[thechat] fantasy authors (was RE: Cadfael)
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Tue Jan 3 18:43:57 CST 2006
On 3 Jan 2006, at 22:17, Luther, Ron wrote:
>>> He's certainly very *literate*
>
> Agreed! Anyone naming a primary character "Rincewind" certainly
> must be more than passingly acquainted with Brecht!
No, don't get that one, sorry...
The authorised origin is:
> The story behind Rincewind's name goes back to 1924, when J. B.
> Morton took over authorship of the column 'By The Way' in the Daily
> Express, a London newspaper.
>
> He inherited the pseudonym 'Beachcomber' from his predecessors on
> the job (the column had existed since 1917), but he was to make
> that name forever his own by virtue of his astonishing output and
> success: Morton wrote the column for over 50 years, six times a
> week, until 1965 when the column became a weekly feature, and
> continued to the last column in November 1975.
>
> Beachcomber/Morton used an eccentric cast of regular characters in
> his sketches, which frequently caricatured self-important and
> highbrow public figures. One continual theme was the silliness of
> the law courts, featuring amongst others Mr Justice Cocklecarrot
> and the twelve Red-Bearded Dwarves. In one sketch, the names of
> those dwarfs were given as Sophus Barkayo-Tong, Amaninter Axling,
> Farjole Merrybody, Guttergorm Guttergormpton, Badly Oronparser,
> Cleveland Zackhouse, Molonay Tubilderborst, Edeledel Edel, Scorpion
> de Rooftrouser, Listenis Youghaupt, Frums Gillygottle, and, wait
> for it: Churm Rincewind. Terry says:
>
> "I read of lot of Beachcomber in second-hand collections when I was
> around 13. Dave Langford pointed out the origin of Rincewind a few
> years ago, and I went back through all the books and found the name
> and thought, oh, blast, that's where it came from. And then I
> thought, what the hell, anyway."
http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/apf/the-colour-of-magic.html
Cheers
Martin
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