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*** Welcome to the Annotated Pratchett File!
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 --- What's all this, then?

'This' is the 9th edition of the Annotated Pratchett File (or APF
for short).

Discussions in the Usenet newsgroups alt.fan.pratchett and
alt.books.pratchett have made it clear that sometimes people are
not getting all of the jokes and references in Terry Pratchett's
work. If you have never read Tolkien, you won't know when he is
parodying Tolkien. If you are American, you might not understand
some of the typically British references. And so on.

This document is an ongoing attempt to annotate and explain some
of these references, so that we can all enjoy Terry's books even
more than we already do.

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The file README.FILES explains what each file in this directory
is. Please read it before you start ftp'ing everything in sight!

Oh, and before you start thinking about printing the APF (in
itself highly recommended, especially if you use the PostScript
version), be aware that it's *quite* large, so make sure you can
spare the resources.

If there are any questions, problems, or comments, please contact
Leo Breebaart at leo@lspace.org.