H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club - Revision history

Borgesio: Wrong novel

2022-08-04T00:13:39Z

Wrong novel

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	This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel, {{~~TLF~~}}. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/Pontins variety.		This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel, {{ER}}. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/Pontins variety.

	Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.		Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.

Lias Bluestone at 06:42, 24 July 2018

2018-07-24T06:42:20Z

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. ~~A cursory search indicates~~ that ~~there~~ is ~~no author of this name~~, ~~but there is a~~ singer~~/musician~~ of the ~~same generation as Terry who fronted an~~ interestingly named band ~~called~~ {{wp\|Spooky Tooth\|Spooky Tooth}}. ~~Hmmm~~.		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. '''A Mike Harrison''' is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. While it has been suggested that this is {{wp\|Mike Harrison (musician)\|Mike Harrison}}, lead singer of the interestingly named band {{wp\|Spooky Tooth\|Spooky Tooth}}, it is overwhelmingly likely that this is the {{wp\|New Wave science fiction\|New Wave science fiction}} writer {{wp\|M. John Harrison\|M. (Michael) John Harrison}}, a near-contemporary of Pterry and a dominant figure on the scene that he is certain to have encountered.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

Old Dickens: fix link

2018-05-16T17:10:28Z

fix link

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called ~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_Tooth~~\| Spooky Tooth]. Hmmm.		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called {{wp\|Spooky Tooth\|Spooky Tooth}}. Hmmm.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv: tidying

2017-01-14T01:40:31Z

tidying

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_Tooth\| Spooky Tooth]]. Hmmm.		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_Tooth\| Spooky Tooth]. Hmmm.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv: link to band

2017-01-14T01:38:49Z

link to band

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called Spooky Tooth. Hmmm.		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spooky_Tooth\| Spooky Tooth]]. Hmmm.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv: one of those mninor little one-letter corectinos that mkae all the differnece

2017-01-14T01:36:50Z

one of those mninor little one-letter corectinos that mkae all the differnece

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an ~~interstingly~~ named band called Spooky Tooth. Hmmm.		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interestingly named band called Spooky Tooth. Hmmm.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv: adding

2017-01-11T02:01:43Z

adding

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

	Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}		Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}. A Mike Harrison is also namechecked in this dedication alongside Gentle and Gaiman. A cursory search indicates that there is no author of this name, but there is a singer/musician of the same generation as Terry who fronted an interstingly named band called Spooky Tooth. Hmmm.

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv at 01:54, 11 January 2017

2017-01-11T01:54:55Z

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	A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.		A third Happy Camper is fantasy/SF writer Kim Newman (also refer to Reading Suggestions) whose take on the Dracula mythos involves Drac doing some inventive thinking on what might happen if a ruling monarch invites a vampire into her home - and by extension Kingdom and Empire.

			Members of the Club are also namechecked in the [[Dedications\|Dedication]] to {{G!G!}}

	[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]		[[Category:People\|H.P. Lovecraft Holiday Fun Club]]

AgProv: slight expansion - my naming the book where the dedication appears would be helpful

2017-01-10T18:02:35Z

slight expansion - my naming the book where the dedication appears would be helpful

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	This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/Pontins variety.		This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel, {{TLF}}. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/Pontins variety.

	Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.		Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.

AgProv: one of those minor one letter corectinos that make all the difference....

2015-04-26T22:27:33Z

one of those minor one letter corectinos that make all the difference....

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	This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/~~PPontins~~ variety.		This was the rather enigmatic subject of the dedication of an earlier [[Discworld]] novel. Research has discovered that this is Pterry's reference to a group of what were then new wave British fantasy and sci-fi authors who seemed to attend just about every conference and fan-meet in the late 1980s and early 1990s. These included gothic conventions at Whitby - in fiction, the point where Dracula made his landfall in England. These were generally hosted at a nearby holiday camp of the Butlins/Pontins variety.

	Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.		Members of the happy campers included [[Neil Gaiman]] and Mary Gentle (see [[Reading suggestions#Mary Gentle\|Reading suggestions]]). Of course, the association between Terry and Neil eventually created {{GO}}.