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From: csa18@seq1.keele.ac.uk (R.J. Husmo)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Stupid birds (Small Gods spoilers)
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:16:26 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England


< SPOILER ALERT >

Hah! On Saturday I got 'Small Gods' out of the library - I ordered it in
April, and was the first one to borrow it - I suppose it had to pass 
through the entire staff first.

Anyway, in SG TP writes that the penguin is the second most confused bird
in the world (as it can only swim underwater). This, of course, begs the
question: which is the _most_ stupid bird? Is this a reference to one of
his other books? To something completely different? Or, even worse, to a
different section of the same book?

And here's one for the spoiler FAQ:
The scalbie-turtle combination is presumably lifted out of the BC cartoon,
in which a turtle wanders through life with a bird on its shell, playing
such memorable games as hide-and-seek. (Guess who wins. The first two
guesses don't count.)

Radar
--
'Life in this world is, as it were, a sojourn in a cave. What can we know of
reality? For all we see of the true nature of existence is, shall we say, no
  more than bewildering and amusing shadows cast upon the inner wall of the
  cave by the unseen blinding light of absolute truth, from which we may or
  may not deduce some glimmer of veracity, and as we troglodyte seekers of
      wisdom can only lift our voices to the unseen and say, humbly,
           "Go on, do Deformed Rabbit ...  it's my favourite."' (TP, from SG)
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From: oneill@cix.compulink.co.uk (James O'Neill)
Subject: re DOG Latin request
Reply-To: oneill@cix.compulink.co.uk
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:53:44 +0000

What you seek is in MORT Page 154 of my (uk hardback) edition. Albert 
is speaking.

James (Semper in fecalum, solus altam variat [sic]) O'Neill


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From: gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington)
Subject: Re: Stupid birds (Small Gods spoilers)
Organization: Contract to CSC, Victoria Uni, Wellington, New Zealand
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:22:03 GMT

I refuse to concede that a bird is stupid simply because it cannot
fly.  Evolution isn't linked to intelligence - we aren't stupid
because we can't fly; fish aren't stupid because they can't walk.  The
fact is that the dodo was caught out when several hundred years of
evolution caught up to it in the form of hungry sailors.

Much the same kind of situation would occur if a clan of rabbits
suddenly turned up at your front door, carnivorous, armed to the teeth
with carving knives, and asking to speak to someone about myxamatosis
and "lucky rabbits feet".

Nat.
(a Kiwi :)
From: ngp@st-andrews.ac.uk (Neil Grant Piggot)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: GO and Queen
Date: 28 Aug 92 08:19:05 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.

In article <37322@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> garton@jeeves.ucsd.edu (Simon Garton) writes:
>>
>>>Paul James (prj91@ecs.soton.ac.uk) wrote:
>>>: Having read GO again this weekend, and having just seen the thread on
>>>: Quenn Greatest Hits, I realised that 'Radio Ga Ga' was mentioned at
>>>: one time, a track not present on the aforementioned album
>
>the album in Crowleys car is the nebulous 'Best of Queen', which
>is generally not available (unlike 'Queens Greatest Hits')
>South East Asia has a vigorous tape pirating industry and they
>make a lot of new compilations, and I actually have seen a best
>of Queen with RadioGaGa on it in Kathmandu. Not sure what any of
>this means except I went to see Tori Amos in concert last night,
>and she's a pretty darn fine piano player.
>
>Saimon
> 
Perhaps the Tibetans brought them over in their tunnels?
Just a thought....

Neil.
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From: daniel@csgi63.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (D N Crow)
Subject: Re: APF Editorial Comments
Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
Distribution: scs
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 09:37:36 GMT
X-Posted-From: csgi63.leeds.ac.uk
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In article <leo.715386865@galaxy>, leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) writes:
> 
> - As the APF grows, it gets, well eh, *larger*. It would I suppose be
> possible for me make the file available for ftp somewhere, and just post a
> periodical pointer to it in a.f.p. Or to start a mailing list for it,
> or whatever. But that would mean extra work and bother I don't look
> forward to, and frankly I personally feel that if the APF belongs anywhere
> it is in this newsgroup, and it's not *that* big yet. But perhaps I 
> should post it less often than every three weeks? I appreciate all feedback 
> and suggestions on this.
> 

An alternative suggestion would be to keep the APF as is, but include the
more obscure/detailed stuff on an ftp site, with pointers to the site and
its contents in the APF. That way the file can contain the most commonly
asked queries (or should that be the FAQ ;-), which can be kept down to a
postable size, while the more obscure bits can be squirreled away.

