Circumferemce Of Planet Earth . .

[diddi]

@michael m

yeh we lost a lot of fruit to brown rot amoungst others, and the wheat and canola is no good in the western districts

 

[JamesW]

'Big Bang'?? I was under the impression the Universe was sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure.

Douglas Adams anyone?

 

[snowblizz]

The TV programs he did are total rubbish compared to the books.

Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic are his first 2, they will get you in touch with most of the main characters.

My favourite one is Thief of Time. Never laughed so much reading a book..

Wow. Well then I *really* do have something to look forward to don't I.

And I guess that is partly why I now decided I really most take a look at this, since I am fully aware that translating a book into the medium of film/tv is generally regarded as poor. If I enjoyed the adaptation this much, imagine how good I will find the books!

I think the point where they got me was when they encountered the circum-fence of the world. You mean circumference? No, it is an actual fence.
Not verbatim, but close enough. Still makes me chuckle when I think about it now.

'Big Bang'??

The Big Bang Theory? No that's another good show, I think we were discussing that in another thread already. Which started on an equally different topic.

There is actually a Hindu creation myth where the Earth is held up by 4 elephants who stand on the back of a tortoise; and this entire setup is enclosed within a giant snake (not literally within it, but the snake goes around so as to form a circle).

I would imagine that is where Pratchett borrowed the idea from.