*F* Lancaster Meet Report
C Speed
Well, I didn't post one last night, but I bet I'm one of the first up this
morning anyway *&)
In the year of our lord nineteen ninety six, on the sixth day of the blustery
month of November, the noble ppint did invite us all to partake of both his
magnificant premises and the rather good curry house around the corner. And
thus we did.
The Manchester Computing contingent set off in good time at three hours past
midday for the hours drive to Lancaster and by the hour of the signing(5pm)
had almost arrived. Well, at least driven past the shop several times. Said
contingent are now very familiar with the A6 one way system. And parts that
branch off to Morecome. And all the car parks in Lancaster. And the bit on
the Mancunian way where you have to head *left* not right to get on the M61.
There were fair _hundreds_ of people at the signing. An impressive quantity
in a petite establishment such as ppint's. And lo, the copies of Hogfather
didst run out and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. And when
Feet of Clay followed quickly behind there was even gnashing and wailing of
teeth. And many Maskerade paperbacks were sold.
AFP huddled cosily in the back room, shuffling from side to side as reaching
new stock necessitated, until the crowds had abated and the real fun could
begin. At this point certain members of AFP produced carrier bags full of
(largely new) books and made pTerry get his pen out again. And lo, there was
nearly irony. The Bellman of Ankh also produced a book and proclaimed its
owner to be the truly awesome Michelene and asked afp to scribble on it. No
one could spell her name.
Eventually the eating establishment formerly known as a Methodist Church was
reached and the group was seated. A roll call was initiated by a bemused
staff member who wondered who all the strange looking people at the other end
of the table were and it went something like[1]:
Claire
<mumble mumble> "I used to come here when this was a Methodist Hall"
Iris (his wife) "I did too"
Vicky (not really an afper as _such_)
Raven
Someone
Someone else
Martin O'nions
Another someone
The Bellman of Ankh
Tim Shuttleworth
Some bloke called Terry
A lady with blonde hair who "just happened to be in the shop"
David Taylor (memorable because he wouldn't stand up *&)
JJ
ppint
Some other people including the bemused staff member
A man and his son
Because of the large numbers involved, conversation tended to split into
three groups so yhn can only report on what happened in the middle section
between herself, Tim, Iris & husband, pTerry, the man and his son and the
lady with blonde hair.
Discussion topics included: future books, DiscCon96, DiscCon98,
AFPMegaMeet97, Cats (real furry ones), Richard O'Brien films, "The Return of
Captain Invincible", Wing Commander 4, litter Trays and animal torture
devices, Arabs, bits of cats and the benefits of being an office slave.
The food was very good, particularly the red mushroom thingy, and everyone
ate their fill. The decision concerning desert and coffee was admirably
organised by the facist-dictator staff member who was about to leave. The
threat of her abscence caused apathy to take root hold and in the end, no one
bothered. Various members of the party departed for long drives home (or
badly needed sleep on the part of knackered authors) including yhn so what it
was that went on in that building with the strange spirits someone else will
have to relate.
The Manchester Computing Contingent had a relatively uneventful, if a trifle
damp, journey home and only managed to miss Junction 20 on the M6
_completely_ despite looking for it. Consequently completing the event in
much the same way it began.
Quotes and Notes for the event were, in the abscence of any psions, kept on
Tim's calculator watch and were as follows:
SHELL OIL
SHELL OIL
Later in the evening I retrieved my Casio from the car. Opening it this
morning I found a single message stored there:
SHELL OIL.
I do, however, recall the one stunning quote (and the aftermath) of the
evening:
Staff Member to small back room after counting heads:
"Is there anyone behind you?" (to Martin)
There were two of us and much hilarity ensued.
(much later)
Martin (to yhn): "Hey, I just realised. This means I'm officially bigger
than your ego!"
Amusing, but while Martin is _big_, he is not quite *that* big. *&)
Claire
[1] I wasn't sure at the time and in the cold harsh light of day I remember
even less.
