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anyone here fans of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? 42 |
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I am not a fan, but I know of it. |
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I'm a big fan, although the 5th book of the trilogy was a total disaster ... I still have my pair of peril sensitive sunglasses from the old computer game... |
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yes Whale, the 5th book was.... strange. so melancholy, and then he killed them all. i have the mp3s of the radio play too (used to have the tapes but someone borrowed them and died in a terrible ferret-related accident) |
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i used to have a pair of shoes which i scrawled DONT PANIC across oddly enough i was wearing them on september 11th |
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and it's an anagram of DOC 'N' PAINT |
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I am a fan of its quotes, I can't remember reading it. (Lost in the haze of the 5th grade, I guess) I spent a lot of time in high school writing 42 under math questions I ran out of time to answer on tests. There was a history teacher who'd actually give you credit for that once a year. |
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I heard about that "42" bit inderectly from another source (a book about chaos I reckon) They realized that while the answer was clear and precise, the question was not |
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my favorite in the series is the restaurant at the end of the universe. it falls apart once you hit mostly harmless, which was obviously written to cash in. anyone here read Dirk Gently books? |
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If it was written to cash in, it wouldn't have been in the vein it was... It was written shortly before he died, and unless God has changed his policies, cash is useless in heaven |
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ummm. mostly harmless was written in 1992. he died in 2000. eight years. you do the math. |
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uh, it was written at least 5 years before he died... i'm not sure when it was written but i remember reading it well before i heard he was dead.... long before |
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see? |
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anyway it wasn't his decision to write. his publishing house knew they would make money and literally forced him to write the thing. |
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Ah.. Dirk Gently's hollistic detective agency. Adams was an excellent writer. Anybody read his book with Mark Carwadine, Last Chance to See? Great read, even if you're not an enviromental nutter. |
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maybe i'm stupid... but what came first... the first book or the radio show, then later there was a TV show |
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radio show came first, then books and tv and Last Chance to See is my personal favorite of all of his books. |
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The first book was easily the best IMO... although the third book I think had the funniest passages, if I remember that's the one where Arthur Dent learns to fly... I laughed solidly for about 5 pages :oD |
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in the fourth book dent flies and has sex on the wing of an airplane. the second was by far the best though. |
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i just borrowed this book (the first 4 parts) from a friend and look forward to reading it. I just finished fight club which was most excellent and i'm also looking for the 2nd book in the 'his dark materials' trilogy. Great reading recommendations on this messageboard! |
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i am a fan. |
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so did Douglas adams write the original radio show by himself? or did he just condense it all into book form from a group effort? |
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Oh well, I take it back then |
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every version in every media (book, tv, radio) is a different version of just about the same story. very confusing. I love HG2G.. I have the tapes - been listening to them today actually.. I love the part with Arthur flying too - wasn't it because he was falling and saw the bag he had lost years before at Heathrow airport lying on the ground..? I love the first page of the last book too.. with the people who design starships that run on bad news, which meant they weren't welcome anywhere in the universe.. HA HA HA HA! |
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"in large friendly letters on the cover" |
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