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Default Thud! Discussion - 12-06-2005, 20:35

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Originally Posted by Sinister_the_Pink
One particular bit of the 'Thud!' book is the hint (Well, it's pretty obvious) of Anhk-Morpork getting an Underground Train system. (One of the Devices can turn for invinity, if needed, and the sign on the entry to the Mine in Anhk-Morkpork was a circle with a line thought it: Which is the sign for the London Underground.) It's interesting to see what Discworld is slowly turning into. It isn't as much a fantasy world of dungeons and dragons, it's a parody of our world.
That's always been true, to a degree - although the line may have wandered from "Fantasy Parody with satirical elements regarding our actual world" (a lot of the comedy developed from both hitting each other on the head) to the "parody of today with the means of fantasy writing".
The whole thing is becoming more steampunk, though...

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