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raven
> Claire
> <mumble mumble> "I used to come here when this was a Methodist Hall"
> Iris (his wife) "I did too"
> Vicky (not really an afper as _such_)
> Raven
^^^^^
> Someone
> Someone else
> Martin O'nions
> Another someone
> The Bellman of Ankh
> Tim Shuttleworth
> Some bloke called Terry
> A lady with blonde hair who "just happened to be in the shop"
> David Taylor (memorable because he wouldn't stand up *&)
> JJ
> ppint
^^^^^
> A man and his son
>
Please note that the _Two_ seperate entities, known individually
as Ppint and as Raven, were in attendance, thereby (Hopefully)
quashing the alleged rumours that we are facets of the same
afpersonage. She is Ppint, I am Raven.... now we`ve got that sorted!
After recovering from much panic/hassle/lack of Hogfathers etc.
and finally met/put faces to afpersonages, (Hi Claire, Bellman,
others whose name I now can't remember (O yes and that Terry
fellow!)), finally had an enjoyable time.
(NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
next March?)
--
" Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." "
- edgar allen poe
Martin O'Nions
> Well, I didn't post one last night, but I bet I'm one of the first up this
> morning anyway *&)
>
I was *awake* at 8:45 this morning, but that's about as far as it went...
> And the bit on the Mancunian way where you have to head *left* not right
> to get on the M61.
>
!?
You may have had fewer problems joining the M61 from the M62 - at least
I'm hedgehogged if I can can think of a direct link between the 61 and
Mancunian way. More specifically, I'd have killed for same a few years
ago when I worked in Manchester.
> AFP huddled cosily in the back room, shuffling from side to side as reaching
> new stock necessitated, until the crowds had abated and the real fun could
> begin.
It may be worth pointing out that just to complicate matters, the exit
for all the normal book-buying populace was though the same small back
room. I'm not sure whether we were taken as being Terry's minders or
just some sort of street theatre...
> At this point certain members of AFP produced carrier bags full of
> (largely new) books and made pTerry get his pen out again. And lo, there was
> nearly irony.
He settled in the end for quiet desperation.
[The Meal]
> Because of the large numbers involved, conversation tended to split into
> three groups so yhn can only report on what happened in the middle section
> between herself, Tim, Iris & husband, pTerry, the man and his son and the
> lady with blonde hair.
>
You had Terry. We had Kev, apparently something to do with the British
Science Fiction Association and on first name terms with every major
author known to man. It was unclear whether he was impressed by Terry
telling him he was looking older, although he drew the comment to our
attention fairly regularly.
> Various members of the party departed for long drives home (or
> badly needed sleep on the part of knackered authors) including yhn so what it
> was that went on in that building with the strange spirits someone else will
> have to relate.
>
Spirits were sampled, unrepealed laws discussed and collections of
Gross and Wilson cartoons viewed with amusement. It will come as no
supprise that ppint was thoroughly hospitable throughout and I will
take this opportunity to thank that individual once more on behalf
of all those of us who freeloaded.
> I do, however, recall the one stunning quote (and the aftermath) of the
> evening:
>
> Staff Member to small back room after counting heads:
> "Is there anyone behind you?" (to Martin)
>
> There were two of us and much hilarity ensued.
>
At *least* two of you :) This may have helped to account for the fact
that at any given moment during the meal we were at least one plate or
set of cutlery short somewhere along the table (ISTR that Terry was
plateless at one point, but since he was a fair way down the table
I can't be sure. What the heck, at least I've relieved myself of the
stigma of being the only sysadmin in existance not to have had dinner
with Terry).
> (much later)
> Martin (to yhn): "Hey, I just realised. This means I'm officially bigger
> than your ego!"
>
> Amusing, but while Martin is _big_, he is not quite *that* big. *&)
>
Isn't she sweet? (stercus, stercus, stercus, moriturus sum)
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______________________________________________________________________________
Down the drinking-well / Which the plumber built her
Aunt Eliza fell... / ...We must buy a filter
(Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes
Paul Mc Auley
ra...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk (raven) wrote:
[meet stuff]
| Please note that the _Two_ seperate entities, known individually
| as Ppint and as Raven, were in attendance, thereby (Hopefully)
| quashing the alleged rumours that we are facets of the same
| afpersonage. She is Ppint, I am Raven.... now we`ve got that sorted!
We're two of a kind!
Whoops, sorry, I don't know what came over me. Anyway do people think that
Raven is another face of ppint? I always was able to recognise the
difference by the presence of caps....
Paul.
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--- These are only my opinions, (maybe).
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ppint.
