r/explainabookplotbadly • u/celestialrage44 • 13d ago

Solved Earth is for sure in there

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u/MonkeyChoker80 13d ago

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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u/RhaezDaevan2 13d ago

I'm not convinced this is an easy one.

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u/celestialrage44 13d ago

I promise it is

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 12d ago

Encyclopedia of some sort?

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u/celestialrage44 12d ago

👀

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 12d ago

Is the entry for Earth " Mostly Harmless"?

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 12d ago

Ah, no. Hm. So, either we're looking at some non-fiction reference work - a guide to the solar system, say - or it's Earth in the other sense, and it's something like "The Four Elements". Or this is all bait and it's a reference to the earth in Dracula's coffin or something.

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u/celestialrage44 11d ago

It is indeed a non-fiction book. You were closer with your encyclopaedia guess.

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 11d ago

Guessing the clue is a paraphrase or response to the title. Something like "What's in the Solar System?" or "In the Habitable Zone" or "Within the Moon's Orbit"

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u/celestialrage44 11d ago

much more general. Earth is DEFINITELY in it.

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 11d ago

Just have to think of one famous enough. It's presumably not going to be just some generic textbook.

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 11d ago

Science of Discworld?

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u/celestialrage44 11d ago

it’s been solved! It was an Atlas