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From: ba511@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (M. Amis Rich)
Subject: GALACTIC GUIDE
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, (USA)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 03:53:21 GMT


I heard that there was a HitchHikers Guide To The Galaxy - Alt.Galactic.Guide
but am unable to acess this group on my Cleveland Freenet Account although
my brother can access it on his. How come we can both acess Alt.Fan.Douglas Adams but not Alt. Galactic Guide? 
    Does being a Galactic HitchHiker have anything to do with it?
From: douglass@bucknell.edu (john douglass `92)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: What is a FAQ ?
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:15:39 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.

You'd be surprised how many people don't know what a FAQ is -- it's a 
Frequently Asked Question (FAQ).

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Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Arthur's brother
From: news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System)
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 04:34:53 GMT
Organization: Massey University

In article <1992Jul30.215959.24069@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner) writes:
> 
> 
> In a previous article, pedmonds@cs.toronto.edu ("Philip G. Edmonds") says:
> 
> >In the radio play the narrator says something like:
> >
> >   ...this was all academic to Arthur since his brother was long ago
> >   nibbled to death by an okapi (? or is it acarpie ? -- it's hard to
> >                                 understand the word ).
> >
> >Does anybody have a clue what this is supposed to mean?
> >
> 
> 
> Adams wrote it. It doesn't HAVE to make sense.
> 
You can look Okapi up in any Bestiary. They live in Africa, I believe.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: castong@eos.ncsu.edu
Subject: TV Show!
Originator: castong@c00377-346dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: castong@eos.ncsu.edu
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 18:15:15 GMT


Ok guys,

	Here is the press release I found:

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                                  A USA NETWORK

                              SCIENCE FICTION FANS!
                THE SCI-FI CHANNEL IS LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER 24,1992

Every science fiction fan's dream is a reality on the SCI-FI CHANNEL, a new 
national cable network featuring science fiction, fantasy, and horror
programming twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Here's some of what you'll see on the SCI-FI CHANNEL:

Buck Rogers                         Dark Shadows
Dr. Who                             Battlestar Galactica
Space: 1999                         The Prisoner
Flash Gordon                        The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
Stingray                            The Invaders
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea     Bionic Woman
Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories  One Step Beyond
Rod Serling's Night Gallery         My Secret Identity
Incredible Hulk                     Suspense Theater
Darkroom                            Gemini Man
Invisible Man                       Misfits of Science
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy    Otherworld
Probe                               Voyagers
Night Stalker                       Defenders of the Earth
Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterions  Alien Nation (Series and Movie)
Star Trek - The Animated Series     Star Trek Movies
Robinson Crusoe on Mars             Man Without a Body
The Colossus of New York            The Space Children
The Skull                           Star Wars
Conquest of Space                   Alien
The Abyss                           War of the Worlds

Original, never-before-seen science fiction movies and series and much, much 
more!
The television of tomorrow is here today.


                        LAUNCH DATE: SEPTEMBER 24,1992
                                WITH STAR WARS

                         For more information, write:  
                              The SCI-FI CHANNEL
                             Marketing Department
                         1230 Avenue of the Americas
                              New York, NY 10020
                                 212-408-9100
 

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BTW I've seen the show. It's pretty low budget but definitely worth watching
at least once.  IMHO It resembles the books more than the radio program.

-- 

Charles St.Onge

castong@eos.ncsu.edu
NC State University
Nuclear Engineering

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From: ss@realsoon.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Subject: Re: BBC compact disks
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
	<GNAT.92Jul23133801@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz><SS.92Jul23100652@wpi.WPI.EDU>
	<GNAT.92Jul24092709@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 13:33:46 GMT

>>>>> On Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:27:09 GMT, gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington) said:

gnat> ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes:

ss> Fax: (071) 497 0498

ss> I tried the FAX number above, and got incorrect number, please
ss> try again. I also added the International code 441. What did I
ss> do wrong?  Is the code 144 ??

gnat> D'oh!  My apologies - there should the international code for
gnat> England in front of the 071.  The number is (or rather, should
gnat> be, or rather might be) +44 71 497 0498 - which, by a startling
gnat> coincidence, is nothing to do with my home phone number at all.

gnat> Many many apologies for the inconwenience - I've fixed it.  I
gnat> just *know* I'm going to get an "I told you so" message from
gnat> peter@taronga.com if he reads this group - he just sent me a
gnat> message saying to correct similar phone numbers in the
gnat> alt.fan.pratchett FAQ :-)

Yep, I'm all set. Thanks to all who replied my E-mail. BTW the
International code was 011, so the number is....