- hi. i've a couple of identifications to add to the signing session/
afp(and others)meetreport so afpbly afprovided by she of the ultimate
velocipede, per...@mcc.ac.uk "C Speed",
in afparticle, <55s7ec$h...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>:
>Well, I didn't post one last night, but I bet I'm one of the first up this
>morning anyway *&)
- we did discuss reporting from the meet itself - but martin thought
you might well have afposted immediately, upon your return - and i
later thought that might be considered taking unfair advantage of the
coincidence of the normal location of i-m-t with that of the final
phase of the meet...
>
>In the year of our lord nineteen ninety six, on the sixth day of the blustery
>month of November, the noble ppint did invite us all to partake of both his
- <g>
>magnificant premises and the rather good curry house around the corner.
- sultan's ("su^l- tahn's") - yes, they are good; they were also very
happy to set up the family restaurant in the old church - in which,
being (ex-)consecrated ground, alcohol may not be served - as they are
practising muslims (that _may_ be an oxymoron, depending on whether
you are a sincere muslim, or a cynical post-modern westerner)...
> And thus we did.
>
>The Manchester Computing contingent set off in good time at three hours past
>midday for the hours drive to Lancaster and by the hour of the signing(5pm)
>had almost arrived. Well, at least driven past the shop several times. Said
>contingent are now very familiar with the A6 one way system.
- fulle and _entyrely_ accurate directions were e-available to any
who requested them...
> And parts that branch off to Morecome.
- in fact spelled "morecambe", but that is as accurate a representat-
ion as i've seen...
> And all the car parks in Lancaster.
- a concise description of where and how to park most conveniently
for i.m.t. was part of the fulle and entirely accurate directions
e-available...
> And the bit on the Mancunian way where you have to head *left* not right to
>get on the M61.
- "left." "_left_" "no, the *_other_* left !!!" [i]
>
>There were fair _hundreds_ of people at the signing. An impressive quantity
>in a petite establishment such as ppint's. And lo, the copies of Hogfather
>didst run out and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. And when
>Feet of Clay followed quickly behind there was even gnashing and wailing of
>teeth.
- the story of how and why is a sad tale - details of which were
provided in the last session of the afpmeet on the night...
...briefly, cassell plc, who own gollancz, the publishers of
the hardcover discworld novels, would not supply me with copies of
the books on sale-or-return terms - or upon any terms at all - so
i obtained my copies from my main u.k. books wholesaler, gardners
books ltd. of eastbourne (plug, plug - they are an excellent company),
who could not, or would not, offer me the right to return more than
50% of my order - so i had to under-order, or risk being stuck with
five hundred pounds worth (or more) of unsellable, unsigned books...
...so i added the number of copies pre-ordered to the number of
copies i estimated *_could_* be sold in two hours - and got it wrong.
(- gardners did offer to accept 100% of unsold copies back, for a
larger order, if i were to guarentee that all would be signed by
pterry... ...but i said that i could not do that to pterry...)
- terry didn't stop signing, save to sniff suspiciously at a clean
glass of cold sparkling grape and peach juice i proffered, and to
make sarky comments about me to friends and helpers i introduced,
till about a quarter to eight (i think)... we'll sort out getting
all the mail-order, e-mail-order and telephone orders to you asap
after the end of the tour on the 23/11/96 (11/23/96), in time for
xma^H^H^H hogswatch night (except surface-mail overseas orders, for
forn parts whose last posting for that date dates have already passed).
> And many Maskerade paperbacks were sold.
- one hundred and two on the night - see above comment wrt orders
for signed copies, though i did get the figure for Maskerade p/bs
right...
>
>AFP huddled cosily in the back room, shuffling from side to side as reaching
>new stock necessitated, until the crowds had abated and the real fun could
>begin. At this point certain members of AFP produced carrier bags full of
>(largely new) books and made pTerry get his pen out again. And lo, there was
>nearly irony. The Bellman of Ankh also produced a book and proclaimed its
>owner to be the truly awesome Michelene and asked afp to scribble on it. No
>one could spell her name.
