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*** ''Witches Abroad'' also has a lot of odd similarities with Shrek 2, including the ruler who's only revealed to be a frog at the end, and the villain being a fairy godmother. |
*** ''Witches Abroad'' also has a lot of odd similarities with Shrek 2, including the ruler who's only revealed to be a frog at the end, and the villain being a fairy godmother. |
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** An early Watch book mentions that mass-circulation newspapers hadn't been invented yet in Ankh-Morpork, "leaving the public to fool themselves". Then Pratchett gets around to writing ''[[Discworld/The Truth|The Truth]]''... |
** An early Watch book mentions that mass-circulation newspapers hadn't been invented yet in Ankh-Morpork, "leaving the public to fool themselves". Then Pratchett gets around to writing ''[[Discworld/The Truth|The Truth]]''... |
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** One of ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]'' says he's "bigger on the inside" in a straightforward ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference. Then, later on in the book, Tiffany comes across [[Doctor Who/Recap/ |
** One of ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]'' says he's "bigger on the inside" in a straightforward ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference. Then, later on in the book, Tiffany comes across [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E08 Silence in the Library|unnatural shadows that]] [[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E09 Forest of the Dead|move around without any light source]]... |
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*** Also in that book is Tiffany rescuing someone from a dream {{spoiler|by killing him}}, and being informed by said individual that they might still be trapped in a dream and be unable to tell the difference. The dream is populated by stuff from the dreamer's memories. Oh, and Tiffany was in said dream because she and the WFM [[Inception|wanted to steal something]]. Date of publication: 2003. |
*** Also in that book is Tiffany rescuing someone from a dream {{spoiler|by killing him}}, and being informed by said individual that they might still be trapped in a dream and be unable to tell the difference. The dream is populated by stuff from the dreamer's memories. Oh, and Tiffany was in said dream because she and the WFM [[Inception|wanted to steal something]]. Date of publication: 2003. |
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* ''[[Neuromancer]]'': "The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel". Some years after this was published, new television sets with sophisticated electronics began replacing "snow" on dead channels with a blank, sky-blue, screen. |
* ''[[Neuromancer]]'': "The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel". Some years after this was published, new television sets with sophisticated electronics began replacing "snow" on dead channels with a blank, sky-blue, screen. |
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