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Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
October 2019 (Volume 22, Issue 10, Post 1)
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WOSSNAME is a free publication offering news, reviews, and all the other stuff-that-fits pertaining to the works 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, Mss C, Alison not Aliss
Staff Writers: Asti, Pitt the Elder, Evil Steven Dread, Mrs Wynn-Jones
Staff Technomancer: Jason Parlevliet
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) QUOTES OF THE MONTH
02) EDITOR'S LETTER
03) ODDS AND SODS
04) MORE GOOD OMENS BITS AND BOBS
05) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS
06) DISCWORLD MEETING GROUPS NEWS
07) AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE
08) IMAGES OF THE MONTH
09) CLOSE
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01) QUOTES OF THE MONTH
"Getting all the questions again, so I'm reiterating – I'm not involved in #TheWatch. I was years ago when Dad was alive, the BBC weren't involved and it was a very different beast."
– Rhianna Pratchett, on Twitter last month
"If you've got two actors doing that and the writing is of the quality that this was, then a lot of that work is done for you and you then naturally work well together. It is quite rare and we were very fortunate."
– Michael Sheen, on the chemistry between him and David Tennant
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02) A LETTER FROM YOUR EDITOR
A somewhat less irritable editorial this month...
I recently re-read Raising Steam. While there were complaints from some quarters about the novel being overly flawed and overly rushed, I have to say that I enjoyed it thoroughly, with one proviso: the only thing "wrong" with Raising Steam, in my opinion, is that it shouldn't have been written until Sir Pterry was about eighty. There should have been a number of other Discworld novels between Snuff and Raising Steam, at least a decade's worth in terms of realtime publication dates, in order to give the Disc's societies' already rapid evolution time to develop at a more believable pace. Did the Disc's Age of Steam come too soon? I do think so. At the same time, I'm now and forever grateful that my favourite author did live long enough to give us that taste of his world's future. But yes, it's all the more tragic that he died so soon and never had the opportunity to explore all the other Discworld stories he wanted to write.
I also re-read The Folklore of Discworld. Having grown up with a Brewer's close to hand and thus already being aware of the Roundworld folklore that inspired so many Discworld legends and creatures and traditions, I was a bit dismissive of the book on my initial reading. But I've since realised that not everyone did have a Brewer's to hand, and Jacqueline Simpson's Disc-sympathetic recounting of all the relevant folklore is very well written and very worthwhile reading for anyone who'd like to learn the background of some of those wonderful Pratchett versions.
And now, on with the show!
– Annie Mac, Editor
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03) ODDS AND SODS
3.1 THE DISC ON DISC!
By Scott Munro on Loudersound:
"A collection of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels are coming to vinyl for the very first time. The 15-disc illustrated box set will be released through the BBC on November 29 and will contain Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Eric, Small Gods, Night Watch and the bonus non-Discworld tale Only You Can Save Mankind. The yarns have been brought to life by Anton Lesser, Sheila Hancock, Martin Jarvis, Melvyn Hayes, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Whitehead, Patrick Barlow and Mark Heap with Death “as ever, played by himself.” Every disc of the BBC Radio dramatisations have been pressed on heavyweight 180g ‘DiscSwirl’ vinyl, with each of the seven gatefold sleeves containing liner notes from Stephen Briggs – the co-author of The Discworld Companion. A recreation of the Discworld map also features across the 15 printed inner bags, while Night Watch and Only You Can Save Mankind will include themed etchings on the b-side. The box set is now available to pre-order."
Available to order on A**zon for the terrifying price of £179.99. One can only hope that more reputable sellers will offer it soon.
https://bit.ly/2Mwh681
3.2 THE WATCH, ALREADY PLUGGING MERCH
Confident, aren't they...
"BBC Studios has announced that it will retain all licensing rights to The Watch. Rikesh Desai, Licensing Director, Consumer Products, said: 'The Watch is an exciting addition to our slate and one we’re proud to be representing. We’re looking forward to the series launching next year and to working with partners across the merchandise, gaming, publishing and live events industry.' Rob Wilkins, Executive Producer and Narrativia MD, said 'By collaborating with BBC Studios’ partners, we’ll be able to offer fans and audiences new ways to engage with a world from Terry’s imagination. The prospect of expanding the reach of The Watch in this way is a very exciting one, and I look forward to working with new partners that come on board.'..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2019/the-watch-licensing
3.3 REMINDER: NEW SCREENINGS OF TROLL BRIDGE
27-10-19 Cardiff International Film Festival Cardiff, Wales https://www.theciff.co.uk/
09-11-19 Discworld Day Gauteng, SA [that's South Africa, not South Australia! See item 3.6 – Ed.] https://bit.ly/2nGzPnp
16-11-19 Shades International Short Film Festival, Indore, India https://shadesfestival.org/official-entries-2019
3.4 THE MERCH CORNER
* Good Omens socks
Wisesnail, whose superb fanart has been featured several times in Wossname, offers socks based on a certain incident in the early history of a certain angel and a certain demon. Worth snapping up before A**zon finds out!
https://rdbl.co/2Bk2ZMV
3.5 REMINDER: DISCWORLD AND BEYOND IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Paul Kidby's Discworld & Beyond touring exhibition is in its final days in Co. Antrim!
"The beautifully realised paintings and drawings feature many of Paul's favourite characters including Rincewind, the Wee Free Men and, of course, Death along with a host of witches, wizards, dragons and trolls. It also reveals some of Paul's own work from his Charmed Realm collection, a book created by Paul and his wife Vanessa of myth and faerie influenced by British folklore and landscapes. All his illustrations are marked by a staggering quality of draughtsmanship and effective use of colour; bright for the book covers and muted shades for his faerie paintings. The exhibition brings to life the quirky characters and trademark humour of Sir Terry's books. Paul said, ‘It has been really exciting selecting some of my favourite paintings for the ‘Discworld & Beyond' exhibition. Visitors will be able to see many of their favourite Discworld illustrations up close and personal and celebrate the wonderful legacy of a great author who has inspired so many, including me!'"
When: currently, through 31st October 2019
Venue: Larne Museum & Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Road, Larne, County Antrim, BT40 1RN
Time: Monday through Friday, 10am–4.30pm. The Museum is also open on one Saturday per month – for more information, ring 028 28 262443 or email marian.kelso@midandeastantrim.gov.uk
Tickets: free entry
https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/things-to-do/museums-arts/larne-museum-and-arts-centre
https://www.paulkidby.com/event/discworld-beyond-a-paul-kidby-retrospective/
3.6 REMINDER: THE THIRD ANNUAL JHB DISCWORLD DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)
"Discover the streets of Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city of the Discworld. A folklorique network of old lanes, squares and alleys for your walking pleasure. Wherre exitement and trolls lurke arounde everry corner and much may be heard the traditional street cries of old time also the laughing visages of the denuizens as they goe about their business private."
When: 9th November 2019
Venue: La Vue Guest Lodge & Function Venue, Plot 161, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift, 1937 (phone (0) 10 597 7686) (note: parking charge is R20 per car)
Time: 10am – 5pm
Tickets: Adults R60 (on the day: R80; under 12 and over 3 R20; under 3 free), available from http://qkt.io/DiscworldDay2019
https://bit.ly/2nGzPnp
http://www.lavue.co.za/
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04) MORE GOOD OMENS BITS AND BOBS
4.0 A GOOD OMENS GRAPHIC SURPRISE
This is so wonderful I'm not even going to tell you what it is! Just click on the link:
https://bit.ly/2VX7mqu
4.1 SO...ANOTHER SEASON AFTER ALL?
By Neela Debnath for The Express:
I"The 58-year-old author admitted he was in a 'strange situation' with both the BBC and Amazon asking for more Good Omens and the writer trying to figure out how to go forward. He explained it was usually the other way around with the programme-makers usually asking the network or broadcaster for a recommission. Gaiman said: 'People loved it, people watched in their tens of millions. We are very, very happy. So everybody is very prepared for us to do more Good Omens. I’m just trying to figure out how I could do more Good Omens. So, there’s no commitment yet for doing anymore but I would love to do some more if we can because I, like everyone else, love the characters. Like everybody else, I want to see more Crowley and Aziraphale.... There’s more plot and I haven’t spoken about it publicly or on the record [about] what it’s actually about and never will. But there’s definitely more plot to go.'... Judging from Gaiman’s words, a sequel seems entirely possible but it would need an official green light from co-producers Amazon and the BBC. Gaiman also said stars David Tennant and Jon Hamm had been enquiring about more Good Omens, suggesting they are on board for any future instalments..."
https://bit.ly/2oMKmP7
4.2 REMINDER: GOOD OMENS DVD/BLU-RAY NEWS
The official release date is 5th November 2019, and even earlier in some places!
