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Tuesday, 1 May, 2007 by Edrobot
Dudley appears in a 
flash of lightStrange creatures formed from energy rather than matter,
lights are given to self-destructive behavior when battling
foes.

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.! The 
geckoLizards, snakes and the burrowing amphisbaenids make up the
order Squamata, meaning the scaly ones.  The elongate, slim,
long-tailed bodies of lizards have become modified to enable
them to live in a wide range of habitats.  Lizards can be
expert burrowers, runners, swimmers and climbers, and a few
can manage crude, short-distance gliding on rib-supported
"wings".  Most are carnivores, feeding on invertebrate and
small vertebrate prey, but others feed on vegetation.
        [ Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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G "No, that I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurace by switching to..." 
                    
                    
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d "Let me guess, you screwed up, right?" 
                    
                    
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@ "The nerve! Just because I come back all beaten up doesn't mean I failed!" 
                    
                    
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d "So... did you?" 
                    
                    
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@ "Yep, big-time." 
                    
                    
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G "Ok, here's plan B:" 
                    
                    
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G "You will go back even further in time, and enter "NetHack: The Next Generation"... 
                    
                    
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G "...an obscure variant of NetHack to get a ScrollAnd I was gazing on the surges prone,
With many a scalding tear and many a groan,
When at my feet emerg'd an old man's hand,
Grasping this scroll, and this same slender wand.
I knelt with pain--reached out my hand--had grasp'd
Those treasures--touch'd the knuckles--they unclasp'd--
I caught a finger: but the downward weight
O'erpowered me--it sank. Then 'gan abate
The storm, and through chill aguish gloom outburst
The comfortable sun. I was athirst
To search the book, and in the warming air
Parted its dripping leaves with eager care.
Strange matters did it treat of, and drew on
My soul page after page, till well-nigh won
Into forgetfulness; when, stupefied,
I read these words, and read again, and tried
My eyes against the heavens, and read again.
        [ Endymion, by John Keats ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. of Un-Genocide." 
                    
                    
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G "But be warned, you won't be able to come back until you find it..." 
                    
                    
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G "...and the place is filled with countless dangers... 
                    
                    
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"...and even more Douglas Adams jokes..." 
n - a towelThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say
on the subject of towels.
A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing
an interstellar hitchhiker can have.  Partly it has great
practical value.  You can wrap it around you for warmth as
you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie
on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus
V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it
beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of
Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down down the slow heavy
River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand combat; wrap it
round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze
of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mind-bogglingly
stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't
see you - daft as a brush, but very very ravenous); you can
wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of
course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean
enough.
        [ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
          by Douglas Adams ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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G "...so you might want to take this:" 
                    
                    
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@ "Too bad there isn't a Hitchhiker class, as I'm already a hoopy frood!" 
                    
                    
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The giantGiants have always walked the earth, though they are rare in
these times.  They range in size from little over nine feet
to a towering twenty feet or more.  The larger ones use huge
boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances.  All
types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or
fried.  Their table manners are legendary.

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. cricket   
chirps!             
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@ "We really need to get those jokes back..."
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Comments

SomeoneElse May 1, 2007 02:40
First comment: 11 September, 2006 143 comments written
This story arc is losing its novelty. I wish it would end.
Dav May 1, 2007 03:44
First comment: 26 June, 2004 147 comments written
Did anyone else read "plan B" and see "plan giantGiants have always walked the earth, though they are rare in
these times. They range in size from little over nine feet
to a towering twenty feet or more. The larger ones use huge
boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances. All
types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or
fried. Their table manners are legendary.

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. batA bat, flitting in the darkness outside, took the wrong turn
as it made its nightly rounds and came in through the window
which had been left healthfully open. It then proceeded to
circle the room in the aimless fat-headed fashion habitual
with bats, who are notoriously among the less intellectually
gifted of God's creatures. Show me a bat, says the old
proverb, and I will show you something that ought to be in
some kind of a home.
        [ A Pelican at Blandings, by P. G. Wodehouse ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details."?
Grognor May 1, 2007 06:24
First comment: 4 April, 2007 1161 comments written
I just read "plan B".

Feory May 1, 2007 09:19
First comment: 15 August, 2006 63 comments written
Heh, I did. Maybe Plan ravenBut the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered -- not a feather then he fluttered--
Till I scarcely more than muttered, 'other friends have flown before--
On the morrow *he* will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
        Then the bird said, 'Nevermore.'
                        [ The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., I'm not sure.
zem May 1, 2007 11:07
First comment: 5 December, 2005 64 comments written
i thought 'the giantGiants have always walked the earth, though they are rare in
these times. They range in size from little over nine feet
to a towering twenty feet or more. The larger ones use huge
boulders as weapons, hurling them over large distances. All
types of giants share a love for men - roasted, boiled, or
fried. Their table manners are legendary.

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. cricket chirps' was a nice touch
SQLGuru May 1, 2007 15:26
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
Cricket chirp was good. However, I think the length of the individual comics is starting to drag.....comics are supposed to be pretty quick to read.
WIzard Mode May 1, 2007 19:42
First comment: 1 May, 2007 1 comments written
I like the story arc. The only drawback is the length of the comics, where I agree with SQLGuru.
Edrobot May 1, 2007 20:38
First comment: 6 February, 2007 5 comments written
The comics are shorter from this point on.
Fathead May 3, 2007 17:39
First comment: 1 April, 2006 1136 comments written
Shucks, time travel isn't even real. There must be some solution.
Fredil April 17, 2008 22:27
First comment: 17 April, 2008 26 comments written
Did the geckoLizards, snakes and the burrowing amphisbaenids make up the
order Squamata, meaning the scaly ones. The elongate, slim,
long-tailed bodies of lizards have become modified to enable
them to live in a wide range of habitats. Lizards can be
expert burrowers, runners, swimmers and climbers, and a few
can manage crude, short-distance gliding on rib-supported
"wings". Most are carnivores, feeding on invertebrate and
small vertebrate prey, but others feed on vegetation.
        [ Macmillan Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. escape upstairs? Both doors are closed.
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