011 44 71 497 0498 from the U.S.

Later..........

--
                        Scott Streeter
                        ss@wpi.wpi.edu
From: norbeck@mira.bucknell.edu (nancy norbeck `93)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: bl
Date: 28 Jul 92 21:12:46 GMT
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.

In article  dep@world.std.com (Eric J DeWitt) writes:
>p from bl
>Message-ID: <Bry6EK.AH3@world.std.com>
>Date: 25 Jul 92 13:49:31 GMT
>References: <Brwoo0.7LI@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
>Organization: Saestar Computer Services, Brookline, MA
>Lines: 8
>
>The poem that Drik stoped Coleridge from writing was the "Rime of the
>Ancient Mariner." (I think mind you, thats what made sense and thou my
>copy is currently on loan Dirk Gently is probably my favorite DA book.)
>If you look at "The Rime.." you will gleen all the connections you are
>missing.  It does infact make sense, in a twisted sort of way.
>	-dep
>	-ericd
>	@>---`--,--'---



Um, no, it was "Kubla Khan."  Adams very nicely took a bit of actual
literary trivia and used it in his book.  When Coleridge was writing
"KK," he claimed to have been interrupted midway by a "man from
Porlock" who kept him occupied at the door just long enough for him to
forget the rest of the poem.  This explanation is given in as a
prologue to the actual poem, and was written by Coleridge himself.
There are those who believe that the man from Porlock never existed
and was just an explanation for Coleridge's writer's block, but that's
another story..

Adams incorporated this little fact by having his characters be the
ones who interrupt Coleridge so as to keep him from finishing the
poem, which supposedly contains info that the ghost (or whomever,
forgive me, it's been a while) needs.  If they stop Coleridge, they
stop the ghost.  

Rather nice interweaving of truth and fiction, I must say..


Nancy




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|Nancy Norbeck       | "I know that look."  "What look?"  "The look that says |
|....................|  you're going to be impetuous, vengeful, irresponsible,|
|norbeck@bucknell.edu|  and *stupid*!" --Lady Jane and Lovejoy, "Death and    |
|....................|     Venice"                                            |
From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Origins of "f**k" (was Re: Belguim (excuse my language))
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:32:35 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster

In article <BrsvHI.HED@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us>, robh@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us (Robert Henderson) writes:
> Well, I was close.  According to my American Heritage Dictionary
> (1979 edition), it derives from the Middle Dutch word "fokken",
> meaning "to strike".  Perhaps this is where the Fokker airplanes
> got their name?  Naaaah.

Which reminds me:

A Battle of Britain Pilot is recounting his experiences on a radio programme. 
"And there were Fokkers on my left, Fokkers on my right, Fokkers ahead of me,
in fact there were Fokkers all around me. I had to try to blast them to hell."
The programme's presenter cuts in. "I think this is an appropriate time to
remind our listeners that Fokkers were one of the Luftwaffe's planes in the
1940s". "Oh, No! *These* fokkers were fokking Messerschmidts!"

-- 

Stephen Wilcox             |   Remember what happened to the dinosaurs!
wilcox@maths.oxford.ac.uk  |    I did---and look what happened to me.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner)
Subject: Re: HHGTTG film?
Reply-To: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 16:11:49 GMT


In a previous article, che238n@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au () says:

>The omnibus edition mentions the possibility of a HHGTTG film. Who would you
>cast? Post your suggestions but do not use any of the original cast (actors
>only, no political typecasts).
>I list a few below.
>
>     Max Quordlepleen: Robin Williams
> Hotblack's bodyguard: Sly Stallone


No, no, no. Schwarzenegger as the bodyguard. Stallone's too short.