From the BBC America blurb:
"Brand new bonus material includes: Page to Screen... Aziraphale’s World... Bookshop Tour... Crowley’s World... Deleted Scenes... Storyboard Gallery... Concept Art Gallery... Costume Design Gallery... Queen compilation... Good Omens VFX reel... Audio commentaries for all 6 episodes... Good Omens trailer... Characters of Good Omens... The World of Good Omens..."
The USA BBC Shop is offering a two-disc DVD set for pre-order, priced at US$19.98 (_ https://shop.bbc.com/products/good-omens-22364_) and the Blu-Ray version for pre-order, priced at US$23.98 (_https://shop.bbc.com/products/good-omens-blu-ray-22365_)
It's claimed that BBC UK will be releasing Good Omens on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th October, but there's no news yet as to price.
Good Omens fans in Fourecks can now pre-order from JB Hi-fi for 5th November release! Price is AU$26.98 and the link is:
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/good-omens-season-1-2019-dvd
4.3 MICHAEL SHEEN ON THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ANGEL AND DEMON
By Dan Seddon on Digital Spy:
"...Sheen opened up about the beauty of their relationship during filming. 'It's something that either happens or it doesn't, and I think David and I were both admirers of each other's work. I think we both instinctively felt that we probably work in similar ways, which proved to be the case in the sense that we both put a lot of work into what we're doing, we're prepared and we make choices,' he said. "I think we're both quite open to what the other actors are doing and are open to direction, but we come with a lot of our own stuff. I like the choices that David makes and I think he felt the same way...'..."
https://bit.ly/2P5LVSM
4.4 BOOK OR SERIES?
By Eoin Keogh, in University College Dublin's news site University Observer:
"I almost never find myself agreeing with anyone when they say that the film’s better than the book. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I did; until I watched Good Omens. Written by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett, Good Omens is perhaps the only book I thoroughly enjoyed, while also agreeing that the one-season television series was so much better... The book, being written in the 90’s, is definitely a 90’s book, and for modern audiences reading Good Omens, it is so very evident. The television show was produced by Gaiman himself, and updates the book slightly, while still remaining accurate to the text, with a few extra scenes added so it’s not just a carbon copy. The series adds a lot more in terms of scenes between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant), especially the 30 minute cold open in episode 3, which now holds the record for the longest cold open in television history. Unlike the book, the television series also explores the world of the story in more detail, such as giving an explanation as to what the angels are, which in this case are 'a man, or at least a man-shaped being,' meaning that although the beings may appear to pass as a particular gender, they are in fact genderless. As a result, the television series allows for further world-building, thus developing on the source material..."
https://bit.ly/2oNgwdn
4.5 MEANWHILE, ON THE GOOD "SHIP" AZIROWLEY...
There was a Good Omens fan convention last weekend on Sir Pterry's old patch! "The Ineffable Con, a Good Omens convention that focuses on the relationship of Aziraphale and Crowley, but welcomes all characters and pairings... "
Worth having a look to see if there will be one next year:
https://theineffablecon.org.uk/
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05) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS
Editor's note: as Wossname normally only comes out once every month, do check the Wossname blog for information on plays that might fall between issue dates! Go to https://wossname.dreamwidth.org/ for interim updates.
5.1 DISCWORLD PLAYS
* GOING POSTAL IN EMERALD, FOURECKS (OCTOBER)
The Gemco Players will present their final Going Postal shows this week! "Moist von Lipwig was a con artist, a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. With the help of a golem who has been at the bottom of hole in the ground for over two hundred years, a pin fanatic and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer, he's also got to stay alive. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. In the mad world of the mail, can a criminal succeed where honest men have failed and died? Perhaps there's a shot at redemption for man who's prepared to push the envelope..."
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th October
Venue: Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald, VIC 3782
Time: all Friday and Saturday shows 8pm; Sunday matinees 2pm
Tickets: adults AU$25, concessions/u-15s $22, groups of four $80, available online via https://www.trybooking.com/BAGWG
https://gemco-players.squarespace.com/whatson/2018/12/5/going-postal
* MORT IN NOTTINGHAM (OCTOBER–NOVEMBER)
Colwick Theatre Club’s Autumn Production this year is Mort!
When: 31st October–2nd November 2019
Venue: Colwick Community Centre, Vale Road, Colwick Village, Notts NG4 2GP
Time: 7:30pm all shows
Tickets: £5 (concessions and children £4), available by ringing 0750 729 9526
* JOHNNY AND THE DEAD IN LEEDS (NOVEMBER)
Leeds Children's Theatre will be presenting their production of Johnny and the Dead in November! "Sell the cemetery? Over their dead bodies ... Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site, but they'd better watch out – the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down ...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were ... well ... alive. Particularly if they break a few
rules."
When: 6th–9th November 2019
Venue: Carriageworks Theatre main auditorium, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
Time: all evening shows (Wednesday through Friday) 7pm, Saturday matinee 1pm and afternoon show 5.30pm
Tickets: adults £14.50, concessions £12.50, under-16s £10.50, family £46, available from the Box Office (phone 0113 376 0318; address Leeds Town Hall, The Headroom, LS1 3AD, open 10am–6pm Monday to Saturday), or by by email (boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk), or online via the theatre's website, although their calendar doesn't yet stretch to November: https://www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk/plan-your-visit/how-to-book-tickets/
"The Box Office will charge a fee for postage if you wish to have your tickets mailed out. Family Tickets, restricted view seats and special offers are rarely sold online and should be purchased over the phone or in person."
www.leeds-childrens-theatre.co.uk
* GOING POSTAL IN ADELAIDE, FOURECKS (NOVEMBER)
Unseen Theatre are back with a new Discworld production! This November, it's Going Postal: "Moist von Lipwig is a con artist. He has excellent qualifications and experience for this line of work. He is a fraud, a natural born-criminal, an habitual liar, a perverted genius and totally untrustworthy. This is the sort of man to whom Lord Vetinari (Patrician of Ankh-Morpork) offers a life choice – be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet. It is going to be a tough decision for Moist, but perhaps there’s a shot at redemption for a man who’s prepared to push the envelope? Of course before he comes anywhere close to success, he will have a multitude of problems to overcome. Just to mention a few, there is his parole officer Mr. Pump – a golem made of clay who, like any other government official, is tireless in his sense of duty; there are tons of undelivered mail who insist on talking to him; the shadowy characters from the Grand Trunk Company want him deader than his dead letters, and his new “girlfriend” sees straight through him. So much for SWALK! And here he'd thought that all he'd have to face was rain, snow, gloom of night, and the odd vicious dog or two..."
When: 20th–30th November 2019
Venue: Bakehouse Main Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Time: 8pm all shows
Tickets: Adults $22, Conc $18, Fringe Benefits $16, Groups (6+) $16, Preview night (20th November) $16, all available online at https://www.trybooking.com/BFUHZ
http://www.bakehousetheatre.com/shows/going-postal
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06) DISCWORLD MEETING GROUPS NEWS
The Broken Drummers, "London's Premier Unofficially Official Discworld Group" (motto "Nil percussio est"), will next meet on Monday 4th November at 7pm at The Monkey Puzzle, 30 Southwick Street, London W2 1JQ.
For more information, email BrokenDrummers@gmail.com or nicholls.helen@yahoo.co.uk or join their Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/55107511411/permalink/10156634038566412/
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Canberra, Australia's Discworld fan group is Drumknott's Irregulars: "The group is open to all, people from interstate and overseas are welcome, and our events will not be heavily themed. Come along to dinner for a chat and good company. We welcome people from all fandoms (and none) and we would love to see you at one of our events, even if you're just passing through. Please contact us via Facebook (_https://www.facebook.com/groups/824987924250161/_) or Google Groups (_https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/drumknotts-irregulars_) or join us at our next event."
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For Facebook users in Fourecks: The Victorian Discworld Klatch is "a social group for fans of Discworld and Terry Pratchett... run by a dedicated team who meet monthly and organise events monthly." "If you'd like to join our events please ask to join the Klatch."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VictorianDiscworldKlatch
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"The Gathering of the Loonies (Wincanton chapter)" is a public Facebook meeting group: "This group, by request of Jo in Bear will continue to be used for future unofficial (not run by the Emporium) fan Gatherings in Wincanton. Look here for information."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/373578522834654/
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The Pratchett Partisans are a fan group who meet monthly at either Brisbane or Indooroopilly to "eat, drink and chat about all things Pratchett. We hold events such as Discworld dinners, games afternoons, Discworld photo scavenger hunts. We also attend opening night at Brisbane Arts Theatre's Discworld plays." The Partisans currently have about 200 members who meet at least twice a month, usually in Brisbane.
