Wossname -- January 2015 -- 2nd issue

Wossname
Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
January 2015 (Volume 18, Issue 1, Post 2)

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WOSSNAME is a free publication offering news, reviews, and all the other stuff-that-fits pertaining to the works and activities of Sir Terry Pratchett. Originally founded by the late, great Joe Schaumburger for members of the worldwide Klatchian Foreign Legion and its affiliates, including the North American Discworld Society and other continental groups, Wossname is now for Discworld and Pratchett fans everywhere in Roundworld.
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Editor in Chief: Annie Mac
News Editor: Vera P
Newshounds: Mogg, Sir J of Croydon Below, the Shadow, Wolfiekins
Staff Writers: Asti, Pitt the Elder, Evil Steven Dread, Mrs Wynn-Jones
Staff Technomancers: Jason Parlevliet, Archchancellor Neil, DJ Helpful
Book Reviews: Annie Mac, Drusilla D'Afanguin, Your Name Here
Puzzle Editor: Tiff (still out there somewhere)
Bard in Residence: Weird Alice Lancrevic
Emergency Staff: Steven D'Aprano, Jason Parlevliet
World Membership Director: Steven D'Aprano (in his copious spare time)

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INDEX:

01) MORE QUOTES OF THE MONTH
02) EDITOR'S LETTER
03) ODDS AND SODS
04) THE WOSSNAME REVIEW: PHILOSOPHY AND TERRY PRATCHETT
05) ALZHEIMER'S NEWS
06) DISCWORLD CONVENTION NEWS
07) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS
08) DISCWORLD ARTS AND CRAFTS NEWS
09) DISCWORLD MEETING GROUPS NEWS
10) CLOSE

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01) QUOTE OF THE MONTH

"If Pratchett is sometimes accused of literature, I hope this book makes the case that he can be accused of philosophy as well."

– James B South, speaking of Philosophy and Terry Pratchett

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02) LETTER FROM YOUR EDITOR

Here we are in the final hours of January, and here is the (very long) Wossname review of Philosophy and Terry Pratchett as promised! See item 4. This really is a book worth having, in my opinion.

There are some very inventive fundraisers for Alzheimer's research these days. Read about two of them in section 5.

In the Odds and Sods section, one reviewer compares Pratchett unfavourably to Wodehouse, a vastly inferior writer – and before you start throwing brickbats, let me tell you that I loved Wodehouse's tales for a long time before Pratchett came along; now, when I go back to Wodehouse, as much as I love his character creations I find him rather a one-trick pony, his writing stilted to the point of tediousness... and yet when I go back even to Pratchett's earliest works they still sparkle with wit and invention.

And that's all I have time to say right now – the clock is ticking!

– Annie Mac, Editor

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