Stephen <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote:
> I've just finished listening to Strata as an Audio Book and had
> forgotten that Pratchett's first Discworld did not have the elephants
> nor the turtle.

Strata is a thinly veiled parody of/homage to Ringworld... although so well done
that you'd never notice unless you'd actually read Ringworld! But of course you
knew that. :)

(I think Pratchett's aliens are just as good as Niven's, both in Strata and Dark
Side of the Sun)

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On 28/06/2010 3:45 PM, Bill Pragnell wrote:

> Strata is a thinly veiled parody of/homage to Ringworld... although so well done
> that you'd never notice unless you'd actually read Ringworld! But of course you
> knew that. :)
>

Indeed :-D

> (I think Pratchett's aliens are just as good as Niven's, both in Strata and Dark
> Side of the Sun)
>
>

Dark Side of the Sun, I'll read that next, thanks. And you are right his 
aliens are good.

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	Stephen

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>> Next time... Discworld?
> How did you know? It is indeed something I want to do for a long time...
>
> Thomas
>
>
Well... proceeding step by step I think that Discworld could be the next 
interesting challenge (before writing the code of Ankh-Morpork 
naturally!) ;-)
Paolo

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Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Strata is a thinly veiled parody of/homage to Ringworld... although so well done
> that you'd never notice unless you'd actually read Ringworld! But of course you
> knew that. :)

Wow. I never noticed that until you mentioned it.

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On 28/06/2010 4:45 PM, Paolo Gibellini wrote:
> (before writing the code of Ankh-Morpork naturally!) ;-)
>

Do you have a licence from the Patrician or are you a member of the 
Guild of Povers?

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	Stephen

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
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> On 28/06/2010 4:45 PM, Paolo Gibellini wrote:
>> (before writing the code of Ankh-Morpork naturally!) ;-)
>>
>
> Do you have a licence from the Patrician or are you a member of the Guild 
> of Povers?

We need to be members of the Guild of Povers of course. I can still feel the 
pain from the red-hot iron handled by Thorsten, when he branded the logo 
into my buttocks.   :-)

Thomas

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"Stephen" <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
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> On 28/06/2010 9:32 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> Oh! That is fantastic!
>>
>
> The feet?
>
> Thanks anyway, it is just a test before I continue.

LOL!  I mean the fact that you model a Discworld topic.

> I've just finished listening to Strata as an Audio Book and had forgotten 
> that Pratchett's first Discworld did not have the elephants nor the 
> turtle.

Really? I am not that well known with the Discworld Series, but already in 
The Colour of Magic (first book?) they are mentioned in the prologue...

Thomas

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>Thomas de Groot  on date 29/06/2010 09:20 wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>  schreef in bericht
> news:4c28ce74@news.povray.org...
>> On 28/06/2010 4:45 PM, Paolo Gibellini wrote:
>>> (before writing the code of Ankh-Morpork naturally!) ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Do you have a licence from the Patrician or are you a member of the Guild
>> of Povers?
>
> We need to be members of the Guild of Povers of course. I can still feel the
> pain from the red-hot iron handled by Thorsten, when he branded the logo
> into my buttocks.   :-)
>
> Thomas
>
>
I'm sure the Captain Carrot will intercede for us with the Patrician...
;-)
Paolo

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On 29/06/2010 8:25 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>  schreef in bericht
> news:4c28ad43$1@news.povray.org...
>> On 28/06/2010 9:32 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> Oh! That is fantastic!
>>>
>>
>> The feet?
>>
>> Thanks anyway, it is just a test before I continue.
>
> LOL!  I mean the fact that you model a Discworld topic.
>
>> I've just

I believe that Marc posted a street scene of the Mended Drum in Moray 
binaries a few years ago.

  finished listening to Strata as an Audio Book and had forgotten
>> that Pratchett's first Discworld did not have the elephants nor the
>> turtle.
>
> Really? I am not that well known with the Discworld Series, but already in
> The Colour of Magic (first book?) they are mentioned in the prologue...
>

Strata was published two years before the Discworld series started. It 
is set in a parallel universe very similar to our own. The main action 
is set on a Discworld surrounded by a sphere of stars. Planets, a small 
moon and small sun orbit it. It is an artefact and the elephants and 
turtle are mentioned as part of a religion. (I've just finished 
re-reading it. (I'm not a geek, you know ;-) )

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	Stephen

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On 29/06/2010 8:20 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Stephen"<mca### [at] aolDOTcom>  schreef in bericht
> news:4c28ce74@news.povray.org...
>> On 28/06/2010 4:45 PM, Paolo Gibellini wrote:
>>> (before writing the code of Ankh-Morpork naturally!) ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Do you have a licence from the Patrician or are you a member of the Guild
>> of Povers?
>
> We need to be members of the Guild of Povers of course.

Then we could steal code to use. :-)

> I can still feel the
> pain from the red-hot iron handled by Thorsten, when he branded the logo
> into my buttocks.   :-)
>

That would be Thunderstone Strong-in-the-arm I presume?

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Best Regards,
	Stephen

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