For more info about their next meetup, join up at https://www.facebook.com/groups/pratchettpartisans/ or contact Ula directly at uwilmott@yahoo.com.au
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The City of Small Gods is a group for fans in Adelaide and South Australia: "We have an established Terry Pratchett & Discworld fan group in Adelaide called The City of Small Gods, which is open to anyone who would like to come – you don't have to live in Adelaide or even South Australia, or even be a Discworld fan, but that's mostly where our events will be held, and we do like discussing Pratchett's works. Our (semi-) regular meetings are generally held on the last Thursday of the month at a pub or restaurant in Adelaide. We have dinner at 6.30pm followed by games until 9pm. Every few months, we have a full day's worth of board games at La Scala Cafe, 169 Unley Rd, Unley in the function room starting at 10am. In addition, we will occasionally have other events to go and see plays by Unseen Theatre Company, book discussions, craft, chain maille or costuming workshops or other fun social activities."
The next CoSG events will be the Monthly Dinner on 31st October. Also, the Round World Events SA, Inc's AGM will be held on 9th November.
The CoSG also have another identity. Here's the skinny:
Round World Events SA Inc is a not-for-profit incorporated association whose aim is to run fun social Pratchett-themed events for people in South Australia. Our first major event was the Unseen University Convivium held in July 2012. We have also run three successful and booked out Science Fiction and Fantasy themed quiz nights named Quiz Long And Prosper, in 2013, 2014 and 2015! The association will run some events under the City of Small Gods banner, but you do not have to be a Round World Events SA member to be part of City of Small Gods. However, we are always on the look out for new members for Round World Events SA to help us organise future events! Membership is $20 a year (for Adelaide locals) or $5 a year (for those not quite so close) and has the following benefits:
A shiny membership certificate all of your very own
Discounted entry price to some of the events we run
A warm, fuzzy feeling deep down in your chest (no, not quite that deep)
For more information, or to join as a member, please email RoundWorldEventsSA@gmail.com
www.cityofsmallgods.org.au
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The Broken Vectis Drummers meet next on Thursday 7th November (probably) from 7.30pm at The Castle pub in Newport, Isle of Wight. For more info and any queries, contact broken_vectis_drummers@yahoo.co.uk
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The Wincanton Omnian Temperance Society (WOTS) next meets on Friday 1st November (possibly) at Wincanton's famous Bear Inn from 7pm onwards. "Visitors and drop-ins are always welcome!"
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The Northern Institute of the Ankh-Morpork and District Society of Flatalists, a Pratchett fangroup, has been meeting on a regular basis since 2005. The Flatalists normally meet at The Narrowboat Pub in Victoria Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, to discuss "all things Pratchett" as well as having quizzes and raffles. Details of future meetings are posted on the Events section of the Discworld Stamps forum:
http://www.discworldstamps.co.uk/forum/
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Sydney Drummers (formerly Drummers Downunder) meet next on Monday 4th November (possibly) at 6.30pm in Sydney at 3 Wise Monkeys, 555 George Street, Sydney 2000. For more information, contact Sue (aka Granny Weatherwax): kenworthys@yahoo.co.uk
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The Treacle Mining Corporation, formerly known as Perth Drummers, meet next on Monday 4th November (possibly) at Old Shanghai, 123 James Street, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia. For details join their Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Perth.Drummers/ – or message Alexandra Ware directly at <alexandra.ware@gmail.com>
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07) AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE
Blogger Jonathan Feinstein returns with a review of the Good Omens audiobook:
"I did enjoy Good Omens from its first publication and have read it several times now and while, yes, I can easily tell, much of the time, which parts were written by Pratchett and which were by Gaiman (I may have guessed wrong on the parts I was uncertain about), I liked the whole book, not just parts of it... It is a lot to fit in to a single volume, but Pratchett and Gaiman managed to do so masterfully, by stuffing it with both original, unusual characters and stereotypes from every day life all mixed up in a delightful satire that is best read rather than be told about. There are several British voice actors who could have read this book, but Stephen Briggs is at the top of my list. As usual, he reads the story perfectly, subtly changing his voice just enough to delineate the characters without actually “talking funny,” a problem many readers seem to have. Very few actors can do funny voices and make them work (Actually, Tom Baker may be the only one) and Mister Briggs knows enough not to try..."
https://bit.ly/33JQtCp
Blogger Professional Moron on Mort:
"It’s a good fun book and we enjoyed it a lot ages back when we read. It’s stuck with us over the years. Although we think Pratchett honed his skills to a greater degree after this (particularly for the Nome Trilogy) it’s still an amusing and fine effort. His sense of imagination, and the characterisation, are strong. Death, for example, has a weirdly comical persona and is the highlight of the book. So, if you’re still to get involved in the Discworld stuff then this is a good place to start. The author said so himself! The depiction of Death in Mort had us thinking of other times the character crops up. In the world of culture, he (as it’s usually got a male voice) turns up in many and varied shows such as Family Guy. But it’s Monty Python’s consideration from the comedy troop’s final film that sticks with us..."
https://bit.ly/2Mwz5v9
Blogger The Reading Bug's latest is a review of Maskerade:
"While Pratchett always has a serious point in the back of his mind, here the seriousness never gets in the way of the fun – for example the scene where the senior witches stay in Madame Palm’s house for ladies of negotiable affection, and manage somehow to make it even more disreputable, is glorious! Maskerade is fantastic. It features two of my favourite characters in the whole of fiction, Nanny Ogg here finally stepping out from the shadow of Esme Weatherwax with her own special brand of magic (in essence, being nice and talking to people), and of course Esme herself. The witches have been on a road trip before, (Witches Abroad) but here they can play uninhibitedly in Ankh-Morpork. Pratchett clearly had a huge amount of affection for these characters – they are immensely endearing and believable. (Re-reading what I have written there I can’t help notice the abundance of superlatives, but it’s a fair reflection of how I feel about the novel.) Nanny Ogg is a complete nihilist – her philosophy of life is summarised as 'do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible'..."
https://bit.ly/2MulEf8
Blogger JessicaBookworm's review of Reaper Man:
"As a big fan of Death, I absolutely loved the thread following him, with all its awkward amusement as he tries to fit in with the not-so-regular, regular folk. But if I am honest I wanted more time with him! Instead the other two threads probably took me away from him for up to 60% of the book. I did enjoy the undead antics of Windle Poons with his new friends, which was all good fun. However I wasn’t a huge fan of the mindboggling battle between the wizards, the drone trolleys and the living shopping mall… Especially when all I kept thinking of was: what is Death doing now?! This is the second book to follow Death – the first being Mort – while it is the eleventh instalment from the whole series, which was first published in 1991. Although this is now the twelfth book I have read from this colourful series and I am roughly reading the books I own in order, I don’t feel you necessarily have to read them in publication order, because the stories often follow various different groups of characters. As I said, in this case, this book was meant to be primarily following Death – however he does turn up in smaller cameo roles in many of the series’ instalments though – I just wish we had had more of him here..."
https://bit.ly/2MUSUeK
Blogger The Weary Bookcase gives full marks to Night Watch:
"There's so much complexity and nuance in the writing of Night Watch. Vimes trying to mentor his younger self. The challenge of wanting to make things go better while being told by the History Monks that they must go the same way – and no matter how much Vimes tries to do the right and sensible thing, he's simply unable to halt the disaster. There's also his determination to make the Watch better, and the fact that he's trying to do all these things while behind the scenes, political machinations go on which he has no control over. I always love an accidental time-travel story because it's so much fun to watch a character trying to work out what the fuck is actually going on... I also really enjoyed how serious Night Watch is. Terry Pratchett was a brilliant comic writer, but he was also fantastic at the darker stuff. The Unspeakables are truly awful, like a current of poison flowing through Ankh-Morpork, and so is the Patrician, Lord Winder, whose corruption and paranoia pervade the city. There is, of course, the escalating tension and violence in the city, which it's impossible not to get caught up in. Too many innocents die. And behind everything, there's Sam Vimes's desperation to get back to Sybil, who's right in the middle of giving birth. There's so much bad and painful stuff going on and Terry Pratchett writes it beautifully..."
https://thewearybookcase.home.blog/2019/10/03/night-watch/
Blogger Holly aka Nut Free Nerd highly recommends Good Omens:
"...recommend this book in any format because it’s witty, clever, bizarre, hilarious, thought-provoking, and downright brilliant in every way. Because my thoughts about this book are still a jumbled, excited, enthusiastic mess, here are a bunch of reasons why you should read it: Aziraphale and Crowley are described as polar opposites but over the course of the book you realize that they are actually more like one another than either would like to admit.
