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Tribute: Feet of Clay

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Add a page citation for passage #1 and change the wording of that
passage to match the book:  the second "does not need" should be
"doesn't even need".

Also make the comments about various added passages (for other
books) be more consistent.
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@@ -1262,7 +1262,9 @@ They are not necessarily very good at it.
[Sourcery, by Terry Pratchett] [Sourcery, by Terry Pratchett]
%e passage %e passage
# additional passage added for 3.7.0 #
# additional passage added for 3.7
#
# p. 164 (passage begins mid-sentence) # p. 164 (passage begins mid-sentence)
%passage 11 %passage 11
[...] killing a brother wizard with magic was well-nigh impossible on [...] killing a brother wizard with magic was well-nigh impossible on
@@ -3462,6 +3464,7 @@ kingdom.
%e passage %e passage
# #
# passage added for 3.7 # passage added for 3.7
#
# p. 60 (passage starts mid-paragraph; "paddlin'" is accurate but unclear; # p. 60 (passage starts mid-paragraph; "paddlin'" is accurate but unclear;
# "ooh-jar" is accurate for ouija after having been butchered by # "ooh-jar" is accurate for ouija after having been butchered by
# Nanny Ogg's previously established 'mastery' of foreign languages) # Nanny Ogg's previously established 'mastery' of foreign languages)
@@ -4136,6 +4139,7 @@ followed by long periods of being dead."
%e passage %e passage
# #
# 3 new passages for 3.7 # 3 new passages for 3.7
#
# p. 45 # p. 45
%passage 11 %passage 11
Adventure! People talked about the idea as if it was something worthwhile, Adventure! People talked about the idea as if it was something worthwhile,
@@ -4462,6 +4466,9 @@ Come on. I want to try a leg of the elephant that bit me."
[Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett] [Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett]
%e passage %e passage
#
# 4 new passages added for 3.7
#
# pp. 51-52 (Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are traveling to Ankh-Morpork # pp. 51-52 (Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are traveling to Ankh-Morpork
# and Nanny feels that the weather is too chilly for flying; # and Nanny feels that the weather is too chilly for flying;
# Cando Cutoff is a bystander who has told them that the next # Cando Cutoff is a bystander who has told them that the next
@@ -4536,15 +4543,16 @@ reincarnation believes in /you/.
# #
# #
%title Feet of Clay (14) %title Feet of Clay (14)
# pp. 66-67 (Harper Torch edition)
%passage 1 %passage 1
Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through
anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it does not need anything. It does not need doors and windows--sometimes it doesn't even
people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without ever need people. It can exist free and wild, running from ear to ear without
touching lips. ever touching lips.
[Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett] [Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett]
%e passage %e passage
# p. 337 (Harper Torch edition) # p. 337
%passage 2 %passage 2
It was hard enough to kill a vampire. You could stake them down and turn It was hard enough to kill a vampire. You could stake them down and turn
them into dust and ten years later someone drops a drop of blood in the them into dust and ten years later someone drops a drop of blood in the
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@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ tribute (Discworld snippets) typos, in book order rather than fix order:
Men at Arms passage #1, italicize /for/, passage #2, insert omitted Men at Arms passage #1, italicize /for/, passage #2, insert omitted
word "had": 'it was /fate/ that _had_ let Edward' word "had": 'it was /fate/ that _had_ let Edward'
Interesting Times passage #1, italicize several words Interesting Times passage #1, italicize several words
Feet of Clay passage #1, "does not need" -> "doesn't even need"
Hogfather passage #7 missing initial double quote for "Oh, just ...", Hogfather passage #7 missing initial double quote for "Oh, just ...",
also #7 insert missing "you" into "Why are you feeling [...]" also #7 insert missing "you" into "Why are you feeling [...]"
Soul Music passage #1, italicize /feel/, #8, "fossile" -> "fossil" Soul Music passage #1, italicize /feel/, #8, "fossile" -> "fossil"