# Order of the Stick - Book 5 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323 "2009-08-31T04:09:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/301 "2009-11-13T19:38:51Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Did you find one? What did it run? I did…it’s a softcover, not in great shape, but it’s readable. I think it ran about $25 without shipping. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/302 "2009-11-13T22:18:06Z")
For the record, by the way, the sandworm is not a purple worm. I just remembered that we’d already seen a [purple worm](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html) in the comic, and it looks nothing like the current beast: Not only is the thing they’re riding much bigger than the purple worm, it’s also segmented, not smooth, so it’s not even an advanced purple worm. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/303 "2009-11-13T22:49:35Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For the record, by the way, the sandworm is not a purple worm. I just remembered that we’d already seen a [purple worm](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html) in the comic, and it looks nothing like the current beast: Not only is the thing they’re riding much bigger than the purple worm, it’s also segmented, not smooth, so it’s not even an advanced purple worm. You can’t compare babies born in captivity to a wild purple worm. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/304 "2009-11-14T02:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > I just remembered that we’d already seen a purple worm in the comic You remembered that? Well, I know whose team I want to be on when we play OOTS Trivia Challenge. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/305 "2009-11-14T08:17:12Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > IIRC, early in the _Dune_ book, the main antagonist is nearly killed by an assassin whose tooth contains a small canister of poison gas.It’s more complicated than that, but that should suffice to get the joke. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > As you said, it was more complicated then that.[spoiler]To briefly recap the first book, there were two noble families, the Atreides (the heroes) and the Harkonnens (the villains). Both were portrayed in very black and white terms - Lincoln vs Hitler. Paul Atreides was the book’s main hero and Leto was his father. The Atreides had a doctor in their service named Yueh but the Harkonnens had kidnapped Yueh’s wife and used that to make Yueh betray the Atreides. Yueh suspected that the Harkonnens were not going to return his wife so as a fallback revenge plan he implanted a hollow tooth filled with poison gas in Leto. With Yueh’s help, the Harkonnens captured Leto and then, sure enough, told Yueh they had killed his wife and were now going to kill him. Yueh told Leto about the tooth and told him that Baron Harkonnen would personally gloat over Leto and to use the tooth then. Baron Harkonnen did show up to gloat as predicted and Leto tried to gas him but Harkonnen got lucky and escaped. So the person Belkar is “warning” is the villainous Baron Harkonnen who is mocking the vanquished hero. > > And all this was a minor plotline involving secondary characters. _Dune_ was one complex story. Which was followed by eight more books which made things much more complicated.[/spoiler] That helps. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/306 "2009-11-15T04:55:36Z")
On a different note, does anyone else think that $5.95 is a fairly high shipping charge? I guess this means I’ll be supporting my local comic book store on this purchase. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/307 "2009-11-15T06:08:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > On a different note, does anyone else think that $5.95 is a fairly high shipping charge? > > I guess this means I’ll be supporting my local comic book store on this purchase. It seems about right to me – it’s for a priority mail shipment, right? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/308 "2009-11-17T16:47:44Z")
I just realized the title of this last one is a double entendre considering the last panel. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/309 "2009-11-28T19:45:25Z")
Yay! After two and a half weeks… [691: All Available Resources](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0691.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/310 "2009-11-28T20:11:06Z")
It’s a good one, too. Roy really knows the strengths of his team. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/311 "2009-11-28T23:39:54Z")
Nice to see them all working towards a goal like this – it’ll be interesting to watch this next storyline develop with the team more seasoned than before. How adorable is Elan when he feels useful? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/312 "2009-11-29T04:24:31Z")
Finally! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/313 "2009-11-29T14:06:54Z")
So, is the first panel some reference to why Burlew took so long to update? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/314 "2009-11-30T04:34:04Z")
[692 already!](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html) He must be feeling better. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/315 "2009-11-30T05:06:46Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [692 already!](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html) He must be feeling better. I bet it had more to do with going over proofs, handling shipping, and trying to have the book on store shelves for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/316 "2009-11-30T05:58:39Z")
Awwww… Roy still has his Bag of Tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/317 "2009-11-30T08:51:44Z")
One of the coolest. montage. ever. The scorpion chasing Mr. Scruffy and ended up being BBQed by Belkar for dinner (with Elan’s horrified look) is one of the ‘coke all over the monitor’ moment. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/318 "2009-11-30T08:58:39Z")
I also love how Elan gave Haley the trophy from his defeated foe. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/319 "2009-11-30T12:52:44Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I also love how Elan gave Haley the trophy from his defeated foe. And that he had cactus spines still sticking in him. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323/320 "2009-11-30T13:03:01Z")
I wonder how the cactus responded to his taunting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-the-stick-book-5-discussion-thread/508323.md?page=17)