The banter between Aziraphale and Crowley – and between all of the characters, to be honest. Even the demons are likeable. It’s brimming with Neil Gaiman’s signature eerie, twisted charm (I’ve never read anything just by Terry Pratchett, so I can’t speak for his writing.). It’s the most hilarious book about the apocalypse you will ever read..."
https://bit.ly/2qtTCIl
Blogger Digital Ischaemia considers Brexit through the lens of a different "bloody stupid" Johnson, namely Bergholt Stuttley Johnson:
"Perhaps the Discworld’s most notable inventor is Bergholt Stuttley “Bloody Stupid” Johnson, an architect whose ability to get things wrong bordered on mythical. Although evidently able in certain fields, Johnson is notorious for his complete inability to produce anything according to specification or common sense, or (sometimes) even the laws of physics. This fact never stopped him from trying, however. Johnson was not incompetent, far from it; indeed in many ways he was a kind of genius. Pratchett suggests on numerous occasions that he possessed a kind of “inverse genius;” as far from incompetence as genius but in the opposite direction. … While π ≈ 3.142 is a fundamental constant, in the backstory to Going Postal Johnson manages to produce a wheel for which π = 3 as part of his Automatic Mail Sorter. As with a significant number of his creations, the Sorter did work, but the implied distortion of space-time created some side effects, including the Sorter’s ability to sort mail (i.e. output sorted letters) that had not been written yet or might never be written. This has dazzling ramifications for the Westminster Plan to Make Britain Best Blighter Again, a slippery beast that no one person knows in its entirety and does not exist in the conventional sense. So, if we can distort the fundamental rules of space-time, the Plan may actually work, for certain values of ‘work’, and of course with some interesting side-effects. The fact that [Johnson] continued to receive commissions after the defects in his abilities became apparent is considered to be the ultimate expression of the apparent thinking behind the Victorian follies, i.e. an indication that the person commissioning the work can afford to waste money like this. This is the first rational explanation for Brexit. Commissioning irrational, inept, inarticulate people to deliver this historic act of self-harm is the ultimate expression of British power. 'We are so {insert current promotional superlative} we can afford to squander and destroy vast swathes of our resources and opportunities.'..."
https://bit.ly/2VXoEny
Blogger rmartin49's long review of the Long Earth series:
"I think one of the biggest issues with the Long Earth series is that it’s concept over character. More often than not, the story is focused on at least one journey throughout the reaches of the Long Earth, giving us gorgeous stretches of vivid description, but not always in the most character driven way. A lot of thought is put into the mechanics and there’s the occasional Pratchett flourish to liven up a more serious Baxter-heavy passage. Maybe I’m doing Stephen a disservice but it feels like a Terry influence to have your personal world hopping device powered by a potato. That being said, this feels like a rare series in that the five books cover about five decades (give or take) and we track the progress of several central characters, human and artificial intelligence, across all that time. And the world develops along with that time, to the point of being a very different place altogether, even more stunning changes than the Industrial Revolution and similar periods of upheaval in human history. It is also a series stuffed with concepts and what different people decide to do with similar circumstances. The early pioneers set off into the long earth without looking back, setting up new settlements from scratch, others do so once technology can help facilitate and others cling onto the old ways..."
https://bit.ly/31wSArP
Another blogger called Holly, aka The Grimdragon, loved Mort:
"Although technically the fourth book in the insanely popular Discworld series, I decided to begin with Mort because it was the one that called out to me the most. After consulting with a few Pratchett devotees, I was told that Mort is a great place to start my journey with not only Discworld, but with Sir Pratchett himself. Alrighty then, perfect! It’s safe to say, I dug the hell out of this!... Death is an eccentric, sarcastic, cat-lover. He tends to be a bit somber, as one would expect in the position he is in. Yet he’s also incredibly weird & wonderful! I giggle-snorted more than a few times at his brilliant deadpan delivery. Mort was a nice change of pace. It’s delightfully witty, charming & surprisingly touching..."
https://bit.ly/33O7prE
Blogger roguewatson was slightly disappointed by The Shepherd's Crown,but only slightly:
"Although I adored the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series, the rest of the series has been very up and down. I love Pratchett’s humorous and insightful writing style, but the series is less about Tiffany dealing with fun fantastical threats (as in the first novel), and more a series of coming-of-age teenage dramas. The Shepherd’s Crown seems to even lack that, as by the fifth book Tiffany has come into her own as a witch of The Chalk. The passing of a major series character is a pivotal moment that’s done very well, but everything else falls a bit flat, including an all new side character who’s kind of pointless (yet given a lot of pages on his own), and the return of the elves which is resolved way too neatly. At under 300 pages it’s clear the book was left unfinished in many areas, and I suspect much of the novel’s praise was given due to the finality of the series and Pratchett's lifetime of amazing work. Even so, I enjoyed The Shepherd’s Crown more than the second and third novels. Pratchett still makes me grin like nobody else, and finishing this book made me sad all over again that the world lost such a treasured soul..."
https://bit.ly/2BqO1F1
Blogger thecorneroflaura loved Maskerade:
"I’m not that familiar with opera but I know enough that the author is spot on about how convoluted the plots can get and the vast majority of people know it but just roll with it without saying anything in order to look cultured. I know plenty of musicals and love the mick-takes on those titles later in the book. I’ve started calling Les Miserables by the book’s name for it now. Decidedly brilliant writing as usual that made me wish I had more time to read this book thoroughly. I’ll definitely be coming back to it to undig all the other gems I missed. It’s funny, dry and sometimes brutal but Pratchett, as usual, sneaked in some rather profound and occasionally heartwarming moments in there too to catch us all off our guard. I seriously love Greebo and he really shines in this book. He’s responsible for some of the funniest moments and lines. I think my favourite has got to be one near the beginning: 'the most vicious and cunning a pile of fur that ever had the intelligence to sit on a bird table with its mouth mouth and a piece of toast balanced on its nose'. God, I love the writing in Discworld..."
https://bit.ly/32xpOZn
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08) IMAGES OF THE MONTH
A feast of superb Good Omens fanart!
By Lauren Gail akaairavatta: https://bit.ly/2J6svtr
By sokodraws: https://bit.ly/32w98RZ
Bysirlsplayland: https://bit.ly/31r3j6Z
Bywisesnailart: https://bit.ly/2VX60Mq
...and https://bit.ly/32xmD3T
...and https://bit.ly/2OYuOlY
Byjazzymandias: https://bit.ly/2MUYGgu
Byluluxa_lux: https://bit.ly/2MUQI70
By isakisol: https://bit.ly/2J7WGQN
...and https://bit.ly/32z8OSs
By ohsiq: https://bit.ly/2VVqLbm
By lunchisover: https://bit.ly/2pxbdPd
By mxgicdave: https://bit.ly/2pxmmzw
By chaoslindsay: https://bit.ly/2VVIxeI
Byandrea_c_white: https://bit.ly/31tWNfO
The original link for these and less spectacular pieces can be found here:
https://bookriot.com/2019/10/11/good-omens-art/
Also, an excellent "rockstar" portrait of Crowley: https://bit.ly/31sVyh7
(originally tweeted by Red_Hatty here: https://bit.ly/32zDbbx )
...and some Good Omens cosplay...
A cornucopia of Crowleys and Aziraphales in Frankfurt, with some Horsepersons and Anathemas at centre: https://bit.ly/31zDKke
(originally tweeted by Janjan_nine here: https://bit.ly/2BpFySq )
Leave any four Good Omens cosplayers alone for long enough and they turn into a certain Queen album cover: https://bit.ly/2P60hCG
(originally tweeted by ElegantFeather here: https://bit.ly/2P6OPH0 )
...and finally a magnificent seasonal "ineffable jack-o-lantern": https://bit.ly/31yqRad
(originally tweeted by jedipirate here: https://bit.ly/35UEe8e )
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09) CLOSE
"An Angel, a Demon and a couple of babies. What could possibly go wrong?" Georgia Tennant has posted side-by-side images of her husband (Crowley) and Michael "Aziraphale" Sheen carrying their most recent family additions. Aww!
https://bit.ly/2Br6OzJ
Fourth out of fifty, and only slightly behind Rupert Giles: UU's Librarian has been ranked near the top of top 50 fictional librarians! "Special talents: Scaling high shelves, reading grimoires fatal to humans, intimidation, general orangutan-ness; also L-space travel, organ (and keyboard), organization"
https://lithub.com/50-fictional-librarians-ranked/?single=true
Finally, here be an iconograph of cosplayer LD Lapinski,as herself and as a certain Postmaster: https://bit.ly/2qoCjbC
And that's it for October. Mind how you go, and we'll see you next month!
