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* [[Man Versus Machine]]: Snail Mail versus the Telegram, although it's more a case of upholding a competitive market than proving that [[Ludd Was Right]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: There's some [[Epileptic Trees]] regarding Moist and Reacher's names. Lipwig implies a false mustache, indicating that Moist is a [[Master of Disguise]]. One theory has it that the name Moist is intended to call to mind "Slippery Jim", the hero of the ''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]'' series, who is another [[Boxed Crook]].

** Reacher Gilt is either a reference to [[Treasure Island|Long John Silver]], given how much the character looks like a [[Pirate]], or else, according to one theory, a [[Take That]] against [[Atlas Shrugged|John Galt]].

** Reacher Gilt is either a reference to [[Treasure Island|Long John Silver]], given how much the character looks like a [[Pirate]], or else, according to one theory, a [[Take That]] against [[Atlas Shrugged|John Galt]]. (Of course, this being a work by [[Terry Pratchett]], the name could be a reference to ''both'' characters.)

*** Though it could be also a dig at Galt, it's almost certainly a riff on "Long John" as someone with impressive, er, reach, and "Silver" versus Gilt. Plus it fits with all the other Dickens-style names.

*** Or, more basically. He is 'reaching' for your 'gilt' (gold).