- "m-i-c-h-e-l-e-n-a" <g>
>
>Eventually the eating establishment formerly known as a Methodist Church was
>reached and the group was seated. A roll call was initiated by a bemused
>staff member who wondered who all the strange looking people at the other end
>of the table were and it went something like[1]:
>
> Claire
> <mumble mumble> "I used to come here when this was a Methodist Hall"
> Iris (his wife) "I did too"
- ches & iris are h.m.bears - who made the cuddly hedge-hogs-that-can-
never-be-buggered-at-alls that you may have seen at the dwc, or with
rocky. they are in the eighteen or so best collectors' teddy-bear makers
in the world. (and yes, they do mail-order, though they're not on the
net, or e-mail, or afp - yet...) ches did about thirty per cent of the
work of getting i.m.t.'s back room clear for the signing...
> Vicky (not really an afper as _such_)
- "vicki", iirc; and no - not *yet*...
> Raven
> Someone
- kev from milnthorpe was one of these three someones - but it was
the further of the two ends of the table from me...
> Someone else
> Martin O'nions
> Another someone
> The Bellman of Ankh
> Tim Shuttleworth
> Some bloke called Terry
> A lady with blonde hair who "just happened to be in the shop"
- probably rachel, who's a wonder - she did most of the telling me
what to do next, in getting the shop ready for the signing (i can't
cope mentally with multiple interdependant variables, not since i was
a vegetable...) and about forty per cent of the work of getting it so.
- she also took over ordering the meal and as a result of this, the
twenty-one of us quickly had a free-for-all over an excellent choice
of starters, and then dishes appropriate for the vegetarians, general
omnivores and the committed carnivore amongst our throng.
> David Taylor (memorable because he wouldn't stand up *&)
> JJ
> ppint
> Some other people
- martyn c, perchance ?
> including the bemused staff member
> A man and his son
- dave & roland le good/@minuet...
>
>Because of the large numbers involved, conversation tended to split into
>three groups so yhn can only report on what happened in the middle section
>between herself, Tim, Iris & husband, pTerry, the man and his son and the
>lady with blonde hair.
>
>Discussion topics included: future books, DiscCon96, DiscCon98,
>AFPMegaMeet97, Cats (real furry ones), Richard O'Brien films, "The Return of
>Captain Invincible", Wing Commander 4, litter Trays and animal torture
>devices, Arabs, bits of cats and the benefits of being an office slave.
>
>The food was very good, particularly the red mushroom thingy, and everyone
>ate their fill. The decision concerning desert and coffee was admirably
>organised by the facist-dictator staff member who was about to leave. The
>threat of her abscence caused apathy to take root hold and in the end, no one
>bothered. Various members of the party departed for long drives home (or
>badly needed sleep on the part of knackered authors) including yhn so what it
>was that went on in that building with the strange spirits someone else will
>have to relate.
- terry, who was not in perfect health, had to decline the chance of
moving with the afpmeet to its next phase (IV ?), and whilst i con-
ducted the floating afpmeet back down to the shop, once it reappeared
(no, the floating afpmeet), rachel drove pterry back to the hotel by
the motorway, his publishers having determined that was the best
place for a pterry to stay the night (and pterry having expressed
the opinion that it would have been rude to rachel, to accept her
standing offer to visiting pterrys, go straight to bed, get up in
the morning, eat breakfast and leave straightway for sheffield...
(i believe that rachel would not hace seen it so, pterry... please
consider giving her the option again, next time you're in lancaster ?)
- at least one person remained standing, and at least one person
remained sober, throughout this last session - though not necessarily
one and the same person - and coffee, orange juice, milk, white grape
& peach drink, various squashes and cordials, perry, rough cider, as
well as a range of spirits were available - though no-one evinced an
interest in the perry, or the coffee...
>
>The Manchester Computing Contingent had a relatively uneventful, if a trifle
>damp, journey home and only managed to miss Junction 20 on the M6
>_completely_ despite looking for it. Consequently completing the event in
>much the same way it began.
>
>Quotes and Notes for the event were, in the abscence of any psions, kept on
>Tim's calculator watch and were as follows:
>
> SHELL OIL
> SHELL OIL
>
>Later in the evening I retrieved my Casio from the car. Opening it this
>morning I found a single message stored there:
>
> SHELL OIL.
>
>I do, however, recall the one stunning quote (and the aftermath) of the
>evening:
>
>Staff Member
(- _rachel_ -)
> to small back room after counting heads:
>
> "Is there anyone behind you?" (to Martin)
>
> There were two of us and much hilarity ensued.
>
>(much later)
>Martin (to yhn): "Hey, I just realised. This means I'm officially bigger
> than your ego!"
