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[dwm] Discworld Monthly - Issue 134
*** Discworld Monthly ***
*** Issue 134: June 2008 ***
Table of Contents:
1. Editorial
2. News
3. Readers' Letters
4. DiscTrivia
5. Review: Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld
6. Competitions
7. Review: Wincanton May 2008
8. The End
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1. Editorial
Welcome to issue 134. On Thursday 15th May Terry was invited to The
One Show on BBC 1 where they were doing a segment on early onset
Alzheimers. Terry came over very eloquently - it was only a shame
that the presenters were not at all interested in anything he had to
say!
Terry also appeared on BBC Radio 4's programme On The Ropes,
interviewed by John Humphrys on Tuesday 20th May. Again Terry gave
another excellent and insightful interview and this time, at least,
the interviewer John Humphrys seemed interested in what Terry had to
say.
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Andrew "Bookworm Baz" Tucker and Helen Nicholls of the Discworld Fan
Group "The Broken Drummers" have recently announced their engagement
at the Wincanton May 2008 event. I hope you will join us in
congratulating them.
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After speaking to Waddy at the May event is became apparent that
tickets were selling fast - so if you are planning to go the
Discworld's only annual camping event don't forget to purchase your
tickets soon. There are also a limited number of pin-badges
available that can only be purchased at the same time as your
ticket.
For more information visit http://www.wadfest.co.uk and read next
month's issue to read a review of the pin badges.
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: We now know that The Colour of Magic will get a
UK DVD release in October 2008 via 20th Century Fox.
There are no details yet about what extras it will contain but I
would speculate that it might have the Making Of and hopefully the
Tourist Guides to Ankh-Morpork that appeared on the website.
Please note that there has been no announcement of when The Colour
of Magic will be released in other countries.
As soon as I find out this type of information I will ensure that it
makes it into the newsletter.
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Don't forget, if you visit a play or a talk and would like to let
the world know about it, please feel free to email your review to
oook@discworldmonthly.co.uk and we will consider it for publication.
--
Jason Anthony (Editor) oook@discworldmonthly.co.uk
William Barnett (Deputy Editor)
Richard Massey (Ishta)
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2. News
News from Sandra Kidby's excellent website:
http://pjsmprints.com/news/index.html
On June 14th Terry will be signing the new paperback of Making Money
at Foyles bookstore on the Southbank. He will be there from midday
to 2:30pm and queues will definitely be expected!
Terry opened a new display called 'What the Victorians Did For Us'
at the Bath Postal Museum today [14th May - Ed]. It's well worth a
visit to see for yourself the birthplace of Discworld Philately.
Also, Rod Brown and Ian Sharples from the Mob Film Company presented
Terry with draft #1.0 of the Going Postal screenplay. We wait with
bated breath for Terry's comments!
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In July 2009 there will, apparently, be the most dramatic total
eclipse of the sun to take place this century [we are not sure if
that is so far or for the foreseeable future - Ed].
The Superstar Librar liner has been booked to navigate to the best
location to see the event taking place and the BBC Sky at Night team
will be filming the event. Terry has been invited along to witness
the eclipse.
Tickets are now being made available for us mere mortals, a snip at
only 1,395 GBP each (not including flights and based on two
sharing).
For more information about this event see
http://www.eclipseofthecentury.com
If you do get tickets please let us know all about the experience.
I'll probably end up watching it on the television back home.
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Terry becomes a patron of Alzheimer's Research Trust.
An Alzheimer's Research Trust survey has revealed that 25 million
people in the UK are touched by dementia. The poll results are
released as Terry Pratchett announces he is to become a Patron of
the Alzheimer's Research Trust.
The YouGov poll, commissioned by the Alzheimer's Research Trust,
found that 42% of the population - 25 million people - know a close
friend, family member or someone else with dementia. 700,000 people
in have the disease.
Terry Pratchett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in December,
recently donated 1 million USD to the Alzheimer's Research Trust to
help find a cure.
The best-selling author said:
"I am proud to become a Patron of the Alzheimer's Research Trust.
Alzheimer's is a nasty disease, surrounded by shadows and small,
largely unseen tragedies. I understand the desperation of
sufferers and their carers and their hopes for, if not a cure, at
least some regime that might help us live with Alzheimer's.
