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

You could just google for it

That would be stealing. (No it wouldn't, but I'm just itching to try that customisable credit thing. )

Ohhhhh. Well, I could google them for you and you could credit me then

How main character do you mean main character?


Vimes, Carrot, Angua, Cheery, Nobby Nobbs, Fred Colon, Sally, AE Pessimal, Detruitus.

Techincally Sybil and young Vimes aswell. Oh and Brick.

They'll do. Is there any more that could be construed as main characters?

Not without spoilers.

I assume that Vetinari is also in it?

Yes he is.

Thud! now in the house. But I'm not allowed to read it until I'm given in at Christmas.

The cover looks interesting. It reminds me of another book - 'Squares of the City' by John Brunner. It's a bit of a weird book, in that the whole plot is based on a chess game, with various characters being killed or disappearing when pieces were taken in the game. The hero of the book only discovers this at the end of the book, when he also learns the he is a knight in the game being played between the leaders of the two political parties in the city.

Having not read Thud yet, I have no idea whether any of that is relevant -like if the plot is based on a game of Thud that the leaders of the Drawves and Trolls is playing.

If any of this speculation is supported by the book then I assure you, it is merely speculation and not a spoiler.


Geggs

He was just taking part in an interview on Irish radio.

Did he say anything interesting?


Geggs

Not really. It's just the same old stuff he usually says.

But that's normally interesting.

Yeeees, it's interesting, but there was very little new content to it.

Actually, if you do want to hear it then you can listen here: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/rattlebag/

It's about 45 minutes long, and it'll only be there until mid-day tommorow.

I've probbly missed it then!

I've finished Thud. Now I really want to buy 'where's my cow'. Sad really.

i've finished Thud as well, I havn't found anywhere to purchase Where's my cow? from! does anybody know of anywhere? I do want to read it.
Thud's good, different, but good

Don't know where you are but they have it in Otakers(sp?) they prolly have a website if you don't live near one in RL.

I just bought mine in Easons.

In other news, I saw Jonathan Ross interviewing Terry Gilliam last night in one of the plethora of shows that he presents, and Terry Gilliam mentioned about how he tried to make Good Omens into a film. That was about it really, but I thought I should mention it.