fact, it’s amazing they live at all.

    BTW, I was at Wal-Mart and picked up a DVD of “Color of Magic.” Not the best, at least compared to the 2nd movie “Hogfather,” but still fun.

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    Just plain Steve said, 3 months ago

    I had no idea there were so many Terry Pratchett fans in the group. Glad to meet you all!

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    hossblacksilver said, 3 months ago

    Well, SIsyphos, if there wheren’t any before, there are now.

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    NebulousRikulau said, 3 months ago

    There are three types of people in the world.
    Terry Pratchett fans.
    People who are about to be blessed with becoming T.Pratchett fans.
    And those who will never get it.

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    CoBass said, 3 months ago

    I think my favorite Discworld book is “Moving Pictures”.

    No, “Guards!, Guards!”

    No, “Mort”

    No, “Wyrd SIsters”

    (You get the point…)

    And don’t overlook “Good Omens”, his collaboration with Neil Gaiman

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    reocare said, 3 months ago

    this is going to be good

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    jestrfyl said, 3 months ago

    The Wyrd Sisters are so well known they make the occasional appearance at Hogwarts.

    I am aghast, amazed, AND astounded that you - Justin - do not know Discworld. Your work is so close to Pratchetts that it is as if you were working beyond his pages.

    Another awesome book of his - not of Discworld - is Good Omens, with Neil Gaiman – a classic. But then, Gaiman’s American Gods and Anansi’s Boys should be part of your library as well.

    O Justin, a very - unique - world is about to open to you. Please tell me you know about Piers Anthony and Xanth.

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    Patrick1946 said, 3 months ago

    Good Omens and the four Bikers of the Apocralypse …. Oh dear, now we’ve probably started something. How can anyone not have encountered Captain Carrot’s sheer literalism, Sergeant Angua’s one woman K9 squad or the sheer lunacy of Holy Wood in Moving Pictures? And what about “The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents”? Or Cohen the Barbarian and his Silver Horde, the NacMacfeegle, Uberwald and the “Multicultural” populace of Ankh Morpork which includes the Undead, Humans, Trolls, Dwarves and all shades between?

    A whole new multiverse awaits ….

    Do start with Colour of Magic …