> -- 
> Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)

-- 
Dan Crow
daniel@scs.leeds.ac.uk
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From: vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg)
Subject: Re: Pratchett in Sweden
Organization: University of Uppsala, Sweden
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 15:36:00 GMT

Riku M{kinen asks which version of the books I mean when I say
that I dislike the cover art. I meant Kirby's covers. But then,
perhaps I am in a minority. Kirby is the only person I know of
who can make a sexy girl look repelling.

(Finland & Norway? Ya mean East and West Sweden, of course... :-))

Ake Eldberg
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From: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Reply-To: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:35:43 GMT

pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Montykins) writes:

> "Eeek oook."
> 
> "You're right. You could have put it a little less coarsely, but
> you're right. Everyone has to sort things out for themselves."
> 
> 
> I suggest that the translation of "Eeek oook" is "It's a dog-eat-dog
> world.

Not that that isn't a good joke, but I don't think it's something that
belongs in the APF...

-- 
Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)
From: tmca@Wairau.as.utexas.edu (Tim Abbott)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Need London bookstore address.
Date: 27 Aug 92 07:11:03 GMT
Organization: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas @ Austin

In article <81112@bcsaic.boeing.com> msk@espresso.boeing.com writes:
>Say, could any of you Londoners send me the mailing address of Foyle's
>bookstore on Charing Cross?  It'd be much appreciated.

I'd be surpised if:

Foyle's Bookstore
Charing Cross
London

didn't work. Or has the PO declined to moronic dependence on postcodes
too? 


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From: rm104449@ee.tut.fi (M{kinen Riku)
Subject: Re: Pratchett in Sweden
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, FINLAND
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 11:44:52 GMT


In article <VADER.92Sep1004826@meryl.csd.uu.se> vader@meryl.csd.uu.se (]ke Eldberg) writes:


>The only thing I personally do not like about the books are the
>covers. The artist has an uncanny ability to make his characters
>look not just silly (which would be good) but also UGLY (ungood).

Do you mean English or US editions? I like Josh Kirby's covers (english ed.)
and I'm really pissed because a couple of my DW books are American.
 
>This piece of worthless information was brought to you from
>Ake Eldberg in Uppsala, Sweden (a small country in northern
>Europe, you know -- between the Atlantic ocean and Russia.)


Ever heard of Norway or Finland?



-- 
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   e-mail: rm104449@ee.tut.fi   \   myself 'Cheer up, things could be worse!'  
   phone: +358 31 183029        /   And sure enough, they get worse." -Skeeve
From: segr@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Simon Read)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: HELP: Lee Tin Wheedle.
Date: 23 Aug 92 14:43:46 GMT
Organization: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

Have I spelt that right? Still I'll be put right.

Does anyone out there remember this Philospher? Kingons and
Republicons? Anyway I seem to remember two references to him
(both footnotes), in the series but I can only seem to be able
to find one. Can anyone tell me where they both are?

Some one's borrowed all my copies of the books (sorry TP for
reducing your income) and hasn't given me them back yet; so I
can't just read them all again, even if I had time to indulge in
that pleasure.

It's getting embarrassing saying "Yes, my 2nd favourite
character's (after HIM, of course) Lee Tin Wheedle." and then
not being able to point out where he appears.

BTW: Don't you think that letting TP answer this would be
cheating a little?


Many thanks in advance.

Simon Read

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From: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Reply-To: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:39:04 GMT

mblaser@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fox) writes:

> Conan says something to the effect that 'the best thing in life is to slay 
> your enemies and listen to the wailing of their women folk'.

Does anybody have an exact quote for this, please? I want to keep the APF
as accurate and as free from hearsay as possible (especially considering
that the few times when I *did* rely on hearsay have, so far, almost all 
turned out te be erroneous.

> Oh, and Conan...Cohen...get the idea?