Max Quordlepleen is described as a tall, thin man. Robin Williams
is not.

(Then again, why NOT Stallone and Williams? The story's ben changed
around 42 times anyway...)

--
aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter J. Remner)

"Kibo is an international conspiracy of one. The scary part is, he
   seems to have the other 6 billion of us outnumbered."
From: phaedrus@unkaphaed.UUCP (James Hartman, Sysop)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: HELP!   HHG Radio Scripts
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 92 23:12:32 GMT
Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy

calloway@lonestar.utsa.edu (Michael L. Calloway) writes:

> I have actually tracked down one of the Pan printings in Calf. for $75.00

EEEK!  I got my second copy (my first went for walkies when someone decided it
was too good to live without) at Half Price Books for $3.00.  Slightly used,
yes, back cover a little messy, yes, but still highly readable and fun to read
while following along with the radio series on cassette, courtesy of The Mind's
Eye...

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Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, (713) 943-2728
1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis/v.42bis
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From: flatline@eskimo.celestial.com (Flatline)
Subject: Mind-boggling incident...
Organization: I tattooed my brain all the way...
Distribution: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:23:49 GMT

holy zarquon! the most mind-boggling thing happened to me today as I went out and got my mail... i got a set of HHGTG radio script audio cassettes checked out from the library. that is not the mind-boggling thing. the mind boggling thing is this: someone wrote, on the label of the mailer, two letters: 42.

i am still amazed at this revelation!               

-- 
I've always been mad, I know I've    | get out of my face and watch me die
been mad, like the most of us...     | 
very hard to explain why you're mad, |    flatline@eskimo.celestial.com
even if you're not mad...            | 
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: castong@eos.ncsu.edu
Subject: TV show
Originator: castong@c00403-346dan.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: castong@eos.ncsu.edu
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:05:39 GMT


HEY!

Recently I found out that the BBC-TV Hitchhiker's Guide will be aired on
USA Network's new Science Fiction Channel.  The new channel will start
broadcasting on September 25.  I'm don't know when they will show it but
I can mail you their address and phone # if you really need to know.

-- 

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Charles St.Onge
castong@eos.ncsu.edu
NC State University

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From: dep@world.std.com (Eric J DeWitt)
Subject: Re: bl
Organization: Saestar Computer Services, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:57:58 GMT

	Now I am going out on a limb here, (not having the book next to
me) but as Coleridge is my favorite poet, and Dirk Gently my favorite DA
book... I very carefully read Kubla Kahn to gleen any strange connection
between it and the story.... now maybe the connection is supposed to be
miniscule.  I having recently re-read the Rime, was drawn to such catch
phrases as "Alone, alone, all, all alone".  If you look into the Rime
you will see that it parallels the ghosts story.  The ancient mariner
was the cause of a great disaster that caused the destruction of his
ship, as was the ghost.  The mariner was made to wait, and wait with
nothing around him but "A thousand slimy things lived on/and so did I".
The ghost made mention of retrabution for his act as well.  If you read
the poem and know the two stories, they do a good job of coenciding.
This ofcourse could be mere coincedence<sp> as we know the strangest
ones can occur... where did that piece of luggage go that was lost in
London's Heatrow?  As for the real story of Kubla Kahn I no that that was
the story in real life that he says he was inturpted by a man "from
Porluck, and detained by him above an hour, and on his return to his
room, found, to his no small surprise and mortification..." that he'd
gone and forgot the "Two to three hundred" lines he must have composed in
his sleep.  Well I still haven't found any connections in Kubla Kahn.  I
thought about posting it, but that would probably be deemed a wast of
band width, so if anyone as any other ideas I would love to here them.