Frankly, I'd eat the arse out of a dead mole if it offered a
fighting chance. It was a shock to find out that funding for
Alzheimer's research is just 3% of that to find cancer cures.
Right now, one thing we can do is make certain that Alzheimer's
does not remain out in the shadows. Once upon a time, cancer was
only spoken of as "a long illness". When people felt able to talk
about it, the battle could begin. The same thing can happen with
Alzheimer's. Before you can kill the demon, you have to say its
name."
Rebecca Wood, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer's Research Trust,
said:
"We're so pleased to have Terry's continued support. He is an
inspiration to the 700,000 people who have dementia and 25 million
friends and family affected by the disease.
With a force like Terry demanding a drastic increase in dementia
research funding, the government must recognise soon that it can
no longer put off urgently needed reform."
Terry Pratchett's campaign with the Alzheimer's Research Trust now
has the backing of over 100 MPs who have signed a motion (EDM no.
1337) in the House of Commons calling for an increase in dementia
research funding.
See http://www.alzheimers-research.org.uk/ for more information.
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Discworld Dates...
This section will contain events that you need to keep in your
diary. Entries will remain until they go out of date. New entries
will include the word [New] next to them. If this section gets too
large we will start pruning entries.
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[UK, Updated] The Broken Drummers is a London Discworld Group that
meets once a month on a Monday evening. Membership is free - just
come along. New members and visitors to London are both welcome and
encouraged.
June's meeting will be on Monday 16th June at the Monkey Puzzle,
Paddington, London, W2 1JQ.
Keep an eye on http://www.brokendrummers.co.uk or e-mail
helenenicholls@yahoo.co.uk
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[UK, New] York Rising Stars are performing Wyrd Sisters on 20th &
21st June 2008, at the York Railway Institute, Queen Street, York.
Tickets are 5 GBP each, and can be obtained by emailing
charlotte@yorkrisingstars.co.uk or calling 01904 623222. For more
information please visit: http://www.yorkrisingstars.co.uk
York Rising Stars are holding a Grand Summer Draw to raise money for
future productions and our charity of the year. This year we have
chosen to assist our local Alzheimer's group in their fund-raising
efforts (it seemed only natural seeing as we are planning to do 2
Terry Pratchett shows this year!).
Tickets are 1 GBP each, with 20p from every ticket sold going to
Alzheimer's York & Selby Branch. The draw will be held on 19th July
2008.
Prizes include 4 First Class Train Tickets for First Transpennine
Express, 2 First Class Train Tickets for Grand Central Trains, A
Family Pass for DIG in York, and many, many more items.
If you would like to purchase tickets please email
summerdraw@yorkrisingstars.co.uk
For more information, and a full list of prizes, please visit:
http://www.yorkrisingstars.co.uk
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[AU, New] The Unseen Theatre Company will be performing Carpe
Jugulum from July 4 to 19 (Wed to Sat) at 8pm at the Bakehouse
Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide. Booking can be made on phone
82270505 or book@bakehousetheatre.com
Tickets cost Adults 18 AUD, Concessions 15 AUD, Fring Benefits 15
AUD, Groups (10+) 12 AUD.
More information: http://www.unseen.com.au
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[UK, New] The Really Necessary Travelling Actors are putting on a
production of Men At Arms at the New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, 8
- 12 July 2008 at 19.30. They have done several Terry Pratchett
plays in the past and all have been very well received.
Tickets can be booked through the New Theatre Royal Booking office
02392-649000 or you can contact them via their website
http://www.newtheatreroyal.com
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[UK, New] "Guards! Guards!" will be performed by Zenith Theatre Co.
at St Aldhelms Hall, Poole Road, Branksome, Poole on July 18th &
19th 2008, curtain up at 7.45pm Friday & Saturday, 2.30pm Sat Mat.
Tickets will be 6 GBP, 5 GBP concessions and 4 GBP Matinee and
children under 14.
Box Office: 01202 723588.
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[UK, New] KATS World Premier of Terry Pratchett's Moving Pictures
adapted for the stage by John Hicks and Kevin Miller will be
performed from 31st July to 2 August 2008 at Kennet School,
Thatcham. Tickets cost 8 GBP, see http://www.kats.org.uk for more
details.
