ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
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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 where Earth can be found according to the book. In recent years, the appreciation society has effectively become a fan club for all things to do with Douglas 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. At one time the magazine was edited by MJ Simpson who went on to write a biography of Douglas Adams, and before MJ, David Julyan had a spell as editor.
ZZ9 was featured on a programme in the BBC's Big Read series, that saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy voted the fourth best loved book in Britain. A table of ZZ9ers were invited to attend the gala final in London.
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