No, really? Tell me about it...

-- 
Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)
From: br@Germany.EU.net (Bodo Rueskamp)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Cohen the Barbarian
Date: 28 Aug 1992 14:14:13 GMT
Organization: EUnet-Backbone, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: walhalla.germany.eu.net

In article <16386@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> nathan@charles.ucdavis.edu (Nathan Rollins) writes:
>
> Re: "Gonad the Barbarian"... it's been done, at least once, here in the US..
>as a comic book for the discrimnating reader...

Why not "Johann the Bavarian"?

; Bodo

-- 
--
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From: barretpj@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Phil J Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Date: 3 Sep 92 14:55:59 GMT
Organization: Aston University

PYRAMIDS:

- [p. 95] Pteppic's dream about the seven fat and seven thin cows is a
  reference to Jozef's similar dream in the Bible (which does not the bit
  about the trombone, though). 


'twasn't Joseph who dreamed the said dream - 'twas Pharaoh, the king -
probably Ramases. Joseph explained it to him. This makes more sense, since
Pteppic was becoming the king, he would have kingly dreams.

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From: mblaser@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fox)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 03:30:47 GMT

At one point in Guard's Guards Carrot is heard to say 'Thankyou for your 
cooperation'.  A very likely link to Robocop.

Mike
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  \O O/ O    and not how a woman thinks a man would dress if he dressed
   \o/  X    like a woman"  -  Harrison Ford  -  Working Girl
From: cpm00@ras.amdahl.com (Craig P McLaughlin)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Bargains Galore!
Date: 26 Aug 92 18:31:23 GMT
Distribution: alt

In article <826@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk>, ppg@oasis.icl.co.uk (Philippe Goujard) writes:
|> I just read "truckers" the first of the Nomes serie and found it very
|> enjoyable.
|> 
|> However there are some expressions or private jokes that puzzle me.
|> For example : What is that "Bargains galore" that the nomes say like "good
|> god" or something like that ?
|> 

"Bargains Galore" is one of the Nomes' patron saints, as I understand it.  The
cleaning lady, if I recall.  Her evil-counterpart was the security guy (was it
Prices Slashed?  I think so.)  

Great book -- a very enjoyable read.  I've already got "Diggers" and "Wings"
on order..


|> As a side note: Is there a french publication of TP books?

Help!  Can someone answer this with authority?

--Craig
Craig McLaughlin  /  cpm00@ras.amdahl.com
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From: chad@quality.ta.ford.com (Chad Childers)
Subject: Re: Stupid birds (Small Gods spoilers)
Originator: chad@pms035
X-Disclaimer: Not an official spokesman for Ford Tech Affairs
Reply-To: Chad Childers <chad@quality.ta.ford.com>
Organization: Technical Affairs, Ford Motor Company
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:36:29 GMT

>I refuse to concede that a bird is stupid simply because it cannot
>fly.  Evolution isn't linked to intelligence - we aren't stupid
>because we can't fly; fish aren't stupid because they can't walk.  The

Not true!  We can fly!  It just takes a lot of horsepower... (neigh!).
So, anyone who can't fly is stupid (gee, I'd better get that pilot's license).

>(a Kiwi :)

Hahahahahaha....  and the reason that Sandgropers have "I don't brake for
Kiwis" bumperstickers is that you eat them!
-- 
Chad Childers                            Work: chad@quality.ta.ford.com
FMEAplus Project Leader                  Home: chad@deep.mi.org
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From: t88swa@tdb.uu.se (Sven Wallman)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Organization: Dept. of Scientific Computing, Uppsala Univ.
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:10:13 GMT

pashley@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Montykins) writes:
: In article <1992Sep3.162154.1@fnalo.fnal.gov>, morrow@fnalo.fnal.gov (Elmo the Vampire Slayer) writes:
: >
: >	Well, I'm also a provincial American, and Rjinswind looks dead-on
: >Scandinavian to *me*.  The `Rj' looks like `fjord' after all.
: 
: TCoM, page 183 (US Signet edition): "All this was however totally
: lost on Dr. Rjinswand, 33, a bachelor, born in Sweden, raised in New
: Jersey, " and so on.
: 
: Swedish.
: 
:  -Paul "Monty" Ashley