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[UK] Mort (The Musical) will be performed by the Youth Music Theatre
UK from Wednesday 20th - Saturday 23rd August from 8pm. (There is
also a Thursday and Saturday matinee at 2pm).
The performance takes place at Priors Field School, Godalming,
Surrey.
http://ymtuk.org/mort08.html
More information can be found at:
http://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/stage.asp?s=413
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[UK] The Discworld Convention 2008 will take place at the Hilton
Metropole Hotel, Birmingham from 22nd to 25th August 2008.
For more information visit: http://www.dwcon.org/
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[UK] Wadfest 2008 will take place on the 29th - 31st August 2008.
Tickets cost 15 GBP for adults with children under 16 free when
accompanied by a paying adult.
For more information visit: http://www.wadfest.co.uk/
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[UK] The Wincanton Hogswatch Event will be celebrated on the 29th
and 30th November. Visit http://www.discworldemporium.com/ for more
details once they have been confirmed.
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[US] The First North American Discworld Convention will take place
from September 4-7, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more information visit http://www.nadwcon.org/
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Karl
there is anyone out there who is interested in buying a 'job lot' of
Discworld, and related books?
I currently have all but the first three Discworld books in
hardback, all with dust jackets, first edition, first printing. Two
of the books are signed copies (Maskerade and The Colour of Magic).
the first three Discworld books are '92, '93, and '94 editions
respectively. There are also four of the diaries (the first four),
some of the maps, several graphic novels, and the books 'Science
of..' and 'Companion'
I am interested in selling all of the books. If you are interested,
please send me an e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
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John Prigent
of reference books in the various Osprey series, mostly published in
the last 12 months, that I plan to sell and give the proceeds to the
Alzheimers Society. This is not just because of Terry P - one of my
wife's uncles is quite badly affected by Alzheimers. If anyone is
interested in military history (see the Osprey website at
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/ to see the kind of thing they
publish), they can drop me an email for a list of what I have.
Prices not yet decided, so I'd be open to offers!
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Shevaun Fergus
collection: one Assasin's guild diary.
Does anyone have an assasins's guild diary going? Not written in,
but I'm happy if it's a little bit battered.
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Shepperton Players are planning a production of "Carpe Jugulum" in
October 2008. There will be a large cast with lots of vampyres,
villagers and Oggs, and also plenty to do backstage. If you'd like
to be involved on or off-stage, please come along to auditions at
the Riverside Arts Centre (59 Thames St, Lower Sunbury, Middx TW16
5QF) on Monday 2nd or Wednesday 11th June at 8pm, or call Howard on
079 7337 0303.
All are welcome, regardless of age or experience. The production
will be on stage 1st to 4th October, with rehearsals on Mondays &
Thursdays for much of the summer.
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Rosa Souter writes: I'm a documentary research student, studying my
masters (i.e. buying time till I am forced to get myself a proper
job) and I am compiling a half hour research dossier for a
documentary about Discworld fans. I ought to emphasise at this
point I am not actually making a documentary, just researching one
as part of my project. I want to make it about the fans because I
have been one for nearly ten years (considering I am 23, that's a
long chunk of my life!) and have seen the vast expanse and variety
it encompasses at Conventions and online. I would want to try and
do the same approach as "Ringers: Lord of the Fans", but obviously,
on a much smaller budget (i.e. bugger all), an irreverent, slightly
self mocking, yet loving look at the fandom.
I want to hear from the fans, young, old, the out and out convention
attendee and the stealth commuter-fan, the student and the family.
I want to hear stories, the introductions and the hours spent
trawling for news and titbits (and fan art, I'm still looking for
that illusive bit of dream fan art of Angua). What's the most
insane amount of money you've spent at an auction? Your proudest
fan moment? The expanse of your collection? Anything and
everything! I have to fill up thirty minutes after all!
I am also hoping to vox-pop at Conventions (making enquiries as I
type) and the events in Wincanton (I told my fellow students it was
twinned with Anhk Morpork and their jaws virtually fell off!) as
well as meetings of fans in pubs and clubs.