	Depeche
	dep@world.std.com
	@>---`--,--`---
From: msk@betelgeuse.eca (Michael Kerstetter)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Getting Mostly Harmless
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:37:33 GMT
Reply-To: msk@betelgeuse.eca
Organization: Sun Microsystems


In article BKD@USLVM.USL.EDU, BKD@USLVM.USL.EDU (Brian K. Dore') writes:
>
> 
>Is there any way for people in the U.S. to order a copy of Mostly Harmless
>from the U.K. as soon as it is released there?  I'm sure that there are
>others who would like to get a copy of the book a few months early.
>Perhaps a bookstore or shop that ships overseas?
> 
>Anybody have any ideas?
> 


A number of US specialty stores may or may not get in copies.  Three
that come to mind are:

L.W. Currey, Inc.
Elizabethtown, NY 12932

DreamHaven Books
1309 4th St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Wrigley-Cross Books
P.O. Box 504
Portland, OR 97228

Or, you can order them from England:

Andromeda Bookstore
(don't know the address off hand.  Look it up in a copy of Locus magazine.)

Forbidden Planet
( ditto above on address.  Phone number from US is 011 44 71 379-6042)

Mike Kerstetter
msk@espresso.boeing.com
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: "tbk" <UKJP@DKAUNI2.BITNET>
Subject: the computer game
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:58:15 GMT

hi everywhere,

can anyone tell me if the infocom computer game 'thhg2tg' is still
being produced or sold ?  i didn't find it anywhere here in germany .
if this game is not sold any more, i think that it would not be
immoral to ask for sending me a copy via e-mail .

so long -- tobi
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
Subject: Re: Origins of "f**k" (was Re: Belguim (excuse my language))
Organization: BNR Europe Ltd, Maidenhead, UK
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 10:43:51 GMT

barker@enel.ucalgary.ca (Scott Barker) writes:
: > An unreleated topic, but I have to put my own two cents' worth: I 
: > have heard that f**k is an acronym standing for "For Unlawful 
: > Carnal Knowledge," and originated as a legal term. I have some 
: > difficulty swallowing this, because there's a gnawing feeling in 
: > my gut that tells me that the word "f**k" predates the modern 
: > English language. Would any etymologists like to comment?
: 
: From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary:
: 
:         1 fuck \fek\ vb. [perh. of Scand origin; akin to Norw dial. _fukka_ to
:         copulate, Sw dial. _focka_ to copulate, strike, push, _fock_ penis;
:         perh. akin to L _pugnus_ fist, _pungere_ to prick, sting Gk _pygme_
:         fist] vi: COPULATE -- usu. considered obscene ...
: 
: --
: Thank you for your attention.
: ==============================================================================
: Scott Barker
: barker@enel.ucalgary.ca
: 
: "If winning is not important, then commander, why keep score?"
:    - Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation

Also, from the Concise Oxford Dictionary:-
fuck verb and noun (vulg.) 
  1. transitive verb: Copulate with;=DAMN, mess up.
  2. intransitive verb: Copulate; mess, fool, about or around; make off.
  3. Hence ~'er noun (often as general term of abuse), ~'ing adjective and 
     adverb ()often as a mere intensive). 
  4. noun: Act of copulation; person as partner in copulation; slightest
     amount (not care or give a fuck).
 
[16th century, origin unknown.]

A good old English word!  Many so-called 'modern' swear words are in fact 
quite old ie cunt, cunniligus, balls, arse/ass, shit etc.

Nick            DoD 1069

42 ?

"Just another brick...."

'Be off with you'
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: tsmaster@media.mit.edu (David LeCompte)
Subject: Re: the computer game
Organization: MIT Media Laboratory
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:33:59 GMT

In article <1992Jul27.155815.25194@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> "tbk" <UKJP@DKAUNI2.BITNET> writes:
>hi everywhere,
>
>can anyone tell me if the infocom computer game 'thhg2tg' is still
>being produced or sold ?  i didn't find it anywhere here in germany .
>if this game is not sold any more, i think that it would not be
>immoral to ask for sending me a copy via e-mail .
>
>so long -- tobi

Piracy issues aside (PLEASE!) Look for The Lost Treasures of Infocom.
If you're only looking for Hitchhiker's, then the price will be steep.
Otherwise, it's an excellent buy. Expect to pay $50-$60 US.

