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From: Rich.Rubel@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Rich Rubel)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 9 Apr 92 11:21:56 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

Just for my $.02, Death has driven a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (what else...).
IMHO, if you have to go, GO IN STYLE.
Imagine this... your time has come, and you kick the bucket.  Next thing you
see is this long Rolls pulling up and a Chauffer getting out, opening the 
rear passenger-side door, and you climb in.  THere's Death, with the
scythe stashed under a folding seat, with a tall drink in one hand and your
soul in the other....
Of course, there'd be no need for air conditioning...
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From: ginsu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wes Simonds)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Saving TP from burnout (was Re: Small Gods)
Date: 1 Apr 92 14:45:33 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

Well, I will certainly agree with Rich Holmes that third-rate dreck is 
something to be discouraged among today's writers... but I have often thought
that the entire Discworld series is, if not third-rate, at least square-root-
of-two rate dreck.  I wish Pratchett would take that splendid line-level gift
he has and build a more interesting story than any he has so far, with no 
plagiarism, overt parody of other people's work, end-of-the-universe 
plotting, or any of the other shortcomings which have kept him from ascending
into comic novelist heaven with Wodehouse and one other writer who shall remain
nameless in this newsgroup...
From: pha50@seq1.keele.ac.uk (P.J. Mitchell)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 7 Apr 92 13:29:24 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

From article <1992Apr7.095945.19835@newcastle.ac.uk>, by P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney):
> A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
> in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
> two, but never mind...)
> In the end we decided on a red Ford Escort xr3i, with a sun-roof.

No, no no, DEATH is not jerk!

>         - It is a performance car that won't stick out in a crowd
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^
Do be serious! Get a motorbike (probably Ducati 901ie), he is a rider after
all :-)

>       - It's equally at home in a busy High Street and the open country roads

Almost as much as a bike :-)

>         - He can stick his scyth out of the sun-roof

No problem on  bike, and you get room to swing it too.

>       - The red colour will contrast nicely with the black of his cowl (He is
> a bit of a dude, afterall)

You can get Ducatis in blue, but I've never seen one (they're Italian,
so guess what colour they are normally :-)

> But of course, we could be completely wrong.  Anyone else got any good
> suggestions?????

I think I've covered it.

Oh yes...

Read "Good Omens".
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From: bob@castle.ed.ac.uk (Bob Gray)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Terry Pratchett Bookends
Date: 16 Apr 92 15:17:49 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre

white@movies.enet.dec.com (Rudi Martin) writes:
>A friend of mine said she saw a set of bookends, one of Rincewind and
>one of DEATH in some arty crafty shop in the highlands. Who makes these,

These were probably part of the set of the porcelain figures
of Diskword characters that can be found in some shops.

As well as the above characters, there are also figures of
The Luggage, Twoflower, Granny Weatherwax, A'Tuin the
elephants and the Diskworld itself, the young witch
(esmerelda ?), Cohen the Barbarian, and the newest recruit
to the city guards.

They seem to be made by some specialist pottery company,
are somewhat difficult to find, and are very expensive.

I'll see if I can find out any more details.
	Bob.
From: nlc@marian.cs.nott.ac.uk (Neil L Cook)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: A little info wanted
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:02:09 GMT
Organization: Communications Research Group

>2.	Has anybody ever considered making a movie of any of the
>	Discworld  books?

Well, I heard that Mort was being made into a movie, with Rob Reiner
directing it. Of course, I could have dreamed it.

By the way, there is a book by a certain author (whom I shall not mention by name), which features a detective who eats a lot of pizza. In this book, there seem to be certain similarities with the idea behind the Truckers trilogy.
Rather a lot actually. 
Any way, just stirring with my wooden spoon...`

Neil Cook.

Disclaimer: I wasn't there, I didn't see it, I don't know what you're talking about.
From: keroche@unix1.tcd.ie (Faust II)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 9 Apr 92 09:28:11 GMT
Organization: Trinity College, Dublin

In <sprooney.702771692@unix1.tcd.ie> sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney) writes:

>Yup... it's Neil Gaiman. Has anyone got any other stuff by him, BTW?
>From wot I've seen he's quite good.

