Talk:The Dark Side of the Sun

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Weasel wording[edit]

"Some might say that the plot largely serves as an excuse for the protagonists to pass rapidly from planet to planet, showing off a variety of fascinating alien worlds, races, and characters."

"Some might say..." is pretty weaselly. --Tocky 08:41, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Unless a citation crops up, this sentence should be removed.

Title reference[edit]

Is the title meant to come from 'dark side of the moon'? The pink floyd labum. Would prob be worth mentioning if so.131.111.8.97

It could just be a reference to the actual phenomenon after which the Pink Floyd album was named. — TheJames 15:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation[edit]

What is the Big Idea type of science fiction ? Could someone give a link to an article where this is explained ? (science fiction maybe ?) --FvdP 18:21, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I've no idea what Big Idea sci-fi would be, and the whole sentence was a bit odd, so I've removed it. Actually, the whole article could do with work from someone who's read it recently.

There were two external links to the same website.
The fact that it is unrelated to Strata and Discworld seems like rather non-information.
There is no mention of the plot, themes, or, really, anything.

I wish I had time to go out and read it, and then rewrite this article myself! - IMSoP 18:37, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I read the book a couple of years ago, but I can't remember much of it. The mysterious ancient race turned out to be some kind of squirrel-like creatures, probably a reference to the mice in THHGTTG. Wouter Lievens 13:32, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That might be difficult seeing as THHGTTG was first broadcast in '78 and this book was published in '76...United Kingdom thegreatloofa^(talk) 10:03, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No no, they are the Swamp Igs, which are some sort of amphibian, like a big newt, they purposefully de-evolved them selves into unintelligents animals so, hte Sun is Sentience, and they went to the dark side of the sun, ie they turned their back on intelligence. They have the 'luck gene' (an Idea fro Ringworld) to protect them, which is what causes hte protagonist to survive assasination in implausabe ways, as he has his pet swamp ig round his neck.

Ideas and Themes[edit]

I removed "Essentially a humorous reverse parody of Frank Herbert's Dune". It could be seen as a parody of the Asimov's Foundation series, with p-maths being psychohistory, but not Dune. (And what's a "reverse parody") ImmortalWombat (talk) 20:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"It has very little connection with Pratchett's 1981 sci-fi novel Strata or with his subsequent Discworld series, featuring much less comedy and parody than these." this seems like nonsense to me - for a start, the Strata/Discworld stuff is non-information, as noted above. Also, I don't agree with the unsourced assertion there's less humour and parody than Strata, at any rate. I'll come back and change it in a week if it's not sourced form a review or article.155.198.220.139 (talk) 15:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article issues[edit]

The article currently has no references to reliable secondary sources, making it impossible to establish the notability of the subject. Also, all comments that don't directly recount plot are unverified original research. OrangeDog (τ • ε) 00:03, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]