				Dave
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ObSig
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From: gordon@ec.uwa.oz.au (Gordon Turner - division)
Subject: Re: Guide Music
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 06:20:24 GMT

otten@QUARK.UMD.EDU (Neil Ottenstein) writes:

>I was wodnering whether in the radio show they actually gave the credits
>for where the music came from.  I was just listening to the Eagles - One
>of These Nights and then was stunned to hear the music from the radio
>show which is from the instrumental song "Journey of the Sourcerer".
>It had been a long time since I had heard this album and so it seemed
>quite weird to hear the HHG music so "out of context".  

The records/tapes had a credit to Bernie Leadon who was a member of the
Eagles at that time. No specific reference was given to the group.

Of course this may only apply to the Australian release.

Gordon
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From: barker@enel.ucalgary.ca (Scott Barker)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Origins of "f**k" (was Re: Belguim (excuse my language))
Date: 21 Jul 1992 02:44:24 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

> An unreleated topic, but I have to put my own two cents' worth: I 
> have heard that f**k is an acronym standing for "For Unlawful 
> Carnal Knowledge," and originated as a legal term. I have some 
> difficulty swallowing this, because there's a gnawing feeling in 
> my gut that tells me that the word "f**k" predates the modern 
> English language. Would any etymologists like to comment?

From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary:

        1 fuck \fek\ vb. [perh. of Scand origin; akin to Norw dial. _fukka_ to
        copulate, Sw dial. _focka_ to copulate, strike, push, _fock_ penis;
        perh. akin to L _pugnus_ fist, _pungere_ to prick, sting Gk _pygme_
        fist] vi: COPULATE -- usu. considered obscene ...

--
Thank you for your attention.
==============================================================================
Scott Barker
barker@enel.ucalgary.ca

"If winning is not important, then commander, why keep score?"
   - Worf, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: irace@lanai.keck.hawaii.edu (Will Irace (jnr))
Subject: Re: TV show
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4   
Reply-To: irace@lanai.keck.hawaii.edu
Organization: W. M. Keck Observatory (CARA), Kamuela, HI, USA
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 00:37:41 GMT

In article <Bs3v6M.JsE@news.larc.nasa.gov>, avik@icase.edu (Avik Banerjee) writes...
>In article <1992Jul27.190539.6177@ncsu.edu>, castong@eos.ncsu.edu writes:

>>Recently I found out that the BBC-TV Hitchhiker's Guide will be aired on
>>USA Network's new Science Fiction Channel.  The new channel will start
>>broadcasting on September 25.  I'm don't know when they will show it but
>>I can mail you their address and phone # if you really need to know.
> 
>im interested! send it here!
> 
I dare say we're all interested; PLEASE post!

42's,
--Will                        #include stddisclaimer.h
irace@kaula.keck.hawaii.edu
From: otten@QUARK.UMD.EDU (Neil Ottenstein)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Guide Music
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:54:41 GMT

I was wodnering whether in the radio show they actually gave the credits
for where the music came from.  I was just listening to the Eagles - One
of These Nights and then was stunned to hear the music from the radio
show which is from the instrumental song "Journey of the Sourcerer".
It had been a long time since I had heard this album and so it seemed
quite weird to hear the HHG music so "out of context".  

Neil Ottenstein
otten@quark.umd.edu
From: gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz (Nathan Torkington)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: BBC compact disks
Date: 23 Jul 92 21:27:09 GMT
 <GNAT.92Jul23133801@kauri.kauri.vuw.ac.nz><SS.92Jul23100652@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Organization: Contract to CSC, Victoria Uni, Wellington, New Zealand

ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) writes:

   gnat> Fax: (071) 497 0498

   I tried the FAX number above, and got incorrect number, please try
   again. I also added the International code 441. What did I do wrong?
   Is the code 144 ??

D'oh!  My apologies - there should the international code for England
in front of the 071.  The number is (or rather, should be, or rather
might be) +44 71 497 0498 - which, by a startling coincidence, is
nothing to do with my home phone number at all.

Many many apologies for the inconwenience - I've fixed it.  I just
*know* I'm going to get an "I told you so" message from
peter@taronga.com if he reads this group - he just sent me a message
saying to correct similar phone numbers in the alt.fan.pratchett FAQ
:-)

Nat.
(gnat@kauri.vuw.ac.nz -- Nathan Torkington -- is the electronic text and
 MS-DOS archivist for the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)