From kilroy@acme.gen.nz Thu Jan 30 14:31:15 1992 Path: rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!comp.vuw.ac.nz! med.wcc.govt.nz!kosmos.wcc.govt.nz!acmebbs!news Newsgroups: alt.config,alt.fan.pratchett Subject: newgroup alt.fan.pratchett Message-ID:From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 92 23:50:57 Y Control: newgroup alt.fan.pratchett Approved: root@acme.gen.nz (Da Boss) Organisation: The ACME Amateur Antipodean Anonymous Alliteration Association Lines: 49 This is a newgroup message for the group "alt.fan.pratchett", designed as a place to discuss the writing of humourous fantasy author Terry Pratchett. This was discussed on alt.config where the consensus emerged that this would be a worthwhile newsgroup and alt.fan would be an appropriate location in the altnet, following in the footsteps of groups such as alt.fan.douglas-adams. The charter for alt.fan.pratchett follows (courtesy of Karl Geppart , the original proposer of the group). NAME: alt.fan.pratchett CHARTER: To discuss and share fan information about: - To provide a meeting place for ideas of fans of Terry Pratchett - To discuss the works of Terry Pratchett and the humour espoused by them in the manner of alt.fan.douglas-adams. STATUS: Unmoderated RATIONALE: Subject ------- Terry Pratchett is a British author who has frequently been compared to Douglas Adams (of HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy fame). He is the author of 11 books about a mythical world which is disk shaped and rests on the back of 4 giant elephants on the back of a giant Turtle swimming through space. He has the author of Strata & Dark Side of the Sun, two general Science fiction books, The Unadulterated Cat, about cats, four books for which fans can get hooked on at a younger age (Diggers, Truckers, Wings (I think, and one more whose name escapes me), and a insightful look at people and humour co-authoured with Neil Gaiman called Good Omens. All these books are extremely extremely funny and very popular. Interest -------- There is a very large readership of the novels about the Disk World, (Rincewind fans unite!) and the lesser known earlier novels. It would be a most useful meeting place for their united ideas/comments/creative efforts, in the manner of the other alt.fan groups. -- Craig Harding ACME BBS: +64 6 355-1342 email: kilroy@acme.gen.nz A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist and too rich to be a communist