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Hitchhikers' Guide Books

tkingdoll said:
Without being mean, you gotta have some kind of giant ego to assume you are smarter than a) Douglas Adams and b) the publishers and promoters of one of the biggest-selling series of comedy/fantasy books of all time.

The 'trilogy in five parts' is a joke in the exact same spirit as the books. Why anyone would think that a writer as accomplished, as genius, as Douglas Adams wouldn't know what the word 'trilogy' means is beyond me.
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Did you read the commentary piece? It does not attribute the use of the word “trilogy” to the book author or any other party. When I read the piece, I connected the use of “trilogy” to the writer of the piece, identified as “David”. I thought this “David” had misused the word. Now tkingdoll has leapt to an erroneous assumption just as I did. Please join me for a beer in the Damaged Ego pub.
 
Yes, read them... but be prepared to hate the ending. Any sensible person hates the ending. As D.A. intended.
 
Lothian said:
And listen to the Radio series, get the T shirt, Name your first born Ford and buy a house from Hotblack Desiato.
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Don't forget the TV series from the early '80s. That's how I first became aware of Douglas Adams. Then I got into the books. Did anyone notice the original Marvin in the movie?

Steve S.
 
Phrenolo said:
Did you read the commentary piece? It does not attribute the use of the word “trilogy” to the book author or any other party. When I read the piece, I connected the use of “trilogy” to the writer of the piece, identified as “David”. I thought this “David” had misused the word. Now tkingdoll has leapt to an erroneous assumption just as I did. Please join me for a beer in the Damaged Ego pub.
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Perhaps you should have supplied that information in your OP? There are lots of people here who don't read the commentary.

In fact, I suspect that's the majority of people. So I leap to no erroneous assumption as you didn't identify where you got your information from.
 
This post is in the section titled "Latest Commentary Issues". My post started with a quote from the latest commentary.
 
Phrenolo said:
This post is in the section titled "Latest Commentary Issues". My post started with a quote from the latest commentary.
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Meet you in the pub? :D

PS: by way of explanation, I use the 'new posts' button so never notice which section a post is in. Perhaps I will next time :P
 
Correction to the above. The series is not fiction, it is a historical series, true in every respect. At least it is consistent though out the books, which is more than what I can say for books that pass for fact, ie The Bible.
 
I would've posted again sooner, but I was busy feeding an alleged 'cheese sandwich' to the dog, who then promptly ignored a passing microscopic space fleet.

I also seem to have disintegrated my common sense node again.

Anyone for a cup of no tea?
 
Wowbagger said:
Then, several decades later, he wrote a fifth, because he felt the need to end the series in a manner that would make it impossible to write any more of them!
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Are you sure about that?
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I shall not return to post to this thread for Seven and a half...
 
Zax63 said:
But can any of you PROVE that there was a Big Bang Burger Bar? It's just a THEORY.
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That's easy! But just try and convince people you have evidence of the Gnab Gib, and they look at you like you just asked for a lightly grilled weasel on a bun, with french fires!
 
rjh01 said:
Correction to the above. The series is not fiction, it is a historical series, true in every respect. At least it is consistent though out the books, which is more than what I can say for books that pass for fact, ie The Bible.
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AND it is inconsistent with the Radio version and the TV version.

I think the TV version worked because of the slightly naff special effects.

Another hit series for BBC radio 4 (try "I'm sorry I havent a clue" on their listen again service).
 
Note to thread readers - the fact that Jimbob and I are posting sequentially is not some sort of performance art stunt based on Slartibartfast's chastizement that, "that will be all," by the mice. :D

UnrepentantSinner said:
Are you sure about that?
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I shall not return to post to this thread for Seven and a half...
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...Thousand seconds!

(Well, without someone tossing in the "so not until next week then" joke, it wasn't as good.)

jimbob said:
I think the TV version worked because of the slightly naff special effects.
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The television series was superior to all other versions, save the book... and that's up to the individual reader/viewer because it could have imagry like the animation - deliciously cheesy as it was - as well as the text over the course of 8 hours. That's where the movie failed.
 
Yes, the movie was vaguely disappointing... and I haven't ever even seen the BBC production or heard the radio versions! My only exposure was to the books, prior to the movie, and though I was excited to see it all on the big screen, I found it lacking, heavily.

Still, it did have some quality moments. The beach on the Vogon homeworld, for example. Very funny!
 
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