– Annie Mac
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The End. If you have any questions or requests, write: wossname-owner (at) pearwood (dot) info
Copyright (c) 2019 by Wossname for the Klatchian Foreign Legion
Newsletter of the Klatchian Foreign Legion
October 2019 (Volume 22, Issue 10, Post 1)
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WOSSNAME is a free publication offering news, reviews, and all the other stuff-that-fits pertaining to the works 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, Mss C, Alison not Aliss
Staff Writers: Asti, Pitt the Elder, Evil Steven Dread, Mrs Wynn-Jones
Staff Technomancer: Jason Parlevliet
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) QUOTES OF THE MONTH
02) EDITOR'S LETTER
03) ODDS AND SODS
04) MORE GOOD OMENS BITS AND BOBS
05) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS
06) DISCWORLD MEETING GROUPS NEWS
07) AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE
08) IMAGES OF THE MONTH
09) CLOSE
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01) QUOTES OF THE MONTH
"Getting all the questions again, so I'm reiterating – I'm not involved in #TheWatch. I was years ago when Dad was alive, the BBC weren't involved and it was a very different beast."
– Rhianna Pratchett, on Twitter last month
"If you've got two actors doing that and the writing is of the quality that this was, then a lot of that work is done for you and you then naturally work well together. It is quite rare and we were very fortunate."
– Michael Sheen, on the chemistry between him and David Tennant
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02) A LETTER FROM YOUR EDITOR
A somewhat less irritable editorial this month...
I recently re-read Raising Steam. While there were complaints from some quarters about the novel being overly flawed and overly rushed, I have to say that I enjoyed it thoroughly, with one proviso: the only thing "wrong" with Raising Steam, in my opinion, is that it shouldn't have been written until Sir Pterry was about eighty. There should have been a number of other Discworld novels between Snuff and Raising Steam, at least a decade's worth in terms of realtime publication dates, in order to give the Disc's societies' already rapid evolution time to develop at a more believable pace. Did the Disc's Age of Steam come too soon? I do think so. At the same time, I'm now and forever grateful that my favourite author did live long enough to give us that taste of his world's future. But yes, it's all the more tragic that he died so soon and never had the opportunity to explore all the other Discworld stories he wanted to write.
I also re-read The Folklore of Discworld. Having grown up with a Brewer's close to hand and thus already being aware of the Roundworld folklore that inspired so many Discworld legends and creatures and traditions, I was a bit dismissive of the book on my initial reading. But I've since realised that not everyone did have a Brewer's to hand, and Jacqueline Simpson's Disc-sympathetic recounting of all the relevant folklore is very well written and very worthwhile reading for anyone who'd like to learn the background of some of those wonderful Pratchett versions.
And now, on with the show!
– Annie Mac, Editor
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03) ODDS AND SODS
3.1 THE DISC ON DISC!
By Scott Munro on Loudersound:
"A collection of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels are coming to vinyl for the very first time. The 15-disc illustrated box set will be released through the BBC on November 29 and will contain Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Guards! Guards!, Eric, Small Gods, Night Watch and the bonus non-Discworld tale Only You Can Save Mankind. The yarns have been brought to life by Anton Lesser, Sheila Hancock, Martin Jarvis, Melvyn Hayes, Philip Jackson, Alex Jennings, Geoffrey Whitehead, Patrick Barlow and Mark Heap with Death “as ever, played by himself.” Every disc of the BBC Radio dramatisations have been pressed on heavyweight 180g ‘DiscSwirl’ vinyl, with each of the seven gatefold sleeves containing liner notes from Stephen Briggs – the co-author of The Discworld Companion. A recreation of the Discworld map also features across the 15 printed inner bags, while Night Watch and Only You Can Save Mankind will include themed etchings on the b-side. The box set is now available to pre-order."
Available to order on A**zon for the terrifying price of £179.99. One can only hope that more reputable sellers will offer it soon.
https://bit.ly/2Mwh681
3.2 THE WATCH, ALREADY PLUGGING MERCH
Confident, aren't they...
"BBC Studios has announced that it will retain all licensing rights to The Watch. Rikesh Desai, Licensing Director, Consumer Products, said: 'The Watch is an exciting addition to our slate and one we’re proud to be representing. We’re looking forward to the series launching next year and to working with partners across the merchandise, gaming, publishing and live events industry.' Rob Wilkins, Executive Producer and Narrativia MD, said 'By collaborating with BBC Studios’ partners, we’ll be able to offer fans and audiences new ways to engage with a world from Terry’s imagination. The prospect of expanding the reach of The Watch in this way is a very exciting one, and I look forward to working with new partners that come on board.'..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2019/the-watch-licensing
3.3 REMINDER: NEW SCREENINGS OF TROLL BRIDGE
27-10-19 Cardiff International Film Festival Cardiff, Wales https://www.theciff.co.uk/
09-11-19 Discworld Day Gauteng, SA [that's South Africa, not South Australia! See item 3.6 – Ed.] https://bit.ly/2nGzPnp
16-11-19 Shades International Short Film Festival, Indore, India https://shadesfestival.org/official-entries-2019
3.4 THE MERCH CORNER
* Good Omens socks
Wisesnail, whose superb fanart has been featured several times in Wossname, offers socks based on a certain incident in the early history of a certain angel and a certain demon. Worth snapping up before A**zon finds out!
https://rdbl.co/2Bk2ZMV
3.5 REMINDER: DISCWORLD AND BEYOND IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Paul Kidby's Discworld & Beyond touring exhibition is in its final days in Co. Antrim!
"The beautifully realised paintings and drawings feature many of Paul's favourite characters including Rincewind, the Wee Free Men and, of course, Death along with a host of witches, wizards, dragons and trolls. It also reveals some of Paul's own work from his Charmed Realm collection, a book created by Paul and his wife Vanessa of myth and faerie influenced by British folklore and landscapes. All his illustrations are marked by a staggering quality of draughtsmanship and effective use of colour; bright for the book covers and muted shades for his faerie paintings. The exhibition brings to life the quirky characters and trademark humour of Sir Terry's books. Paul said, ‘It has been really exciting selecting some of my favourite paintings for the ‘Discworld & Beyond' exhibition. Visitors will be able to see many of their favourite Discworld illustrations up close and personal and celebrate the wonderful legacy of a great author who has inspired so many, including me!'"
When: currently, through 31st October 2019
Venue: Larne Museum & Arts Centre, 2 Victoria Road, Larne, County Antrim, BT40 1RN
Time: Monday through Friday, 10am–4.30pm. The Museum is also open on one Saturday per month – for more information, ring 028 28 262443 or email marian.kelso@midandeastantrim.gov.uk
Tickets: free entry
https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/things-to-do/museums-arts/larne-museum-and-arts-centre
https://www.paulkidby.com/event/discworld-beyond-a-paul-kidby-retrospective/
3.6 REMINDER: THE THIRD ANNUAL JHB DISCWORLD DAY (SOUTH AFRICA)
"Discover the streets of Ankh-Morpork, the greatest city of the Discworld. A folklorique network of old lanes, squares and alleys for your walking pleasure. Wherre exitement and trolls lurke arounde everry corner and much may be heard the traditional street cries of old time also the laughing visages of the denuizens as they goe about their business private."
When: 9th November 2019
Venue: La Vue Guest Lodge & Function Venue, Plot 161, Nooitgedacht, Muldersdrift, 1937 (phone (0) 10 597 7686) (note: parking charge is R20 per car)
Time: 10am – 5pm
Tickets: Adults R60 (on the day: R80; under 12 and over 3 R20; under 3 free), available from http://qkt.io/DiscworldDay2019
https://bit.ly/2nGzPnp
http://www.lavue.co.za/
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04) MORE GOOD OMENS BITS AND BOBS
4.0 A GOOD OMENS GRAPHIC SURPRISE
This is so wonderful I'm not even going to tell you what it is! Just click on the link:
https://bit.ly/2VX7mqu
4.1 SO...ANOTHER SEASON AFTER ALL?
By Neela Debnath for The Express:
I"The 58-year-old author admitted he was in a 'strange situation' with both the BBC and Amazon asking for more Good Omens and the writer trying to figure out how to go forward. He explained it was usually the other way around with the programme-makers usually asking the network or broadcaster for a recommission. Gaiman said: 'People loved it, people watched in their tens of millions. We are very, very happy. So everybody is very prepared for us to do more Good Omens. I’m just trying to figure out how I could do more Good Omens. So, there’s no commitment yet for doing anymore but I would love to do some more if we can because I, like everyone else, love the characters. Like everybody else, I want to see more Crowley and Aziraphale.... There’s more plot and I haven’t spoken about it publicly or on the record [about] what it’s actually about and never will. But there’s definitely more plot to go.'... Judging from Gaiman’s words, a sequel seems entirely possible but it would need an official green light from co-producers Amazon and the BBC. Gaiman also said stars David Tennant and Jon Hamm had been enquiring about more Good Omens, suggesting they are on board for any future instalments..."
https://bit.ly/2oMKmP7
4.2 REMINDER: GOOD OMENS DVD/BLU-RAY NEWS
The official release date is 5th November 2019, and even earlier in some places!