Didn't he write something like the definitive guide to the HHGTTG by
one Douglas Adams ? Or are we allowed say things like that here ?

Faust II
From: andrewc@spider.co.uk (Andrew Cannon)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:59:44 GMT
Organization: Spider Systems Limited, Edinburgh, UK.

In article <2260@sys.uea.ac.uk> cmp9117@sys.uea.ac.uk (D.A. Cox) writes:
>P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney) writes:
>
>>A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
>>in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
>>two, but never mind...)
>
>>In the end we decided on a red Ford Escort xr3i, with a sun-roof.
>
>No an xr3i would be too easy to steal. Imagine Death's annoyance if he came
>back after an appointment and found his car was missing. Anyway the
>obligatory furry dice or cute teddy wouldn't do much for his image!
>
>Perhaps a red Ferrari might be better so long as the alarm system was up
>to it.
>                -Dave

I thought everybody knew that death rides a bike. A big, black, lowrider
with a Vincent engine and straight thru pipes (very loud) He would'nt waste
his time with a poxy car. (and he would'nt have to stop the bike to use his
scythe !)

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From: csa18@seq1.keele.ac.uk (R.J. Husmo)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:15:55 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

In article <1992Apr7.095945.19835@newcastle.ac.uk>, P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney) writes:
> A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
> in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
> two, but never mind...)
> 
> In the end we decided on a red Ford Escort xr3i, with a sun-roof.
> This has a number of advantages over other models.
> 
>         - It is a performance car that won't stick out in a crowd
>         - It's equally at home in a busy High Street and the open country roads
>         - He can stick his scyth out of the sun-roof
>         - The red colour will contrast nicely with the black of his cowl (He is
> a bit of a dude, afterall)
> 
> But of course, we could be completely wrong.  Anyone else got any good
> suggestions?????
> 

Sigh. Some people....

As several people have already pointed out, DEATH is quite likely to
drive on a bike, if at all.

He certainly isn't likely to be seen in an xr3i (ugh! yuch! blech!).
However, if you persist in your quest for the ultimate answer to what CAR
DEATH would use, it is important to keep the following facts in mind:

1) DEATH is a dude. No two ways about it.
2) DEATH is quite likely to need:
	  Lots of headroom (for the cowl (? make that hood))
	  Sunroof
3) DEATH does not need a safe car, and would not promote Volvos to save his
erm. uh. hide? life? whatever.
4) DEATH has no soul himself, and he is therefore quite likely to try to
compensate for this by driving a car FULL of soul.
5) DEATH likes cats. ('What is it that makes life worth living?' 'UH. CATS.
CATS ARE NICE.'   or words to that effect.)
6) Conspicuousness doesn't matter, as only cats and wizards can see him. And
other people/animals who won't see him for _long_, anyway.



In short, DEATH drives a Citroen 2CV. No doubt about it.

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Subject: Re: TERRY Pratchett!
From: richard@nacjack.gen.nz (Richard Vowles)
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:03:28 GMT
Organization: Malleus Maleficarum - Nil Mortifi Sine Lucre


> Thank you so much for sharing these facts. I will jump on the first available
> plane
> And get kicked out again because I cant afford a ticket from
> The Netherlands to New-Zealand.

Sorry about that, I put a NZ distribution on it, but a certain other person
(tut tut B.) missed it out...

He is here for around a week, a friend of mine (Dr Xargle,
drXargle@nacjack.gen.nz ) has to do an interview with him....

Richard

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From: ptrudell@lonestar.utsa.edu (Peter J. Trudell)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Summary: Book titles UK/States
Date: 7 Apr 92 23:53:15 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at San Antonio


Perhaps I'm just dense, but I haven't heard of "Good Omens" here in the States.
Is it a new book, or just a different title for a different distribution area?
(last book of his I've read is Moving Pictures)

--Pete
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From: ssammy@cs.strath.ac.uk (Paul Sammy 3rd Year iE)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: book list ( Re: What Car? - Death)
Date: 8 Apr 92 11:34:51 GMT
	<1992Apr07.164253.20350@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
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Organization: Information Engineering
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> Perhaps I'm just dense, but I haven't heard of "Good Omens" here in the States.
> Is it a new book, or just a different title for a different distribution area?
> (last book of his I've read is Moving Pictures)

> --Pete
> -- 


ok, to stop another round of lists, I've mail you the fullest list
previously posted here. 
If anyone else wants it, mail me.

