- ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha is the official "
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy " Appreciation Society, and is named after the Galactic Sector ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha whereEarth can be found according to the book. In recent years, the appreciation society has effectively become a fan club for all things to do withDouglas Adams , and is also known by the shorter name of ZZ9 with its members being called ZZ9ers.ZZ9 was formed around November 1980. There was another fan club called Hitchhikers Anonymous around at this time, and slightly later the Marvin Depreciation Society. In Australia there was the Hitcher's Club. The 'Official' status of the society was granted when the then secretary of the society wrote to Adams in 1992 and received a positive reply, this was after the other UK fan organizations had folded.
The society produces a quarterly magazine, called "Mostly Harmless", which has been published since the society's inception, and so pre-dates the book of the same name. Issue #100 was reached in April 2006. Issues #51-#58 were edited by MJ Simpson who went on to write a biography of
Douglas Adams , andDavid Julyan edited issues #31-#34 and #38.ZZ9 was featured on a programme in the
BBC 'sBig Read series, that saw "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy " voted the fourth best loved book in Britain. ZZ9ers were invited to fill a fan table at the gala final in London.External links
* [http://www.zz9.org/ www.zz9.org]
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