I am aware of the current focus on Terry Pratchett, especially the
documentary being filmed for the BBC, but this is about the fans
rather than the author himself. He has always had the up most
respect for the fans and has often said we're not all called
"Kevin"! I will not badger the poor man for an interview, after
all, he's probably had enough of them by now and the last thing he
would want is a snotty documentary student poking a notebook in his
face! I will just be focusing on the fans.
I would be very grateful for your help and some advice on what you
think would make an interesting documentary, I'm still really
working out what I want to put in this project and what (or who) I
should focus on.
You can either contact me via email (rozi53@hotmail.com,
rosa.souter@bruford.ac.uk or Pretty.lettuce@gmail.com) or by
mobile (07947 775505).
Any of you worried I'm a psycho axe murderer? Very sensible. For
reference you can email my tutors on the Masters in Documentary
Research for Film and TV; Pratap Rughani (rughanip@yahoo.com) or
Nancy Platt (nancy@nancy7.demon.co.uk) both at the London College of
Communication (http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/) in Elephant and Castle,
London. They'd be happy to let you know I'm completely harmless.
You can check with the college as well for extra reassurance.
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3. Readers' Letters
If you have any letters or comments, please email them to
oook@discworldmonthly.co.uk
We assume any correspondence is eligible for use in the newsletter
unless otherwise stated, including the sender's email address. We
may also edit your letters using wyrd and wonderful ciphers.
It is vitally important that you don't pass off other people's work
as your own. If you use information from other resources please let
us know so we can give proper credit.
The best letter of the month will receive a Kiss the Cook print
supplied as by Bonsai Trading. Sadly Bonsai Trading is no longer
trading but John Pagan has kindly supplied me with a reasonable
supply of prints to give away.
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* From: "Mary Eagan"
*
I have recently been to see a production of Mort at the Pomegranate
Theatre in Chesterfield, and would like to say if anyone gets a
chance to see this Tabs Productions presentation then do. It was
brilliant.
I haven't laughed so much in ages. With just about 7 actors plus a
few young local children it was great. Last year they did Wyrd
Sisters which was equally as good. I can highly recommend this
entertainment which as well as a brilliant script is usually
accompanied by Meat Loaf tracks or some similar music.
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*
* From: "Lola Gudgeon"
*
I'm sorry, but I must take umbrage with Mr Friend over his
suggestion that we Roundworld comic book collecting PTerry fans took
it on the chin when Wesley Snipes won the role of Blade in the
movies. We didn't complain about it because, basically, Blade was
black. I guess he is confusing Blade with Deacon Frost, the vampire
who attacked Blade's mother while she was in labour, or Hannibal
King the vampire hunter who was himself contaminated by vampirism.
What we did complain about was the way the original storyline had
been twisted, but we were the minority of people, I suspect, who saw
the movie and knew that. Consider "The Lord of the Rings", Tom
Bombadil was cut out yet again, I heard characters speak lines meant
for others and an Orc leader who did not exist popped out of
nowhere.
Terry seems to have accepted this "needs must" approach so many
writers (or their estates) do when their work enters the visual
media and that's the way it is. There are many people who, I am
sure, have been introduced to the books via these two completed
Discworld productions - people who might not have considered the
cartoons - and that is A Good Thing.
No doubt there will still be arguments at the next Convention in
Brum come August!
DWM replies: Lola gets this month's Letter of The Month.
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* From: "Karen Emery"
*
I have made a pledge that each time I re-read a TP book I'm going to
donate 5 GBP to the Alzheimer's Research Trust. Also when the new
books come out I will as normal look for the supplier selling the
book cheapest (yes I'm greedy - but why should the shop have my hard
earned money as profit), but this time the money I save I will give
to the Alzheimer's Research Trust. I urge other readers to do this.
I for one have had more than my moneys worth out of all my TP books.
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* From: "Chris Boulton"
*
I've a small question for all of the Discworld fans out there.
As an avid videogamer, I was trawling trough my copy of a certain
magazine this week when I came across a game called Mirrors Edge.
To me, the game looked largely nauseating, running around in a first
person view, but far more realistically, with your head constantly
bobbing and looking around and full view of your legs and arms
flailing about. Very realistic, but motion sickness in the works.
