Discworld
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[edit] Introduction
Terry Pratchett informed fen of his policy regarding fan fiction based on his universe. He announced this on January 23, 1999. He said:
- "I don't actually object to fan fiction, which by its very nature uses copyrighted and trademarked material, provided that it's put somewhere where I don't trip over it (so not to a.f.p. or a.b.p, please) isn't done for money, and isn't passed off as 'official' in any way. I can't really object to people writing their own DW scenarios, etc, for other gamers -- the problems would only begin if they got too proprietorial about them. Everything works if people are sensible."
[edit] Terminology
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan fiction community.
[edit] 1948
- On April 28, 1948, Terry Pratchett was born. [1]
[edit] 1983
- In 1983, The Colour of Magic was published.
[edit] 1986
- In 1986, The Light Fantastic was published.
[edit] 1987
- In 1987, Equal Rites was published.
- In 1987, Mort was published.
[edit] 1989
- In 1989, Sourcery was published.
- In 1989, Wyrd Sisters was published.
- In 1989, Pyramids was published.
- In 1989, Guards! Guards! was published.
[edit] 1990
- In 1990, Eric was published.
- In 1990, Moving Pictures was published.
[edit] 1991
- In 1991, MUD Discworld opened. [2]
- In 1991, Reaper Man was published.
- In 1991, Witches Abroad was published.
[edit] 1992 to 1999
- From 1992 to 1999, Terry Pratchett was a regular on the Usenet group alt.fan.pratchett. [3]
[edit] 1992
- In 1992, Small Gods was published.
- In 1992, Lords and Ladies was published.
[edit] 1993
- In 1993, Men at Arms was published.
[edit] 1994
- In 1994, Soul Music was published.
- In 1994, Interesting Times was published.
- In 1994, Maskerade was published.
[edit] 1996
- In 1996, Feet of Clay was published.
- In 1996, Hogfather was published.
[edit] 1997
[edit] 1998
- In 1998, The Last Continent was published.
- In 1998, Carpe Jugulum was published.
[edit] 1999
- By 1999, the users on alt.fan.pratchett had radically changed from 1992. Only two posters from that era were still active at this time. [4]
- On April 17, 1999, the Discworld mailing list thewatchhousestoryclub was created. [5]
- On October 20, 1999, the Discworld mailing list thenewdiscworldstory was created. [6]
- In 1999, Nanny Ogg's Cookbook was published.
- In 1999, The Fifth Elephant was published.
[edit] 2000
- On October 29, 2000, the Discworld mailing list newcitywatch was created. [7]
- On December 17, 2000, the LiveJournal community discworld was created. [8]
- In 2000, The Truth was published.
[edit] 2001
- In 2001, Thief of Time was published.
- In 2001, The Last Hero was published.
- In 2001, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents was published.
[edit] 2002
- Discworld Convention 2002 was held from August 16 to August 19, 2002. [9]
- In 2002, Night Watch was published.
[edit] 2003
- In 2003, The Wee Free Men was published.
- In 2003, Monstrous Regiment was published.
- On June 6, 2003, the Discworld LiveJournal community discworld100 was created. [10]
[edit] 2004
- In 2004, A Hat Full of Sky was published.
- In 2004, Going Postal was published.
- On October 10, 2004, the Terry Pratchett LiveJournal community lancre was created. [11]
[edit] 2005
- In 2005, Thud! was published.
- In 2005, Where's My Cow? was published.
- On September 19, 2005, the Discworld LiveJournal community discworld_smut was created. [12]
[edit] 2006
- In 2006, Wintersmith was published.
[edit] 2007
- On June 24, 2007, amazon_syren made the following characterization regarding the ratio of gen to het to slash in the Discworld fandom:
Well... my leetle, tiny fandom (Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment) consists *almost* exclusively of femslash[1]/shipping-of-a-specific-pairing. There's a little bit of het (and the few diehards in that camp very, very kindly put up with the rest of us and our little obsession), and a few other w/w pairings, and maybe... one(?) instance of boyslash (so far), but mostly it's, well, pretty damn specific. - TTFN, - Amazon. :-) [1] Note: I'm using the term 'femslash' the way the femslash100 comm uses the term. As in it refers to women being in (or wanting to be in, or having been in) romantic and/or sexual relationships together. I'm not sure if this is the common definition or not, so I figured I'd make a not of it, just in case. :-)[13]
- In December 2007, it came out that "Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with a rare form of early onset Alzheimer's" [14][15][16]
[edit] Conventions
- The Discworld Convention - held every two years (apart from 2000) since 1996.
- Nullus Anxietas – the Australian Discworld Convention. Carlton Crest Hotel & Conference Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 11 Feb. 2007.
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Influential Stories
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[edit] Fandom Members
[edit] Fandom Size
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[edit] External Links
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[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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