>
>Amusing, but while Martin is _big_, he is not quite *that* big. *&)
- another quote; rachel, from the last-minute panicpreparations:
"if i run into terry pratchett's head again,
it's going to fall off !"
>
>[1] I wasn't sure at the time and in the cold harsh light of day I remember
> even less.
>
>(Claire)
>
- i'm glad you enjoyed it, claire; maybe i'll get to meet you
properly[ii], some time...?
- love, ppint.
[i] - my apologies, vicki
[ii] - <si<g>h>: yes, or *im*properly...<g>...
--
"the life of a vegetable is of absolutely no interest whatsoever -
including to the vegetable in question. i speak from experience."
- ppint. at interstellar master traders
lancaster's sf, fantasy & horror role-playing game and book shop
"Never Play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn"
- andrew bell, the bookworm, morecambe, c.1974
Martyn Clapham
In article <55s7ec$h...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>, C Speed <per...@mcc.ac.uk>
writes
>Well, I didn't post one last night, but I bet I'm one of the first up this
>morning anyway *&)
>
>month of November, the noble ppint did invite us all to partake of both his
>thus we did.
>
[ much snippage of Claires report ]
>
>Claire
>
>[1] I wasn't sure at the time and in the cold harsh light of day I remember
> even less.
>
Now that the first report has made it past Demons 24 hour news
backlog(!), I will add my account of the doings at our end of the table.
I was sat with ppint, 'the bemused staff member' ( I think ) and several
other newbies/lurkers[2].
The following occurred but probably not in this order.
ppint explained to us newbies the experiments carried out with mixtures
of food from various groups.
Psions were mentioned and three of us said we had no such item, this was
however spoiled by one person admitting he was saving up for one.
The 'bemused staff member'(?) revealed that they had no intention of
ever going on the net which was thought very strange by the afpers.
A discussion about types of coffee on the discworld led to yours truly
realising he had missed something in MAA, and comments about how little
it was mentioned in the books.
Yours truly was accused of being a member of the cabal _again_.
One thing from the shop was Vicky forbidding mention of chocolate just
before someone came in with a bar of it.
I think that is all, anyone else remember more.
MartynC
[2] Sorry, but peoples names have escaped me.
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Darrell Ottery
In article <847391...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, raven <raven@i-m-
t.demon.co.uk> writes
>
> (NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
> other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
> next March?)
AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
of another three or four as well.
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Martyn Clapham
In article <847458...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, the one and only ppint
<pp...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk> doth scribe in its own unique fashion
> - hi. i've a couple of identifications to add to the signing session/
> afp(and others)meetreport so afpbly afprovided by she of the ultimate
> velocipede, per...@mcc.ac.uk "C Speed",
> in afparticle, <55s7ec$h...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>:
>
Claire> Vicky (not really an afper as _such_)
ppint> - "vicki", iirc; and no - not *yet*...
Many apologies, but in my earlier posts I too spelt it with a 'y'. :-(
Given my feelings when my name is spelt with an 'i'[1] I hate to get
this sort of thing wrong.
[ more snippage ]
Claire> David Taylor (memorable because he wouldn't stand up *&)
>> JJ
>> ppint
>> Some other people
>
ppint> - martyn c, perchance ?
>
I think so and given my position at the table 'some other people'
includes 2 others beside myself. One of them I think was Charles.
[ and more snippage ]
> - terry, who was not in perfect health, had to decline the chance of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I hope that was merely because he had a long day, and nothing more
serious!
[ rest snipped ]
BTW on entry to imt I noticed a rack containing D&D books, the second
one down on the left contained the word 'murk' in the title, and I was
going to make some reference to MurkyB, but I can't remember the full
title. :-(
MartynC
[1] Because I was trying not to hold up the queue and as it's the first
time I've met him I forgot to tell Pterry the spelling before he signed,
but then anything an author writes in one of his books is _always_ right
so from now on I had better start using the 'i' spelling. :-)
Peter Bleackley
In court, (Martin O'Nions) writes:
|> >
|> Spirits were sampled, unrepealed laws discussed and collections of
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Send them to me for my carrier bag!
--
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Daleks! Repent of your evil ways, and live in peace as plumbers!
X-Ray Astronomy Group University of Leicester
p...@star.le.ac.uk ~ Website coming soon
raven
>> Vicky (not really an afper as _such_)
>
> - "vicki", iirc; and no - not *yet*...
