h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

What a wonderful entry. You may well already be aware of this resource, but I thought I'd drop a link anyway:

http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/apf/

More characters...

Maskerade
Main characters: Nanny Ogg, Granny Weatherwax, Agnes Nitt, Perdita Nitt, Christine, Mr Seldom Bucket, Mr Salzella, Dr Undershaft, The Opera Ghost, Greebo, Walter Plinge, Enrico Basasilica

Feet of Clay
Main characters: Golems*, Cdr. Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Nobbs, Colon, Cherry Littlebottom*, Detritus, Dragon King of Arms, Patrician, Dorfl, Mr Boggis, Mrs Palm, Dr Downey

Hogfather
Main characters: Wizards of UU, Susan Sto-Helit, Dr Downey, Mister Teatime, Banjo, Medium Dave Lilywhite, Chickenwire, Death, Albert, The Hogfather.

Jingo
Main characters: Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Detritus, Reg Shoe, Patrician, Colon, Nobbs, Mr Goriff, 71-hour Ahmed, Leonard of Quirm*, Lord Rust, the D'Regs

The Last Continent
Main characters: Librarian, Wizards (of UU), Mrs. Whitlow, God of Evolution, Rincewind, Luggage

Carpe Jugulum
Main characters: King Verence, Magrat, Vampyre family, Igor*, Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Agnes Nitt, Perdita, Quite Reverend Mightily Oats, Nac mac Feegle*, Hodgesaargh* and a phoenix

Thanks for those, I've added them.

Another batch - sorry this is taking so long...

The Fifth Elephant
Main characters: Colon, Vimes, Carott, Patrician, Nobby, Angua, Lady Margolotta, Lady Sybil, Cheery Littlebottom, Detritus, Baroness Serafine von Uberwald, Baron, Wolfgang, Gavin, Reg Shoe, Gaspode, Inigo Skimmer, Igor, Dee, the Low King

The Truth
Main characters: William de Worde*, CMOT Dibbler, Mr Pin, Mr Tulip, Gunilla Goodmountain, Patrician, Drumknott, Foul Ole Ron, Gaspode, Mr Slant, Sacharissa Cripslock, Otto Chriek* and cameos from members of the Night Watch and Wizards of UU

Thief of Time
Main characters: Susan Sto-Helit, Death, Lobsang Ludd, Lu-Tze*, Jeremy Clockson, Igor, Lady LeJean, Dr Hopkins, Auditors

Night Watch
Main characters: Vimes, Colon, Nobby, Lu-Tze, Lady Sybil, Carcer, Cpt Tilden, Ned Coates, Veternari, Snouty, Dai Dickens

Now reached Monstrous Regiment, which is causing me some headaches with so many pseudonyms do we go with the character names they are know as through most of the book or their real names or both (is that too much of a spoiler?). What do you think GodBen?

Hmm, I say they should be called by their "male" names so as not to give too much of the story away.

Here's the final lot - apologies again for taking so long. Some of the books were much trickier than others as there are so many secondary characters and it's difficult to determine the cut off point. To be really thorough I guess each book needs its own entry - but then it would be very difficult to not give spoilers and it'd also be difficult to not start straying into APF style.

Monstrous Regiment
Main characters: Polly Perks, Cpl Strappi, Sgt Jackrun, Vimes, Tonker, Maladict, Carborundum, Shufti, Wazzer, Lofty, Ltn Blouse, Wlliam de Worde, Otto Chriek, the Duchess of Borogravia

Going Postal
Main characters: Moist von Lipwig, Patrician, Mr Pump, Mr Groat, Stanley, The Smoking Gnu, Adora Belle Dearheart, Mr Reacher Gilt, Sacharissa Cripslock, Miss Maccalariats, Anghammerad, Mr Gryle, the Grand Trunk and its workers.

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The Amazing Maurice and his educated Rodents
Main characters: Maurice, Keith, Peaches, Dangerous Beans, Hamnpork, Darktan, Malicia, Nourishing, Sardines, two Rat-catchers, Spider

Wee Free Men
Main characters: Miss Tick*, Tiffany Aching*, Wentworth, Nac Mac Feegle, Granny Aching, Queen of Fairies, cameos from Grany Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg

A Hat Full of Sky
Main characters: Tiffany Aching, Miss Tick, Nac Mac Feegles, Miss Level, a Hiver, Petulia Gristle, Annagramma Hawkins, Granny Weatherwax

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Are you still interested in doing character entries? Not sure the best way to approach it other than each character needs an intro and commentary on how their character has developed throughout the series and obviously a list of books they've featured in. However, this would be an extremely long entry so wondering if it would be worth splitting it and tackling logical groups of characters in a single entry, eg wizards entry, night watch entry, etc. overlaps may be a slight issue? Actually perhaps not because can just refer to other entry.

Any thoughts from anyone?

I think the problem is that as soon as you list all the books, it's going to need updating every time there's a new one

Is that really a problem? Although I certainly wish updating was slightly easier - I guess that's the advantage of a Wiki system...

It'll only need it every 6 months or so - not a huge burdon and I don't think it would really matter if it was less frequent - there is loads of out of date stuff in the EG.

OK, I've added those character lists. That should be it then. *Waits for scout.*


I'll probably update it once a year, but as scrumph says, there's loads of out of date entries in the EG, such as my Family Guy entry (although it's a bit too soon to update that, especially since the new season hasn't arrived over here yet).

Why does the overview come last? Seems like it should come at the beginning to me...

And you could always link to my Pterry entry...

Done.

I put the overview last to try and sum up the entry.

*bump* and a possible link...

Pratchett novel to be BBC drama
Sci-fi writer Terry Pratchett's best-seller Johnny and the Bomb is being turned into a children's drama.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4228748.stm

"Only one woman can stop them; Granny Weatherwax."

That should be a colon, not a semi-colon.

TRiG.

I guess it's worth waiting for the imminent arrival of the next too books before jumping up and donw for this to get picked.

Apparently "Thud!" has already been published in America has "Where's my cow?" too? Perhaps one of our American colleagues could provide us with summaries and synopsies - no I can't wait 10 days : )

BTW GoddessRachel nee GodBen, is there any reason my contributor credit has dropped off the entry?

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"Only one woman can stop them, Granny Weatherwax."

I'd still prefer a colon.

TRiG.

Thud! has been published in the States; I saw it in the bookstore two days ago. Couldn't tell you what it's about, though, as my mother made me choose between it and the Hitchhiker's DVD.

I'd say either a comma or a colon is acceptable in that sentence.

I've got some more for you,

Theatre of Cruelty
Captain Vimes, Corporal Carrot, Sergeant Colon, Corp Nobbs & DEATH

Death And What Comes Next
DEATH

Troll Bridge
Cohen the Babarian, Mica? the troll (don't remember that one exactly)

Sea And Little Fishes
Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Magrat Garlick


Great entry so far!

"I'd say either a comma or a colon is acceptable in that sentence."

Then use a hyphen.

Are those all in the pipeline Cardi?

Did CMOT dibbler really not appear until Moving Pictures? I thought he showed up in the earlier Rincewind books as a very bit-part character. I'm going to have to go and check now aren't I?