{"id":4314,"date":"2017-09-14T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2017-09-10T07:21:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T14:21:28","slug":"mark-reads-the-science-of-discworld-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/markreads.net\/reviews\/2017\/09\/mark-reads-the-science-of-discworld-chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Reads &#8216;The Science of Discworld&#8217;: Chapter 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fifth chapter of <i>The Science of Discworld<\/i>, I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT <i>YES<\/i>. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re intrigued, then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to read <i>Discworld<\/i>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m saying it again: aside from knowing there are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153science\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chapters and there are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153prose\u00e2\u20ac\u009d chapters, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what this book is going to do. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even know if the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153story\u00e2\u20ac\u009d part of it was going to be one story or like\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 a ton of short stories? In fact, things could turn out that way, but I KNOW NOTHING AND IT IS GREAT.<\/p>\n<p>So <i>is<\/i> this one single story throughout these pages? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible that it is, and I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expect the continuity that I got here. After Stibbons last experiment, Unseen University is <i>flooded<\/i> with steam, which is probably not something the wizards expected. The building is warm, all right, which is what they wanted\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 just not to this degree. It backfired\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 eh? Eh???<\/p>\n<p>Anyway: the wizards react as they are wont to do. That means they argue a <i>lot<\/i>. And while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no secret at this point that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not the wizards\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 biggest fan, I do have a soft spot for characters who perpetually bicker. AND DO THESE CHARACTERS <i>EVER<\/i> BICKER, Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ALL. They argue about what to do with all the extraneous magic. They make snappy remarks to one another. And then, Hex provides them all with some direction:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>+++ This May Be Time For The Roundworld Project +++<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah, a mysterious piece of advice from Unseen University\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s computer! And what exactly is the Roundworld Project?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was, er\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 there was once some suggestion that it might be possible to create a\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 an area where the laws of magic don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t apply,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Ponder. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We could use it to learn more about magic.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That makes sense to me\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 sort of? If it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a realm free from the constraints of the rules of magic, then it would be the perfect place to learn how magic works. It would sort of be like the most ideal laboratory in existence, right? Trouble is, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what that would look like <i>here<\/i>, in the Discworld, in this reality. Which is why I was quite shocked when it turned out to be\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, a round world. IT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S IN THE NAME, AND I DIDN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T EVEN THEORIZE THAT. And that weird magical sphere that Dean promptly sticks his finger in (WHY, DON\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T STICK YOUR APPENDAGES INTO MYSTERIOUS MAGICAL GEOMETRIC SHAPES, OKAY) is the Roundworld\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 right?<\/p>\n<p>But what does that <i>mean<\/i>? What can it <i>do<\/i>? Will it become large enough that the wizards could step inside of it? DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE? Y\u00e2\u20ac\u2122all, I am very into this story, PLEASE GIVE ME MORE.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/CGm8pCyNziw<\/p>\n<p><b>Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-\u00c2\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markoshiro.com\">Please visit my new site for all announcements<\/a>. If you&#8217;d rather not have to rely on checking a website regularly, <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/ey636\">sign up for my newsletter instead<\/a>! This will cover all news for Mark Reads, Mark Watches, and my fiction releases.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fifth chapter of The Science of Discworld, I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT YES. 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