Ahh, I remember that now. But Rjinswand isn't Swedish. Rensvind would be 
Swedish, but still a silly name. (btw, my girlfriend's father was born in
New Jersey and lives in Sweden... weird)

--
Sven Wallman, S:t Larsg. 5, 753 11 Uppsala, Sweden, +46 1812 9237
"I think, therefore I'm right."-Hugo Rune
"who's more important to you?
me or your stupid boyfriend?"-lpm@fert2.fe.psu.edu in an email
From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: GO and Queen
Date: 25 Aug 92 15:21:59 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

stuart@minster.york.ac.uk wrote:
: 
: Q. Does the other side of the tape mutate into Queen Greatest Hits II?
: 

If it's anything like most of the cars with which I'm familiar the tape will
mutate into a scratchy compilation of old Wedding Present singles or Sisters
of Mercy 12"s. Perhaps it's just the company I keep.

Pete
--
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Dept. of Computer Science, University of York, York, Y01 5DD (+44/0)904 433388
EMAIL: pete@minster.york.ac.uk `There's no room for enigmas in built up areas'
From: ses@cmns-moon.think.com (Simon Edward Spero)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Need London bookstore address.
Date: 28 Aug 92 10:49:40
Organization: What's your clearance, citizen?
NNTP-Posting-Host: cmns.think.com
In-reply-to: pjh@eng.cam.ac.uk's message of 28 Aug 92 14:09:01 GMT

From a visa slip:

W & G Foyles LTD
Charing Cross Road
London WC2
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From: che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Truckers in the US...
Date: 27 Aug 92 10:25:09 +1000
Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia

In article <1992Aug26.203148.12891@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Elizabeth.Mccoy@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Elizabeth Mccoy) writes:
> Well, ordered _Truckers_ from Lauriat's Books...
> 
> Was gritching to the lady behind the counter about Truckers being stuck
> in the kiddie section, and it turned out that she was a Pratchett fan
> too, and she showed off their computerized ordering stuff....
> 
> I'm getting a hard-cover of it -- is this wise? Or am I paying more than
> I need to? No matter...
 Depends how much you are paying. I got the trilogy for A$6.95 each.

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From: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Reply-To: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:56:08 GMT

johnf@apollo.hp.com (John Francis) writes:

> Rjinswand is fairly obviously Dutch, not Scandinavian.  The name appears
> to be a phonetic transliteration rather than an actual translation.

"Fairly obviously Dutch" -- my left windmill :-)

John is the *third* person to tell me 'Rjinswand' is Dutch. None of these
three folks appears to have noticed my address: leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl,
which could have told them that *I* am Dutch. And believe me, 'Rjinswand' 
does not even come close to being 'obviously Dutch', a language I 
happen to speak eh, fairly fluently.

As a matter of fact I think the Dutch translation of the Discworld books
uses 'Rinzwind' (or something similar), which *also* is about as Dutch
as 'Jabberwocky' is English, i.e. not at all.

If I had to Dutchify 'Rincewind' I would either go for a literal translation
('Waswind' or 'Spoelwind') or I would use 'Rinswind', which sounds more
like Dutch to me then either the 'Rj' or the 'z' in the two other forms.

> Also, I don't believe the `curious behaviour of the dog in the night-time'
> occurs in "The Hound of the Baskervilles"

Correct. Remind me never to insert references again that are not based on
personal knowledge. I just thought "dog -- Sherlock Holmes -- ...
The Hound of The Baskervilles!". I have never even read the book myself.
So stupid.

-- 
Leo Breebaart  (leo @ ph.tn.tudelft.nl)
From: Jsr@Xyzzy.equinox.gen.nz (J S Russell)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: Assorted stuff:                         
Date: 26 Aug 92 11:35:27 PST
Organization: AMS
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

tpratchett@cix.compulink.co.uk (Terry Pratchett) writes:
 
: Despite heart-wringing emails, a NZ visit in 93 isn't likely. 

Oh go on. We've got sheep, and everything.

JSR
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From: hairy@sloth.equinox.gen.nz (Phil Anderson)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: Re: I'll be Back... (don't bother) 
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 12:23:42 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Lethargy Inc.


