
金字塔
Pyramids
Terry Pratchett · 初版 1989 年
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刚上任就够糟的了,但特皮克对法老该做什么一无所知。毕竟,他是在安科-莫波克著名的刺客学校受训的,那地方隔着大海,与太阳王国遥遥相望。首先,有一项艰巨的任务:为父亲建造一座合适的安息之所——一座空前绝后的金字塔。然后还有无数的行政职责,比如应付疯狂的祭司、神圣的鳄鱼和列队行进的木乃伊。而最要命的是,这位年轻的法老发现,在他的王国中心,存在着欺诈与背叛——更别提一个固执的女仆了。
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……Pratchett 的碟形世界系列,尤其是:《Mort》和《Reaper Man》;《Guards! Guards!》、《Men at Arms》和《The Night Watch》;《Wyrd Sisters》、《Witches Abroad》和《Lords and Ladies》;还有《Small Gods》和《Pyramids》。前两本讲的是死神,中间三本讲 Samuel Vimes,第三组讲 Granny Weatherwax,最后两本是独立作品。这些书全都值得读,但上面这些是其中一些……
…Pratchett's Discworld books, particularly: "Mort" and "Reaper Man"; "Guards! Guards!", "Men at Arms", and "The Night Watch"; "Wyrd Sisters", "Witches Abroad" and "Lords and Ladies"; and "Small Gods" and "Pyramids". The first two are about Death, the second three about Samuel Vimes, the third group about Granny Weatherwax, and the last two are stand-alones. All the books are worth reading, but those are some of…
这让我想起 Terry Pratchett 在《Pyramids》里对骆驼数学推理的描述:没有手指,是推动骆驼智力发展的又一大因素。人类数学的发展一直受到阻碍,因为每个人在面对真正……的东西时,都有一种本能倾向……
Reminds me of Terry Pratchett's description of the mathematical reasoning of camels in Pyramids: Lack of fingers was another big spur to the development of camel intellect. Human mathematical development had always been held back by everyone’s instinctive tendency, when faced with something really…
Terry Pratchett 在《Pyramids》里说过非常类似的话。
Terry Pratchett says something very similar in Pyramids.