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wossnameFirst – some upcoming events of the Czech Terry Pratchett Fan Club...
12th June: a trip to the new premises of the Alzheimer's Disease research centre (the Club contributes financially to their support)
13th June: a "meeting" with the Club's adopted giant turtle at Prague zoo
All information about activities and club itself can be found at http://www.discworld.cz/novinky.php (a new page, with info also in English, is in the works). Committee members are reachable at klub@discworld.cz.
And now, for a special report for Wossname, by Dana Linhartova:
On Sunday, May 17, 2015 the newly translated Discworld novel Raising Steam was christened in a very stylish way. Publisher Vlastimir Talas (Talpress), translator Jan Kanturek, Terry Pratchett Club members and other friends of Terry's work went to the Railway Museum in Luzna near Rakovnik.
The trip to the museum was of course taken by train. Originally the steam train "Parrot" should have taken us, but unfortunately for all involved, the day before the locomotive rolled out steam from the wrong places, so we had to settle for a trip to with ordinary diesel locomotive.
But no-one was disappointed in the end, because we used another steam locomotive, "Kremak", for an hour's ride from Luzna to Sochov and back. Besides watching the hitching of locomotives, many of the attendees also enjoyed the ride by leaning from open car windows and observing how the train blows clouds of steam while puffing towards its destination.
Enthusiasts who were hanging out from the windows, although not covered in soot like those in the book, had no lack of settled coal-dust in their hair after the ride.
After the arrival of the steam train back to Luzna, the new Discworld book was christened quite unconventionally – Vlastimir Talas baptized it with water emitted from steam locomotive by its engineer. The Terry Pratchett Club then handed Jan Kanturek a belated birthday present, a ship-shaped bottle full of his favorite drink – rum.
The trip back to Prague was accompanied by singing, first several Discworld songs and then a selection of campfire songs. During one Discworld blues song Jan Kanturek even used his "whiskey voice" and for a while played guitar. Due to the fact that we sat in the car without a separate compartment intended only for invited fans of Terry Pratchett, a good vibe lasted until the end of the ride.
Despite the initial ill fortune of a faulty steam locomotive, it was an excellent and unique event, which was attended by around 80 fans of Terry Pratchett and steam trains.
Some images from the event:
12th June: a trip to the new premises of the Alzheimer's Disease research centre (the Club contributes financially to their support)
13th June: a "meeting" with the Club's adopted giant turtle at Prague zoo
All information about activities and club itself can be found at http://www.discworld.cz/novinky.php (a new page, with info also in English, is in the works). Committee members are reachable at klub@discworld.cz.
And now, for a special report for Wossname, by Dana Linhartova:
On Sunday, May 17, 2015 the newly translated Discworld novel Raising Steam was christened in a very stylish way. Publisher Vlastimir Talas (Talpress), translator Jan Kanturek, Terry Pratchett Club members and other friends of Terry's work went to the Railway Museum in Luzna near Rakovnik.
The trip to the museum was of course taken by train. Originally the steam train "Parrot" should have taken us, but unfortunately for all involved, the day before the locomotive rolled out steam from the wrong places, so we had to settle for a trip to with ordinary diesel locomotive.
But no-one was disappointed in the end, because we used another steam locomotive, "Kremak", for an hour's ride from Luzna to Sochov and back. Besides watching the hitching of locomotives, many of the attendees also enjoyed the ride by leaning from open car windows and observing how the train blows clouds of steam while puffing towards its destination.
Enthusiasts who were hanging out from the windows, although not covered in soot like those in the book, had no lack of settled coal-dust in their hair after the ride.
After the arrival of the steam train back to Luzna, the new Discworld book was christened quite unconventionally – Vlastimir Talas baptized it with water emitted from steam locomotive by its engineer. The Terry Pratchett Club then handed Jan Kanturek a belated birthday present, a ship-shaped bottle full of his favorite drink – rum.
The trip back to Prague was accompanied by singing, first several Discworld songs and then a selection of campfire songs. During one Discworld blues song Jan Kanturek even used his "whiskey voice" and for a while played guitar. Due to the fact that we sat in the car without a separate compartment intended only for invited fans of Terry Pratchett, a good vibe lasted until the end of the ride.
Despite the initial ill fortune of a faulty steam locomotive, it was an excellent and unique event, which was attended by around 80 fans of Terry Pratchett and steam trains.
Some images from the event:
