Maladict, in her coffee withdrawal hallucinations, is apparently starting to channel Vietnam War era images reminiscent of Apocalypse Now.

The portrait of the Duchess watching everyone in the kingdom has its roots in the portraits of the Queen prominently displayed in every school and public place, keeping an eye on the citizens of the Commonwealth.Because I'm about to besmirch an author I adore. And I'm glad to be following in other footsteps that had a similar hill to conquer.

Vimes says, "People set a lot of store by shaving" a nudge to the fact that the company is made up of women who don't shave but have spent most of the novel pretending to and in Polly's case, trying to avoid shaving Lieutenant Blouse and accidentally cutting his throat. Lord Rust offers Blouse "parole in a house in Zlobenia". Parole was a common way of dealing with captured superior officers. They were given the freedom of the town or prison in exchange for a promise not to escape because they were seen as being from the upper class so too important to put in a common cell with the enlisted men and "honourable" so they would not break their word. her zamankinden biraz uzun olmakla birlikte bu kez) referanslar ve aldığım notlardan bahsetmek istiyorum biraz: I am not smart enough to write about this series in depth, and I'm most definitely not funny enough. Terry Pratchett was a genius, so I hope you'll forgive me for just filling up the rest of this review space with quotes.The line, "A man sits in some museum somewhere and writes a harmless book about political economy [...]" is a reference to Karl Marx who spent a lot of time in the old Reading Room of the British Museum when he was writing Das Kapital. Marx' book was obviously not harmless, leading as it did to the Russian Revolution. DeSoze'un Borogravia birlikleri tarafından durdurulduğunda söylediği "Civis Morporkias sum, efendim. Ben bir Ankh-Morpork vatandaşıyım." Roma'dan alınma bir tabir. Tıpkı 2000 yıl önce dünyanın birçok köşesinde Civis Romanus sum diyen roma vatandaşlarının güvenlik içinde seyahat edebilmesi gibi, Ankh-Morpork da tartışmasız dominantlığıyla kendi vatandaşlarına bu güveni verebiliyor.

Aslında bu söz Roma'da basit bir güvenlik önleminden fazlasını ifade etmişti tarih boyunca. Evet elbette özünde bir şiddet sözü yatıyordu. Roma'nın vatandaşlarına dokunmak demek Roma'nın korkunç gazabını üzerine çekmek demekti aynı zamanda. Ki dönemin adalet anlayışına göre suçun pek de bireysel olmadığını, suçlunun selam vermiş olduğu her canlının enlemesine kesilip de kazıklarda sergilenmesi gibi kimi tatlılıkların vaka-ı adiyeden sayıldığını da unutmamak gerekiyor. The list of "Abominations Unto Nuggan" often causes conflicts with Borogravia's neighbours, and the uncertain whereabouts of Nuggan leads the inhabitants of Borogravia to deify their Duchess, to whom they pray instead. Wazzer says that "[...] nothing I do in pursuit of my quest will be held Abominable." which comes from the church's edict during the Crusades that by going on a Crusade, knights and soldiers would be absolved of all sins. They also give her some hints on how not to be discovered. Over the next few days, Polly makes a startling discovery: Lofty is also a girl.

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The vampire, when being recruited says "you can call me Maladict" which is both a play on the name 'Benedict' and on the word 'maledict', which means "accursedness or the act of bringing a curse" ('mal' meaning 'bad' in French versus "bene" meaning "well" in Latin, combined with 'edict' meaning a 'proclamation'. The line "Oh Damn," said Maladict is therefore a very clever "Tom Swiftie". It is also a play on the words 'mal' and 'adict' (bad addict) which Maladict is when deprived of her coffee later in the novel. The 'whup whup whup' of rotor blades is the obvious sound of the choppers patrolling over the jungles of Vietnam as portrayed in many movies of the era.