>
No, ydrc; it was "Vickie"
^
Darrell, look forward to meeting you (and the Hampster) at
the Adelphi!
TTFN,
Colette Reap
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>In article <847391...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, raven <raven@i-m-
>t.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>> (NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
>> other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
>> next March?)
>
>AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
>of another three or four as well.
>
Does that number include The Bellinghman and I, for we certainly plan
to be there...
Colette
--
The Goddess You Can Worship Between Services Without Ruining Your Appetite
Mark Lowes
In article <Nuq+WNAy...@toreador.demon.co.uk>,
Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
[...]
> > other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
> > next March?)
> AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
> of another three or four as well.
I think Rob was muttering something about going (assuming money etc etc...)
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Owen S. Dunn
Colette Reap <god...@lspace.org> wrote:
>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>In article <847391...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, raven <raven@i-m-
>>t.demon.co.uk> writes
>>> (NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
>>> next March?)
>>
>>AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
>>of another three or four as well.
>>
>to be there...
<aol>Me too</aol>, providing I have enough of the marvellous money
monster.
(S)
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/ <ow...@greenend.org.uk>
`Close your eyes and I'll kiss you / In the morning I'll be gone'
Richard Kettlewell
>>> (NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
>>> other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
>>> next March?)
>>
>>AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
>>of another three or four as well.
>
>Does that number include The Bellinghman and I, for we certainly plan
>to be there...
I'll probably be along too. Must check whether I've actually joined
or not...
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Richard Kettlewell http://www.elmail.co.uk/staff/richard/
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Michelena Riosa
On 14 Nov 1996 11:47:10 -0000, osd...@tacitus.greenend.org.uk (Owen
S. Dunn) wrote:
>Colette Reap <god...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>Darrell Ottery <Dar...@lspace.org> wrote:
>>>In article <847391...@i-m-t.demon.co.uk>, raven <raven@i-m-
>>>t.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>> (NB: to self, must make sure - get to more afpmeets..... any
>>>> other afpites planing to get to Eastercon, @ Adelphi, Liverpool,
>>>> next March?)
>>>
>>>AFAIK, yes - certainly the Hamster and I are going. I can probably think
>>>of another three or four as well.
>>>
>>Does that number include The Bellinghman and I, for we certainly plan
>>to be there...
>
><aol>Me too</aol>, providing I have enough of the marvellous money
>monster.
Ummmm, given that someone was kind enough to offer "crash space"...
Maebe...*shudder*
It's march, isn't it?
Michelena the terrified
The Bellman of Ankh
C Speed <per...@mcc.ac.uk> wrote in article <55s7ec$h...@yama.mcc.ac.uk>...
[snip]
> There were fair _hundreds_ of people at the signing. An impressive
quantity
> in a petite establishment such as ppint's.
Whilst standing in the wind and rain for the best part of an hour we saw
LOADS of people go into the shop and hardly anyone come back out again.
Many references were made to l-space.
[snip]
> AFP huddled cosily in the back room, shuffling from side to side
and I didn't get to meet a non-member of the non-existent cabal who din't
tell me that I couldn't not invite myself along to the afpmeet
BTW Claire, when I said "Haven't I seen you somewhere before" it _really_
wasn't a line. I came home and saw a picture of some American friends on
top of the fridge and you are the dead spit of Janna. Tim however is the
dead spit of a gelfling (sorry Tim) as well as my ex-landlady's weird
oriental philosophy student son.
> nearly irony. The Bellman of Ankh also produced a book and proclaimed
its
> owner to be the truly awesome Michelene and asked afp to scribble on it.
No
> one could spell her name.
IIRC Pterry asked and I got it worng, but remembered it correctly for
Michelena's other book. A large number of afpers were asked to sign
Michelena's books and some few were prevailed upon.
> A roll call was initiated by a bemused staff member who wondered
[snip]
> The Bellman of Ankh
THE BELLMAN OF ANKH would be a more accurate representation of the
volume used.
> Because of the large numbers involved, conversation tended to split into
> three groups so yhn can only report on what happened in the middle
section
> between herself, Tim, Iris & husband, pTerry, the man and his son and the
> lady with blonde hair.
<sniff> I was there, honest I was, I sat next to Tim.
> discussion topics included:
I believe the animal torture devices were actually invisible fences
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