查看完整版本: 刚才看到的好东西 The Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook

刚才看到的好东西 The Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook

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Fans of Discworld will now be familiar with the regular output that is the Discworld Diary. Fully functioning with handy spaces for you to write you appointments in and the like. We have a parody of the Ankh-Morpork Post office Handbook (what do you mean its not the real deal?). Anyway, for those who have purchased or received one of these delightful diaries in the past, the format will be, on the whole, conversant with the pre-mentioned style within of past editions.+S0CVQ8Z] B(K^f%b
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This time, though, we have the diary presented in the style of, you guessed it, Ankh-Morpork's postal service. Anyone who has read 'Going Postal' will be o-fey with the said contents. It shouldn't put you off, though, if you haven't read said book as the humour and parody will be recognised by any Discworld fan. If you are not, how shall we say up-to-date with Pratchett's fantasy world or, for that matter, read any of the forty or so Discworld books (where have you been for the last few decades?). You too can enjoy the diary by looking at the pretty pictures, ooh arrrrrrrrrrr! Or just use it perhaps as a diary! Anyway I digress.YYo-`Nk` h

I y;b [r8T$i%bPw6u The start of the diary presents us with a short potted history of the post office in Ankh-Morpork, it's rules and regulations, services and useful information. Ironically, most of the guidelines seem awfully familiar to anyone who's had the use of the British post office. Some of Paul Kidby's wonderful illustrations break up the section and also feature throughout the main diary pages. On Octeday, what do you mean there are only seven days in a week, anyway you get a short aside such as heroes of the post office, great days in posting and the odd description about unusual stamps in history along with a splatting of drawings. A few more illustrations would have been good but hey, you can't have everything.
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1998; the cover art features the character Death, possibly the character who appeared in the greatest number of Discworld novels.
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bb.p kyHu 2007是以安科-莫波克 邮局为主题，日历全都按照碟形世界的历法设置，而且还有Terry新写的段子，以及御用美工Paul Kidby的新图。另外一些特别的地方可参见Discworld 33 -Going Postal 这篇小说。（这本已经上传）
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碟片系的形态和宇宙观。1No,\H gEC
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碟形世界上，毫无疑问，有两个主要方向，中轴向和边缘向。同时，因为碟片以八百天一周的速率自转（根据《克鲁尔的创世史》）记载，这是为了将它自身的重量平均分配给那几位厚皮硬甲的“顶梁柱”），还有两个次方向，唤作顺时和逆时向。
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6h*J s R0}2?R 因为绕着巨型碟片转的小太阳有自己固定的轨道，而碟片也在其下缓慢地旋转，显而易见，碟形世界的一年是由八个而不是四个季节组成。对于碟形世界上某个地点来说，当夏季来临，这个地点离太阳从碟片正面转出来（日升）的位置最近。由于碟片自身旋转而太阳轨道不变，当这个地点转过四分之一圆周，它离太阳升起降落的位置就最远，于是便迎来了冬季；当这个地点再继续转四分之一圆周，它又离太阳转到背面（日落）的位置就最近，于是就到了第二个夏季。再接着转过四分之一圆周，又一个冬季便来临了。QJ:Bn BM/m.n

,e9h(d!NS+^c 于是，在“环海”周边的大陆，一年始于“猪守夜“，随后的一季是从“立春”到第一仲夏（“小仙夜”），接下来是“立秋”，跨越一年正中间的一日“历苦日”，然后是第二冬（也称为“纺锤冬”，因为这个时候，太阳依纺锤旋转的方向升起）。随后是第二春，紧跟着是第二夏。“休耕日”标志着第五季的开始。传说中，休耕日的夜晚，巫师和女巫也需要卧床休息。飘摇的树叶和夜晚的霜冻拉近了下一季“回冬”的脚步，于是，又一个“猪守夜”走近了，仿佛冬日里闪耀的冰晶。
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因为碟片的中轴受不了近距离的日照，中轴地永远困在恒霜里。相反，碟片边缘的岛国却是阳光充沛，气候宜人。+M5[7`{'[)I

3Q/FtG5O9Mnk9]2F1g 在碟形世界上，一碟周有八天，光谱有八色。“八”在碟形世界带有相当浓厚的神秘色彩，巫师决不能提起这个数字。8[;{V~ Qcn9l|

l}l@"Xtb-} 为什么会存在上述情况，具体原因不知。然而，在这个碟形世界上，为何上帝总是遭到咒骂而非膜拜，关于这，才是真的颇不容易理解。——原注
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对那张地图很感兴趣，以前谁说碟子没有地图的？

这两天把已经翻译了的文章拿回家慢慢读了，觉得这个老先生写的还真是很好玩。8C&E fW:H q/|1@
世界成了现实与奇幻的混合体，我可以看见死神、魔法师、巨魔，也可以看到拿着剃刀读《时代》的公爵、遮阳伞、摄影师……而整个世界竟然好像中国古代神话中说的那样被巨大的龟驮着！！ \(f:P"}*z%BEk
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读《死神与哲学家》时，我看到一名笨拙的诡辩家，和死神讨价还价，最后难逃死亡的命运，结局竟然运用了薛定谔的猫的理论哎~~！！我到底把它归类到科幻、奇幻、黑色幽默呀。m7v&?$VKZT.t
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平等仪式好像也和死神有关。莫非是同一个死神吗？？故事的前面就像平常的奇幻故事一样，直到老法师去世后事件出现了转折点——他为世界带来了第一位女性法师，这一点已经无法改变。后面的故事作者也不再叙述，留给读者自己去想象。
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感谢诸位让我读到这些有趣的文章。
}y!]'a*~&P 这里现在有点冷清，不过看得人多了就会热闹起来了吧：）

死神就一个，碟子有一个系列专讲这位大大的，记得他还有养女，还有徒弟~~~~

呵呵，DISCWORLD真的形成一个产业了，可惜在国内还有太多的同好陷在DND周边文学产品的小井里

如果按照碟形世界的历法来看
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q#sfhY0D 封面图那个金灿灿咧嘴笑的是家伙是……？

Discworld 33 -Going Postal 怎么下载？谢谢

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