Paul S
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From: martin@spira.bri.hp.com (Martin Ward)
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 16:42:53 GMT
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Organization: World-wide Support Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Bristol, GB.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett

P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney) writes:
: A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
: in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
: two, but never mind...)
: 
Ah hah! Some who hasn't read Good Omens!
I that (and I must admit, I like this idea) Death, along with Pestilence, War
and Famine, all ride motorbikes. I don't think the bikes were ever named
(some one leap in here & tell me if I'm wrong) but I believe they were
definitely of the sporting one-seater 0-to-jail-in-3-seconds type.

:         - It is a performance car that won't stick out in a crowd
But death never does anyway, except to those who matter, and they don't
normally matter for very much longer.

:         - It's equally at home in a busy High Street and the open country roads
Surely a bike is even better, no problems with traffic jams.

:         - He can stick his scyth out of the sun-roof
Hmmm...got me there. Don't know where he'd put it on a bike.

:         - The red colour will contrast nicely with the black of his cowl (He is
: a bit of a dude, afterall)
And then some! I believe he wore black full leathers in Good Omens.

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From: koerse@fwi.uva.nl (Niels Koerse (I88))
Newsgroups: fido.nz.science.fiction,alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: TERRY Pratchett!
Date: 8 Apr 92 19:42:32 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

mbm@pinn.nacjack.gen.nz (Bernadette Mooney) writes:

>richard@nacjack.gen.nz (Richard Vowles) writes:

>> TERRY Pratchett...
>> Author of the discworld novels will be giving a talk on Wednesday the 15th
>> of April at 8pm. To be held at the Henderson Community services building in
>> the Green Room.
>> 
>> All Welcome. The Green Room, Waitakere City Community Services Centre,
>> Alderman Drive, Henderson, Auckland.
>> 
>And another:  (The poor guy's going to be busy!)
>Manukau Libraries, in conjunction with the South Auckland Children's 
>Literature Society, presents Terry Pratchett.  Tuesday 14th April, at the 
>Pakuranga LIbrary, from 7:30pm.

>BCNU.....B.    (Bernadette Mooney)        mbm@pinn.nacjack.gen.nz
>The Pinnacle Club BBS                 or  Bernadette@kcbbs.gen.nz
>Auckland  New Zealand +64 9 615-382   or  IFNA 3:772/115

Thank you so much for sharing these facts. I will jump on the first available
plain.
And get kicked out again because I cant afford a ticket from The Netherlands to
New-Zealand.

A sad Niels

ps I would like to be there so who will pay my ticket :)

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From: preece@sbpexe.enet.dec.com (Ian Preece)
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Reply-To: preece@sbpexe.enet.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corp.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 13:09:41 GMT


In article <1992Apr7.095945.19835@newcastle.ac.uk>,
P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney) writes:


>
>A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
>in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
>two, but never mind...)
>

The best and most creative time....;-)


>In the end we decided on a red Ford Escort xr3i, with a sun-roof.
>This has a number of advantages over other models.
>
>        - It is a performance car that won't stick out in a crowd
>        - It's equally at home in a busy High Street and the open
>country roads
>        - He can stick his scyth out of the sun-roof
>        - The red colour will contrast nicely with the black of his
>cowl (He is
>a bit of a dude, afterall)
>

Nah !!!    DEATH is a traditionalist, if we're talking about the same person
(sorry, anthropomorphic personification) that normally works the DiscWorld.
After all, he uses a scythe, when others have gone over to combine harvesters.

If he was minded to give up horseback (or his motorbike), I feel sure he'd
go for something long, quiet and black.  A vintage Bentey perhaps, the 3-1/2
litre blower kind, like John Steed (another stickler for tradition) used
to favour.

