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'''Golem Spotter Weekly''' is a magazine mentioned in passing in {{UA}}. Presumably geeks | '''Golem Spotter Weekly''' is a magazine mentioned in passing in {{UA}}. Presumably geeks had, without the lure of trains (or at least until the [[Undertaking]] or the advent of {{RS}}), found a way to make a hobby out of seeing every [[Golems|golem]] in [[Ankh-Morpork]] whether ''in situ'' or just in the streets. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 10 March 2016
Golem Spotter Weekly is a magazine mentioned in passing in Unseen Academicals. Presumably geeks had, without the lure of trains (or at least until the Undertaking or the advent of Raising Steam), found a way to make a hobby out of seeing every golem in Ankh-Morpork whether in situ or just in the streets.
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The original hobby for geeks (in England at least), trainspotting has become entirely pejorative. To be called a trainspotter is to have anal retentiveness to the nth degree ascribed to one. Presumably golem spotters have something of the nerdy about them. Perhaps like pin collectors...