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Discworld novels sometimes include snippets of information about various species physiology - troll's silicon brains, drawf's reproductive details, dragon's hearts, and so on.
"Anatomy and Physiology of Discworld" would be a University* text covering those and more details about various Discworld
species - with a special emphasis on the Humans, which seem to be the strangest of creatures. Everything explained in terms that Dr. Mossy Lawn and any Wizard would understand - full of imps and alchemists running the bodily systems - but with side (and snide) comparisons of beliefs and terminology the Humans on Roundworld use to explain the same things.
* Seen or Unseen
No more Discworld books, but ...
https://twitter.com.../606813259493187584
... adaptations, spin offs, tie-ins? [a1, May 17 2023]
Tiffany Aching's Guide To Being A Witch
https://twitter.com...1657075339489574931
R.Pratchett collaborating with GabrielleKent , PaulKidby and PuffinBooks. [a1, May 17 2023]
Humanoid species of Discworld
https://wiki.lspace...ld_humanoid_species
Overview, historical and cultural references. Only a few notes on biology. [a1, May 18 2023]
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Excellent! Unfortunately, I don't think there's anyone qualified to write it. |
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Likely and sadly so. Who are the heirs to Pratchett's literary estate, and are they trusting anyone enough to do new books? Or is it all unlicensed fan-fic these days? |
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I'm not certain. But going by Pterry's instructions to destroy his unfinished works, I'm guessing he had instructions to prevent continuation of his work without his control. |
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Now you made me look it up; Rhianna Pratchett didn't rule out adaptations and tie-ins. My suggested project might qualify as such, but it still would require a talented writer. |
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But WAIT! She changed her mind? For a new TIffany Aching book? So there's hope... |
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Sort of exactly like the Essential Guide to Alien Species for Star Wars? |
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// Essential Guide to Alien Species // |
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Haven't read it. Is it an anatomy and physiology text? Does it say much about humans? Does it treat them with in-universe jokes, things like effects of puberty hormones on midichlorian levels? |
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I think an A&P textbook could work for any alternate reality, but here I'm specifically interested in how humans are viewed in Discworld. |
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LongTallShortFat Sally was one of Sir PTerry's most interesting un-fleshed-out characters: humanity's essential powerlessness in the face of natural processes, effects of the planets and the tides on humanity's history, that sort of thing. It'd've been a real novel for our times. |
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I'm also left hoping for the Pratchett-(Douglas)Adams collaborative novel about a modern-day Cassandra living next door to Lady Luck on one side, Chance and Probability on the other. |
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// Cassandra living next door to Lady Luck on one side, Chance and Probability on the other // |
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I suppose they get often together for elevensies and the girl talk includes a lot of laughing about men. |
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Wait, that's my wife's book group. |
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