From the BBC America blurb:
"Brand new bonus material includes: Page to Screen... Aziraphale’s World... Bookshop Tour... Crowley’s World... Deleted Scenes... Storyboard Gallery... Concept Art Gallery... Costume Design Gallery... Queen compilation... Good Omens VFX reel... Audio commentaries for all 6 episodes... Good Omens trailer... Characters of Good Omens... The World of Good Omens..."
The USA BBC Shop is offering a two-disc DVD set for pre-order, priced at US$19.98 (_ https://shop.bbc.com/products/good-omens-22364_) and the Blu-Ray version for pre-order, priced at US$23.98 (_https://shop.bbc.com/products/good-omens-blu-ray-22365_)
It's claimed that BBC UK will be releasing Good Omens on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th October, but there's no news yet as to price.
Good Omens fans in Fourecks can now pre-order from JB Hi-fi for 5th November release! Price is AU$26.98 and the link is:
https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/good-omens-season-1-2019-dvd
4.3 MICHAEL SHEEN ON THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ANGEL AND DEMON
By Dan Seddon on Digital Spy:
"...Sheen opened up about the beauty of their relationship during filming. 'It's something that either happens or it doesn't, and I think David and I were both admirers of each other's work. I think we both instinctively felt that we probably work in similar ways, which proved to be the case in the sense that we both put a lot of work into what we're doing, we're prepared and we make choices,' he said. "I think we're both quite open to what the other actors are doing and are open to direction, but we come with a lot of our own stuff. I like the choices that David makes and I think he felt the same way...'..."
https://bit.ly/2P5LVSM
4.4 BOOK OR SERIES?
By Eoin Keogh, in University College Dublin's news site University Observer:
"I almost never find myself agreeing with anyone when they say that the film’s better than the book. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I did; until I watched Good Omens. Written by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett, Good Omens is perhaps the only book I thoroughly enjoyed, while also agreeing that the one-season television series was so much better... The book, being written in the 90’s, is definitely a 90’s book, and for modern audiences reading Good Omens, it is so very evident. The television show was produced by Gaiman himself, and updates the book slightly, while still remaining accurate to the text, with a few extra scenes added so it’s not just a carbon copy. The series adds a lot more in terms of scenes between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant), especially the 30 minute cold open in episode 3, which now holds the record for the longest cold open in television history. Unlike the book, the television series also explores the world of the story in more detail, such as giving an explanation as to what the angels are, which in this case are 'a man, or at least a man-shaped being,' meaning that although the beings may appear to pass as a particular gender, they are in fact genderless. As a result, the television series allows for further world-building, thus developing on the source material..."
https://bit.ly/2oNgwdn
4.5 MEANWHILE, ON THE GOOD "SHIP" AZIROWLEY...
There was a Good Omens fan convention last weekend on Sir Pterry's old patch! "The Ineffable Con, a Good Omens convention that focuses on the relationship of Aziraphale and Crowley, but welcomes all characters and pairings... "
Worth having a look to see if there will be one next year:
https://theineffablecon.org.uk/
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05) DISCWORLD PLAYS NEWS
Editor's note: as Wossname normally only comes out once every month, do check the Wossname blog for information on plays that might fall between issue dates! Go to https://wossname.dreamwidth.org/ for interim updates.
5.1 DISCWORLD PLAYS
* GOING POSTAL IN EMERALD, FOURECKS (OCTOBER)
The Gemco Players will present their final Going Postal shows this week! "Moist von Lipwig was a con artist, a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. It was a tough decision. With the help of a golem who has been at the bottom of hole in the ground for over two hundred years, a pin fanatic and Junior Postman Groat, he's got to see that the mail gets through. In taking on the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer, he's also got to stay alive. Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too. In the mad world of the mail, can a criminal succeed where honest men have failed and died? Perhaps there's a shot at redemption for man who's prepared to push the envelope..."
When: Friday 25th and Saturday 26th October
Venue: Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald, VIC 3782
Time: all Friday and Saturday shows 8pm; Sunday matinees 2pm
Tickets: adults AU$25, concessions/u-15s $22, groups of four $80, available online via https://www.trybooking.com/BAGWG
https://gemco-players.squarespace.com/whatson/2018/12/5/going-postal
* MORT IN NOTTINGHAM (OCTOBER–NOVEMBER)
Colwick Theatre Club’s Autumn Production this year is Mort!
When: 31st October–2nd November 2019
Venue: Colwick Community Centre, Vale Road, Colwick Village, Notts NG4 2GP
Time: 7:30pm all shows
Tickets: £5 (concessions and children £4), available by ringing 0750 729 9526
* JOHNNY AND THE DEAD IN LEEDS (NOVEMBER)
Leeds Children's Theatre will be presenting their production of Johnny and the Dead in November! "Sell the cemetery? Over their dead bodies ... Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site, but they'd better watch out – the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down ...especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were ... well ... alive. Particularly if they break a few
rules."
When: 6th–9th November 2019
Venue: Carriageworks Theatre main auditorium, Millennium Square, Leeds LS2 3AD
Time: all evening shows (Wednesday through Friday) 7pm, Saturday matinee 1pm and afternoon show 5.30pm
Tickets: adults £14.50, concessions £12.50, under-16s £10.50, family £46, available from the Box Office (phone 0113 376 0318; address Leeds Town Hall, The Headroom, LS1 3AD, open 10am–6pm Monday to Saturday), or by by email (boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk), or online via the theatre's website, although their calendar doesn't yet stretch to November: https://www.carriageworkstheatre.co.uk/plan-your-visit/how-to-book-tickets/
"The Box Office will charge a fee for postage if you wish to have your tickets mailed out. Family Tickets, restricted view seats and special offers are rarely sold online and should be purchased over the phone or in person."
www.leeds-childrens-theatre.co.uk
* GOING POSTAL IN ADELAIDE, FOURECKS (NOVEMBER)
Unseen Theatre are back with a new Discworld production! This November, it's Going Postal: "Moist von Lipwig is a con artist. He has excellent qualifications and experience for this line of work. He is a fraud, a natural born-criminal, an habitual liar, a perverted genius and totally untrustworthy. This is the sort of man to whom Lord Vetinari (Patrician of Ankh-Morpork) offers a life choice – be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork’s ailing postal service back on its feet. It is going to be a tough decision for Moist, but perhaps there’s a shot at redemption for a man who’s prepared to push the envelope? Of course before he comes anywhere close to success, he will have a multitude of problems to overcome. Just to mention a few, there is his parole officer Mr. Pump – a golem made of clay who, like any other government official, is tireless in his sense of duty; there are tons of undelivered mail who insist on talking to him; the shadowy characters from the Grand Trunk Company want him deader than his dead letters, and his new “girlfriend” sees straight through him. So much for SWALK! And here he'd thought that all he'd have to face was rain, snow, gloom of night, and the odd vicious dog or two..."
When: 20th–30th November 2019
Venue: Bakehouse Main Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Time: 8pm all shows
Tickets: Adults $22, Conc $18, Fringe Benefits $16, Groups (6+) $16, Preview night (20th November) $16, all available online at https://www.trybooking.com/BFUHZ
http://www.bakehousetheatre.com/shows/going-postal
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06) DISCWORLD MEETING GROUPS NEWS
The Broken Drummers, "London's Premier Unofficially Official Discworld Group" (motto "Nil percussio est"), will next meet on Monday 4th November at 7pm at The Monkey Puzzle, 30 Southwick Street, London W2 1JQ.
For more information, email BrokenDrummers@gmail.com or nicholls.helen@yahoo.co.uk or join their Facebook group at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/55107511411/permalink/10156634038566412/
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Canberra, Australia's Discworld fan group is Drumknott's Irregulars: "The group is open to all, people from interstate and overseas are welcome, and our events will not be heavily themed. Come along to dinner for a chat and good company. We welcome people from all fandoms (and none) and we would love to see you at one of our events, even if you're just passing through. Please contact us via Facebook (_https://www.facebook.com/groups/824987924250161/_) or Google Groups (_https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/drumknotts-irregulars_) or join us at our next event."
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For Facebook users in Fourecks: The Victorian Discworld Klatch is "a social group for fans of Discworld and Terry Pratchett... run by a dedicated team who meet monthly and organise events monthly." "If you'd like to join our events please ask to join the Klatch."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/VictorianDiscworldKlatch
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"The Gathering of the Loonies (Wincanton chapter)" is a public Facebook meeting group: "This group, by request of Jo in Bear will continue to be used for future unofficial (not run by the Emporium) fan Gatherings in Wincanton. Look here for information."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/373578522834654/
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The Pratchett Partisans are a fan group who meet monthly at either Brisbane or Indooroopilly to "eat, drink and chat about all things Pratchett. We hold events such as Discworld dinners, games afternoons, Discworld photo scavenger hunts. We also attend opening night at Brisbane Arts Theatre's Discworld plays." The Partisans currently have about 200 members who meet at least twice a month, usually in Brisbane.
