Specific Annotations Unnumbered pages Tak's cave, and Dwarven beliefs about the dark in general, very nicely stand Plato's Allegory of the cave completely on its head. Almost as if he were acting as bouncer in a pole-dancing club, where there is usually a strict rule about touching. After discussing the state of play between Nobby and his pole-dancer girlfriend Tawneee, Colon, perhaps by association of ideas, reins in an over-enthusiastic Dwarf with the rebuke "No touching, sir, or I'm afraid I shall have to cut your fingers orf". Right at the end of the book, Colon and Nobbs are on guard duty in the Cave of the Kings.See also the "long chant" of the other trolls in The Long Earth and sequels. The 'long dance' of the trolls is likely a reference to the unexpectedly accurate and culturally complex 'long count' of the Mayan calendar.Unless otherwise specified, page numbers refer to the UK Doubleday hardback edition.Īnnotations about general ideas and concepts in the book, rather than specific passages.
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