The only bit that caught my attention was the mention of the writer,
a certain Rhianna Prattchet. Is this truly
Our-Favourite-Authors-Daughter? Taking up the writing mantle? If
so, has she written any other games, books or other things? Really
would be excellent to see her taking uo her very talented fathers
mantle.
DWM replies: Rhianna is as I understand it well respected in the
games industry. I believe she was voted in the top 100 most
influential women in gaming a couple of years ago. Rhianna even
has her own Wikipedia page entry at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhianna_Pratchett
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* From: "Charlie Ashford"
*
To put it bluntly, I thought that the recent TV adaptation of
Hogfather was absolutely dire. I thought the acting was bad, the
production values were worse, and I thought the script was far too
faithful to the book - it felt like the actors were just reading
sentences out of the book rather than performing an "adaptation". I
gave up after the first part - I've still got the second half
recorded on DVD sitting in my living room more than a year on, but
can't find the strength to sit through it.
(Almost) all of the reviews I have seen of The Colour of Magic have
been incredibly positive, but then so were the reviews of Hogfather.
Is there anyone out there who, like me, hated Hogfather and can tell
me honestly whether The Colour of Magic is any better, so I can
decide whether to watch it without risking having any more of my
fantasies shattered.
I know this letter sounded negative, but don't put me down as one of
those people completely opposed to any kind of adaptation of an
author's work. I love the Discworld books, but I also loved all the
BBC Radio adaptations, and the cartoons of Wyrd Sisters and Soul
Music. There's nothing I'd like more than to discover that The
Colour of Magic really is worth watching.
DWM replies: The first part of Hogfather did seem to be a bit slow -
but then it had to introduce a lot of characters. The second half
is faster paced and more exciting. If you hated the first half of
Hogfather that much why would you even consider watching The Colour
of Magic?
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4. DiscTrivia
This month I'm asking questions about Nightwatch.
Q1. What name did Vimes take when he went back in time?
Q2. Who was brought in to replace Captain Tilden?
a) Ronald Rust
b) Cecil Clapman
c) Dai Dickins
d) Donald Duct
Q3. Where were the Unmentionables based?
Q4. Who was Patrician at the time of the People's Republic of
Treacle Mine Road?
Q5. What personal item was given to Vimes to keep him going?
The results, as always, appear at the end of this issue.
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5. Review: Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld
Published by St Martin's Griffen - New York.
Written by Carrie Pykkonen and Linda Washington
Reviewed by Jason Anthony
This volume, subtitled: The Myths and Legends of Terry Pratchett's
Multiverse clearly admits on the back cover that it has not been
authorised by Terry Pratchett, HarperCollins, or anyone involved in
the forthcoming The Wee Free Men movie.
One has to wonder what need there is for yet another Discworld
reference book? It was only a few months ago we reviewed An
Unofficial Companion to the Novels of Terry Pratchett by Andrew M
Butler.
SOTWFMAD has surprisingly little to do with The Wee Free Men so I
think that the title is ploy to appeal to readers who are purchasing
it on the basis of discovering information about the future movie.
The book is split into three parts: Part one - the literary roots of
Discworld, part two - Who's Who in Discworld and part three - the
way things work in Discworld.
The book starts of by offering an architectural tour of the
Discworld, claiming to discuss the words - the building blocks of
Discworld. This chapter does provide a small amount of insight
among the standard oft repeated analyses covering such topics as
history, mythology, gods and folklore.
The second chapter then changes style completely. I think the
mistake is that in writing about a comic author the writers here
have tried (and in my opinion failed) to make the book funny. I
found this chapter a real chore to read and felt that it was too
condescending and patronising.
The second section of the book, which deals with characters from the
Discworld, seems more comprehensive - although the authors'
propensity for bad puns continues so that rather than using
character names as headings (which would be useful) we get, for
example, "Hardworking and Helpful", a section about Tiffany Aching
and "Nothing But a Pest", a section about Pestilence.
Interestingly the other book that the two authors previously wrote
together was called: Inside "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe":
Myths, Mysteries, and Magic from the Chronicles of Narnia. I
haven't read this book but it sounds like they may well have used
the same formula to write it as they did with SOTWFMAD.