For more info about their next meetup, join up at https://www.facebook.com/groups/pratchettpartisans/ or contact Ula directly at uwilmott@yahoo.com.au
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The City of Small Gods is a group for fans in Adelaide and South Australia: "We have an established Terry Pratchett & Discworld fan group in Adelaide called The City of Small Gods, which is open to anyone who would like to come – you don't have to live in Adelaide or even South Australia, or even be a Discworld fan, but that's mostly where our events will be held, and we do like discussing Pratchett's works. Our (semi-) regular meetings are generally held on the last Thursday of the month at a pub or restaurant in Adelaide. We have dinner at 6.30pm followed by games until 9pm. Every few months, we have a full day's worth of board games at La Scala Cafe, 169 Unley Rd, Unley in the function room starting at 10am. In addition, we will occasionally have other events to go and see plays by Unseen Theatre Company, book discussions, craft, chain maille or costuming workshops or other fun social activities."
The next CoSG events will be the Monthly Dinner on 31st October. Also, the Round World Events SA, Inc's AGM will be held on 9th November.
The CoSG also have another identity. Here's the skinny:
Round World Events SA Inc is a not-for-profit incorporated association whose aim is to run fun social Pratchett-themed events for people in South Australia. Our first major event was the Unseen University Convivium held in July 2012. We have also run three successful and booked out Science Fiction and Fantasy themed quiz nights named Quiz Long And Prosper, in 2013, 2014 and 2015! The association will run some events under the City of Small Gods banner, but you do not have to be a Round World Events SA member to be part of City of Small Gods. However, we are always on the look out for new members for Round World Events SA to help us organise future events! Membership is $20 a year (for Adelaide locals) or $5 a year (for those not quite so close) and has the following benefits:
A shiny membership certificate all of your very own
Discounted entry price to some of the events we run
A warm, fuzzy feeling deep down in your chest (no, not quite that deep)
For more information, or to join as a member, please email RoundWorldEventsSA@gmail.com
www.cityofsmallgods.org.au
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The Broken Vectis Drummers meet next on Thursday 7th November (probably) from 7.30pm at The Castle pub in Newport, Isle of Wight. For more info and any queries, contact broken_vectis_drummers@yahoo.co.uk
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The Wincanton Omnian Temperance Society (WOTS) next meets on Friday 1st November (possibly) at Wincanton's famous Bear Inn from 7pm onwards. "Visitors and drop-ins are always welcome!"
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The Northern Institute of the Ankh-Morpork and District Society of Flatalists, a Pratchett fangroup, has been meeting on a regular basis since 2005. The Flatalists normally meet at The Narrowboat Pub in Victoria Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, to discuss "all things Pratchett" as well as having quizzes and raffles. Details of future meetings are posted on the Events section of the Discworld Stamps forum:
http://www.discworldstamps.co.uk/forum/
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Sydney Drummers (formerly Drummers Downunder) meet next on Monday 4th November (possibly) at 6.30pm in Sydney at 3 Wise Monkeys, 555 George Street, Sydney 2000. For more information, contact Sue (aka Granny Weatherwax): kenworthys@yahoo.co.uk
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The Treacle Mining Corporation, formerly known as Perth Drummers, meet next on Monday 4th November (possibly) at Old Shanghai, 123 James Street, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia. For details join their Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Perth.Drummers/ – or message Alexandra Ware directly at <alexandra.ware@gmail.com>
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07) AROUND THE BLOGOSPHERE
Blogger Jonathan Feinstein returns with a review of the Good Omens audiobook:
"I did enjoy Good Omens from its first publication and have read it several times now and while, yes, I can easily tell, much of the time, which parts were written by Pratchett and which were by Gaiman (I may have guessed wrong on the parts I was uncertain about), I liked the whole book, not just parts of it... It is a lot to fit in to a single volume, but Pratchett and Gaiman managed to do so masterfully, by stuffing it with both original, unusual characters and stereotypes from every day life all mixed up in a delightful satire that is best read rather than be told about. There are several British voice actors who could have read this book, but Stephen Briggs is at the top of my list. As usual, he reads the story perfectly, subtly changing his voice just enough to delineate the characters without actually “talking funny,” a problem many readers seem to have. Very few actors can do funny voices and make them work (Actually, Tom Baker may be the only one) and Mister Briggs knows enough not to try..."
https://bit.ly/33JQtCp
Blogger Professional Moron on Mort:
"It’s a good fun book and we enjoyed it a lot ages back when we read. It’s stuck with us over the years. Although we think Pratchett honed his skills to a greater degree after this (particularly for the Nome Trilogy) it’s still an amusing and fine effort. His sense of imagination, and the characterisation, are strong. Death, for example, has a weirdly comical persona and is the highlight of the book. So, if you’re still to get involved in the Discworld stuff then this is a good place to start. The author said so himself! The depiction of Death in Mort had us thinking of other times the character crops up. In the world of culture, he (as it’s usually got a male voice) turns up in many and varied shows such as Family Guy. But it’s Monty Python’s consideration from the comedy troop’s final film that sticks with us..."
https://bit.ly/2Mwz5v9
Blogger The Reading Bug's latest is a review of Maskerade:
"While Pratchett always has a serious point in the back of his mind, here the seriousness never gets in the way of the fun – for example the scene where the senior witches stay in Madame Palm’s house for ladies of negotiable affection, and manage somehow to make it even more disreputable, is glorious! Maskerade is fantastic. It features two of my favourite characters in the whole of fiction, Nanny Ogg here finally stepping out from the shadow of Esme Weatherwax with her own special brand of magic (in essence, being nice and talking to people), and of course Esme herself. The witches have been on a road trip before, (Witches Abroad) but here they can play uninhibitedly in Ankh-Morpork. Pratchett clearly had a huge amount of affection for these characters – they are immensely endearing and believable. (Re-reading what I have written there I can’t help notice the abundance of superlatives, but it’s a fair reflection of how I feel about the novel.) Nanny Ogg is a complete nihilist – her philosophy of life is summarised as 'do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible'..."
https://bit.ly/2MulEf8
Blogger JessicaBookworm's review of Reaper Man:
"As a big fan of Death, I absolutely loved the thread following him, with all its awkward amusement as he tries to fit in with the not-so-regular, regular folk. But if I am honest I wanted more time with him! Instead the other two threads probably took me away from him for up to 60% of the book. I did enjoy the undead antics of Windle Poons with his new friends, which was all good fun. However I wasn’t a huge fan of the mindboggling battle between the wizards, the drone trolleys and the living shopping mall… Especially when all I kept thinking of was: what is Death doing now?! This is the second book to follow Death – the first being Mort – while it is the eleventh instalment from the whole series, which was first published in 1991. Although this is now the twelfth book I have read from this colourful series and I am roughly reading the books I own in order, I don’t feel you necessarily have to read them in publication order, because the stories often follow various different groups of characters. As I said, in this case, this book was meant to be primarily following Death – however he does turn up in smaller cameo roles in many of the series’ instalments though – I just wish we had had more of him here..."
https://bit.ly/2MUSUeK
Blogger The Weary Bookcase gives full marks to Night Watch:
"There's so much complexity and nuance in the writing of Night Watch. Vimes trying to mentor his younger self. The challenge of wanting to make things go better while being told by the History Monks that they must go the same way – and no matter how much Vimes tries to do the right and sensible thing, he's simply unable to halt the disaster. There's also his determination to make the Watch better, and the fact that he's trying to do all these things while behind the scenes, political machinations go on which he has no control over. I always love an accidental time-travel story because it's so much fun to watch a character trying to work out what the fuck is actually going on... I also really enjoyed how serious Night Watch is. Terry Pratchett was a brilliant comic writer, but he was also fantastic at the darker stuff. The Unspeakables are truly awful, like a current of poison flowing through Ankh-Morpork, and so is the Patrician, Lord Winder, whose corruption and paranoia pervade the city. There is, of course, the escalating tension and violence in the city, which it's impossible not to get caught up in. Too many innocents die. And behind everything, there's Sam Vimes's desperation to get back to Sybil, who's right in the middle of giving birth. There's so much bad and painful stuff going on and Terry Pratchett writes it beautifully..."
https://thewearybookcase.home.blog/2019/10/03/night-watch/
Blogger Holly aka Nut Free Nerd highly recommends Good Omens:
"...recommend this book in any format because it’s witty, clever, bizarre, hilarious, thought-provoking, and downright brilliant in every way. Because my thoughts about this book are still a jumbled, excited, enthusiastic mess, here are a bunch of reasons why you should read it: Aziraphale and Crowley are described as polar opposites but over the course of the book you realize that they are actually more like one another than either would like to admit.