Ian

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From: toriver@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Tor Iver Wilhelmsen)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Neil Gaiman, Sandman
Date: 9 Apr 92 23:21:34 GMT
Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet - UNIT

In article <keroche.702811691@unix1.tcd.ie> keroche@unix1.tcd.ie (Faust II) writes:
>In <sprooney.702771692@unix1.tcd.ie> sprooney@unix1.tcd.ie (Simon Rooney) writes:
>
>>Yup... it's Neil Gaiman. Has anyone got any other stuff by him, BTW?
>>From wot I've seen he's quite good.
>
>Didn't he write something like the definitive guide to the HHGTTG by
>one Douglas Adams ? Or are we allowed say things like that here ?
>
>Faust II

That he did, but if you REALLY want to read good Gaiman, go get
yourself some Sandman comics (DC). Some of the earlier issues are
collected in trade paperback form, called "Preludes and Nocturnes" and
"The Doll's House".

Now: The premise for the comics is that there exists a "family" of
so-called Endless, which constitutes the basic forces that drive
intelligent life: Death (female, the oldest), Dream ("The Sandman" and
usually main character), Desire (female), Delirium (also female),
Despair (female, too - do you notice a trend here?? :) ) Destruction
(male, but I don't think he's been seen in Sandman, some speculate
that Lobo (another DC character) could be him, but I digress...) and a
seventh one I don't remember right now. These all have pale, white
faces and titles beginning with a "D". They interact with a host of
extras, some well-known DC characters like Etrigan, Batman et al, some
totally new and radically different, like the whole series is. If you
ever wondered what "art" in comics was, and was looking for a
different answer than "Alan Moore", "Frank Miller" or "Jean Giraud",
this might be what you were looking for.

 - Tor Wilhelmsen, who has strayed completely off the subject...

ObQuote: (not TP, though...)
"I loathe violence! I will have anyone who commits an act of violence
whipped, flogged and then SLAIN!"
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From: white@movies.enet.dec.com (Rudi Martin)
Subject: Terry Pratchett Bookends
Reply-To: white@movies.enet.dec.com (Rudi Martin)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 11:02:10 GMT

Does anyone know about any TP merchandising?

A friend of mine said she saw a set of bookends, one of Rincewind and
one of DEATH in some arty crafty shop in the highlands. Who makes these,
do they have licenses for anything else, and do they mail order?



Jer.
From: killip@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mr. L.T. Killip)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: A little info wanted
Date: 14 Apr 92 10:59:52 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
Nntp-Posting-User: killip

In article <1992Apr8.140209.11178@cs.nott.ac.uk>, nlc@marian.cs.nott.ac.uk (Neil L Cook) writes:
> [some other stuff]
>
> By the way, there is a book by a certain author (whom I shall not mention by name), which features a detective who eats a lot of pizza. In this book, there seem to be certain similarities with the idea behind the Truckers trilogy.
> Rather a lot actually.

If you are trying to imply that the unnamable author (whose stuff is
currently being repeated on the radio incidentally) stole ideas from TP you
are wrong. That plot was stolen from a Doctor Who story from the time when
the unnamable was Script Editor.
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From: killip@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mr. L.T. Killip)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Date: 9 Apr 92 08:10:18 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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In article <1992Apr7.095945.19835@newcastle.ac.uk>, P.G.McTimoney@newcastle.ac.uk (Phil McTimoney) writes:
> A few friends and I got to thinking....  If Death had to get around in England
> in the 90's, what car would he drive??  (admittedly, this was after a pint or
> two, but never mind...)
>
> In the end we decided on a red Ford Escort xr3i, with a sun-roof.
> [...]
> But of course, we could be completely wrong.  Anyone else got any good
> suggestions?????
>
See Good Omens for the _Motorbike_ he uses.

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From: martin@spira.bri.hp.com (Martin Ward)
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 08:47:29 GMT
Subject: Re: What Car? - Death
Organization: World-wide Support Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Bristol, GB.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett

ptrudell@lonestar.utsa.edu (Peter J. Trudell) writes:
: 
:Perhaps I'm just dense, but I haven't heard of "Good Omens" here in the States.
: Is it a new book, or just a different title for a different distribution area?

Well, speaking from the UK, Good Omens has been out a while, like before
Moving Pictures. However TP co-authored this one, so maybe it doesn't come
under "Pratchett" in yur local store.

Can't remember the name of the other author off-hand, though I'm sure 
someone out there will know it.

I don't know about the different title for a different area. not having come
across that problem with books!

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