You may have gathered by now that I didn't like this book. I just
wish that somebody might, one day, write a decent insightful
alternative Discworld encyclopaedia. So far nothing I have seen has
beaten Stephen Briggs' Discworld Companion.
However, despite whatever I write here, I am sure this book will
sell well - especially if the Sam Raimi adaptation of The Wee Free
Men ever happens.
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6. Competitions
This month I twisted Barrie "The Special Discworld Jeweller"
Wakeford's arm at the Wincanton event to see if he would be willing
to provide us a competition prize. Barrie agreed and will provide
an unspecified prize for this month's competition.
So, in order to win this prize, all you need to do is send the
answer to the following question to
competitions@discworldmonthly.co.uk by 20th June 2008.
Q1. How much does THE TURTLE MOVES (DW21) cost in GBP from Barrie's
website?
The randomly selected winner will be announced next week. See
http://www.jewellerybybarrie.co.uk/ for more information.
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Last month we had a US proof copy of Nation to give away. All you
had to do to enter the competition was answer one simple question.
We had over 230 correct entires in the competition and around 5
incorrect ones.
The question you needed to answer was:
Q1. What is the name of the Discworld game found on the
HarperCollins TerryPratchettBooks.com website?
The answer we were looking for was Feegle Free Fall.
The randomly selected winner was Ruth Tesdale of Derbyshire.
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7. Review: Wincanton May 2008
Reviewed by Jason Anthony.
The event took part over the second May bank holiday weekend in the
small Somerset town of Wincanton. While the event actually takes
place on Saturday and Sunday many of fans headed down on the Friday.
A few drinks were drunk and many of us met up in the local Indian
Restaurant for a very enjoyable meal followed by a few pints in the
local hostelries.
Saturday kicked off for me (after a late start) with the Artificer's
mile. A pub crawl that was raising money for Sport Relief. After
the very long walk to the first pub (in the next town) we downed our
first pint and headed back to Wincanton. We got stuck at the next
pub because it had a great jukebox before moving onto one more pub
and some food and another pint! By this time I needed to get to a
meeting to help arrange items for the charity auction and so had to,
unfortunately, abandon the rest of the walk.
While we were sorting out the charity items the Maskerade took place
where some wonderful costumes could be seen. After the Maskerade
Terry was presented with a Birthday present from the members of the
Discworld Stamps forum - a "tree" gift certificate so that Terry
could purchase some trees to reforest some of his land. After
Terry's recent comments about eating the Arse out of a dead mole,
Dragonlady a member of the Discworld Stamp forum created a dead mole
novelty cake for Terry which he seemed to really enjoy eating.
The traditional pork supper took place in the various pubs and again
I got to spend time enjoying the company of friends. After the meal
came the charity auction, were there was a good mix of items and
over 1500 GBP was raised for Alzheimer's Research UK and 130 GBP for
a local charity called RICE which deals with various forms of
dementia.
The main event on Sunday was the Wincanton "Ankh-Morpork" races,
where a hurdles course had been arranged in the event room of the
Bear Inn. In the races people were given hobby-horses to run round
the track and the spectators were asked to bet on the various horses
and the time they would take to complete the race. Half of the
money collected was donated to RICE and the rest to the winner.
After the jump racing the course was rearranged for flat racing.
There were four races each with four horses (or more correctly horse
shaped space hoppers). The first race was run by children, the
second by ladies and the third by men. I was selected to be one of
the jockeys in the men's race and have to say that two days later my
legs still haven't recovered fully. The final race was a mixed
riders race. I understand that around 90 GBP was raised in total.
Finally the event was over and we all had to leave. After a couple
of hours of putting off the inevitable I left Wincanton.
I had a wonderful time and can't wait to do it all again in
November. To see some of the pictures I took of the event visit
http://picasaweb.google.com/dwm.oook
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Q1. What name did Vimes take when he went back in time?
A1. John Keel
Q2. Who was brought in to replace Captain Tilden?
A2. a) Ronald Rust
Q3. Where were the Unmentionables based?
A3. Cable Street
Q4. Who was Patrician at the time of the People's Republic of
Treacle Mine Road?
A4. Lord Winder
Q5. What personal item was given to Vimes to keep him going?
A5. His silver cigar case, a wedding gift from Sybil.
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