In article <1992Aug25.095500.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> cjenkinsn@cc.curtin.edu.au 
writes:

  > >There is nothing awful about a large number of NZers.
  > > Awe-inspiring perhaps...
  > 
  >    Hang on a minute ! Shouldn't that read "Ewe inspiring" ?

The prospect of a thread of sheep puns is indeed a terrible one. But I fear I 
have not the wool-power to resist...

 ----------------------------------------------
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 ----------------------------------------------
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From: daniel@csgi63.dcs.leeds.ac.uk (D N Crow)
Subject: Re: The Annotated Pratchett File, v2.0
Organization: School of Computer Studies, University of Leeds
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:09:56 GMT
X-Posted-From: csgi63.leeds.ac.uk
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Sep3.034354.3881@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, mblaser@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fox) writes:
> leo@ph.tn.tudelft.nl (Leo Breebaart) writes:
> 
> 
> >> SMALL GODS
> >> 
> >> Didactylos == two fingers (as pointed out by TP in an interview in a
> >> magazine produced for Dillons or Waterstones)
> 
> >I still don't get it. What's funny about 'two fingers'?
> 
> In England there is a slightly milder form of 'giving someone the finger'
> which is in fact extending both fingers in a reversed 'V for victory' sign.
> Apparently it has something to do with a battle the English won against
> the Spanish after the Spanish threatened to cut those two fingers from the
> right hands of all the Englisg longbow-men.  When the English won they
> lined the defeated Spaniards up and marched by them, extending both fingers
> to show that they were going to keep them.  And somehow that gesticulation
> has been handed down as a rudity as a result.  I suppose a rough translation
> would be '%#&*$ YOU!'
> 
> Mike
> --
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>   /\_/\ F   "It's refreshing to see a woman who dresses like a woman
>   \O O/ O    and not how a woman thinks a man would dress if he dressed
>    \o/  X    like a woman"  -  Harrison Ford  -  Working Girl

Fundamentally right, though you have your history a little confused. The
battle was against the French and was the battle of Agincourt, which was
largely won by the English longbowmen. Two fingers in Britain can be
thought of as equivalent to giving the finger (which has only really
caught on over here in the last decade or so).

The Conan Doyle sequence about the dog that didn't bark is indeed, as noted
by another poster, from "Silver Blaze".

The "He's late (pause)" from Wyrd Sisters does sound Pinterish (though that's
only because any dramatic scene involving (pause) is Pinterish ;-), but I
have to agree that it seems more likely to be a reference to Godot. Beckett
(author of Godot) did indeed write in a style that may be compared to Pinter,
but established this style first (he was one of the originators of the style
known as the Theatre of the Absurd), and was a much greater writter than
Pinter ever will be.

-- 
Dan Crow
daniel@scs.leeds.ac.uk
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From: uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann)
Subject: Re: Aircraft in the discworld
Organization: Student Pool, CSD, University of Erlangen, Germany
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 14:39:17 GMT
Keywords: Aircraft discwordld

mblaser@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fox) writes:

>What on earth was the aircraft scene for (the one where where Rincewind and 
>Twoflower are zapped into a different universe for a split second)?  This has
>puzzled me for some time as it seemed to totally disturb the flow of the book
>and was just placed as a random idea flitted across TP's mind.  Is there a 
>deeper meaning?

I guess it was put in there because it wasn't meant to be a discworld
book by that time. I always had the impression that the discworld was a
nice idea for that book, and not as established as something with a life
of its own it is now. Therefore bringing in the "real" world probably
didn't seem as far-fetched. Pterry wouldn't do it again, I guess.

Of course I ought to always remember I'm only human, and not worthy
speculating.


May the Cool Be with You!

(C)OOL mcmxcii
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Subject: Re: Australian dates
From: gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:24:53 GMT
Organization: Contract to CSC, Victoria Uni, Wellington, New Zealand

In article <1992Aug31.095943.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> cjenkinsn@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:

   (Swancon for those non-Aussies in the crowd is the 
    West Australian science fiction convention. 
    The black swan being the emblem of WA).

This has nothing to do with "Swan Lager", then?

Nat
(low-alcohol lager is a sin against all we hold dear)
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