The banter between Aziraphale and Crowley – and between all of the characters, to be honest. Even the demons are likeable. It’s brimming with Neil Gaiman’s signature eerie, twisted charm (I’ve never read anything just by Terry Pratchett, so I can’t speak for his writing.). It’s the most hilarious book about the apocalypse you will ever read..."
https://bit.ly/2qtTCIl
Blogger Digital Ischaemia considers Brexit through the lens of a different "bloody stupid" Johnson, namely Bergholt Stuttley Johnson:
"Perhaps the Discworld’s most notable inventor is Bergholt Stuttley “Bloody Stupid” Johnson, an architect whose ability to get things wrong bordered on mythical. Although evidently able in certain fields, Johnson is notorious for his complete inability to produce anything according to specification or common sense, or (sometimes) even the laws of physics. This fact never stopped him from trying, however. Johnson was not incompetent, far from it; indeed in many ways he was a kind of genius. Pratchett suggests on numerous occasions that he possessed a kind of “inverse genius;” as far from incompetence as genius but in the opposite direction. … While π ≈ 3.142 is a fundamental constant, in the backstory to Going Postal Johnson manages to produce a wheel for which π = 3 as part of his Automatic Mail Sorter. As with a significant number of his creations, the Sorter did work, but the implied distortion of space-time created some side effects, including the Sorter’s ability to sort mail (i.e. output sorted letters) that had not been written yet or might never be written. This has dazzling ramifications for the Westminster Plan to Make Britain Best Blighter Again, a slippery beast that no one person knows in its entirety and does not exist in the conventional sense. So, if we can distort the fundamental rules of space-time, the Plan may actually work, for certain values of ‘work’, and of course with some interesting side-effects. The fact that [Johnson] continued to receive commissions after the defects in his abilities became apparent is considered to be the ultimate expression of the apparent thinking behind the Victorian follies, i.e. an indication that the person commissioning the work can afford to waste money like this. This is the first rational explanation for Brexit. Commissioning irrational, inept, inarticulate people to deliver this historic act of self-harm is the ultimate expression of British power. 'We are so {insert current promotional superlative} we can afford to squander and destroy vast swathes of our resources and opportunities.'..."
https://bit.ly/2VXoEny
Blogger rmartin49's long review of the Long Earth series:
"I think one of the biggest issues with the Long Earth series is that it’s concept over character. More often than not, the story is focused on at least one journey throughout the reaches of the Long Earth, giving us gorgeous stretches of vivid description, but not always in the most character driven way. A lot of thought is put into the mechanics and there’s the occasional Pratchett flourish to liven up a more serious Baxter-heavy passage. Maybe I’m doing Stephen a disservice but it feels like a Terry influence to have your personal world hopping device powered by a potato. That being said, this feels like a rare series in that the five books cover about five decades (give or take) and we track the progress of several central characters, human and artificial intelligence, across all that time. And the world develops along with that time, to the point of being a very different place altogether, even more stunning changes than the Industrial Revolution and similar periods of upheaval in human history. It is also a series stuffed with concepts and what different people decide to do with similar circumstances. The early pioneers set off into the long earth without looking back, setting up new settlements from scratch, others do so once technology can help facilitate and others cling onto the old ways..."
https://bit.ly/31wSArP
Another blogger called Holly, aka The Grimdragon, loved Mort:
"Although technically the fourth book in the insanely popular Discworld series, I decided to begin with Mort because it was the one that called out to me the most. After consulting with a few Pratchett devotees, I was told that Mort is a great place to start my journey with not only Discworld, but with Sir Pratchett himself. Alrighty then, perfect! It’s safe to say, I dug the hell out of this!... Death is an eccentric, sarcastic, cat-lover. He tends to be a bit somber, as one would expect in the position he is in. Yet he’s also incredibly weird & wonderful! I giggle-snorted more than a few times at his brilliant deadpan delivery. Mort was a nice change of pace. It’s delightfully witty, charming & surprisingly touching..."
https://bit.ly/33O7prE
Blogger roguewatson was slightly disappointed by The Shepherd's Crown,but only slightly:
"Although I adored the first novel in the Tiffany Aching series, the rest of the series has been very up and down. I love Pratchett’s humorous and insightful writing style, but the series is less about Tiffany dealing with fun fantastical threats (as in the first novel), and more a series of coming-of-age teenage dramas. The Shepherd’s Crown seems to even lack that, as by the fifth book Tiffany has come into her own as a witch of The Chalk. The passing of a major series character is a pivotal moment that’s done very well, but everything else falls a bit flat, including an all new side character who’s kind of pointless (yet given a lot of pages on his own), and the return of the elves which is resolved way too neatly. At under 300 pages it’s clear the book was left unfinished in many areas, and I suspect much of the novel’s praise was given due to the finality of the series and Pratchett's lifetime of amazing work. Even so, I enjoyed The Shepherd’s Crown more than the second and third novels. Pratchett still makes me grin like nobody else, and finishing this book made me sad all over again that the world lost such a treasured soul..."
https://bit.ly/2BqO1F1
Blogger thecorneroflaura loved Maskerade:
"I’m not that familiar with opera but I know enough that the author is spot on about how convoluted the plots can get and the vast majority of people know it but just roll with it without saying anything in order to look cultured. I know plenty of musicals and love the mick-takes on those titles later in the book. I’ve started calling Les Miserables by the book’s name for it now. Decidedly brilliant writing as usual that made me wish I had more time to read this book thoroughly. I’ll definitely be coming back to it to undig all the other gems I missed. It’s funny, dry and sometimes brutal but Pratchett, as usual, sneaked in some rather profound and occasionally heartwarming moments in there too to catch us all off our guard. I seriously love Greebo and he really shines in this book. He’s responsible for some of the funniest moments and lines. I think my favourite has got to be one near the beginning: 'the most vicious and cunning a pile of fur that ever had the intelligence to sit on a bird table with its mouth mouth and a piece of toast balanced on its nose'. God, I love the writing in Discworld..."
https://bit.ly/32xpOZn
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08) IMAGES OF THE MONTH
A feast of superb Good Omens fanart!
By Lauren Gail aka
airavatta: https://bit.ly/2J6svtrBy sokodraws: https://bit.ly/32w98RZ
By
sirlsplayland: https://bit.ly/31r3j6ZBy
wisesnailart: https://bit.ly/2VX60Mq...and https://bit.ly/32xmD3T
...and https://bit.ly/2OYuOlY
By
jazzymandias: https://bit.ly/2MUYGguBy
luluxa_lux: https://bit.ly/2MUQI70By isakisol: https://bit.ly/2J7WGQN
...and https://bit.ly/32z8OSs
By ohsiq: https://bit.ly/2VVqLbm
By lunchisover: https://bit.ly/2pxbdPd
By mxgicdave: https://bit.ly/2pxmmzw
By chaoslindsay: https://bit.ly/2VVIxeI
By
andrea_c_white: https://bit.ly/31tWNfOThe original link for these and less spectacular pieces can be found here:
https://bookriot.com/2019/10/11/good-omens-art/
Also, an excellent "rockstar" portrait of Crowley: https://bit.ly/31sVyh7
(originally tweeted by Red_Hatty here: https://bit.ly/32zDbbx )
...and some Good Omens cosplay...
A cornucopia of Crowleys and Aziraphales in Frankfurt, with some Horsepersons and Anathemas at centre: https://bit.ly/31zDKke
(originally tweeted by Janjan_nine here: https://bit.ly/2BpFySq )
Leave any four Good Omens cosplayers alone for long enough and they turn into a certain Queen album cover: https://bit.ly/2P60hCG
(originally tweeted by ElegantFeather here: https://bit.ly/2P6OPH0 )
...and finally a magnificent seasonal "ineffable jack-o-lantern": https://bit.ly/31yqRad
(originally tweeted by jedipirate here: https://bit.ly/35UEe8e )
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09) CLOSE
"An Angel, a Demon and a couple of babies. What could possibly go wrong?" Georgia Tennant has posted side-by-side images of her husband (Crowley) and Michael "Aziraphale" Sheen carrying their most recent family additions. Aww!
https://bit.ly/2Br6OzJ
Fourth out of fifty, and only slightly behind Rupert Giles: UU's Librarian has been ranked near the top of top 50 fictional librarians! "Special talents: Scaling high shelves, reading grimoires fatal to humans, intimidation, general orangutan-ness; also L-space travel, organ (and keyboard), organization"
https://lithub.com/50-fictional-librarians-ranked/?single=true
Finally, here be an iconograph of cosplayer LD Lapinski,as herself and as a certain Postmaster: https://bit.ly/2qoCjbC
And that's it for October. Mind how you go, and we'll see you next month!
– Annie Mac
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