Best Hitchhiker Book
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Topic: Best Hitchhiker Book
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Subject: Best Hitchhiker Book
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 23:18
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I LOVE all of Douglas's work, but the Hitchhiker series is his crowning glory. It is very hard for me to choose between the first three books, (I feel that the series started to lose ground with So Long, but books 4 and 5 were great too!) but I would have to pick the first. There are so many great moments in that one, the Babel Fish, the whale, Slartibartfast, the destructrion of Earth a few minutes after the destruction of Arthur's house... too many to mention! So, what's your opinion? ------------- 
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Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 13:45
Is there anybody out there...  -------------
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Posted By: Jimbo
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 14:05
Hmm really hard to say.. I love the book as a whole, I'm not sure which part is my favorite. Well, probably the first one 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 14:05
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I'd have to read them all again to decide really! BTW do you kniow that 2 more series have been done for radio covering all the books? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 00:56
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Yes, Snow Dog, I did hear about that! Have you read the scripts to the first two seasons? In case you haven't, the first one is very similar to the first two books, but the second goes off on a tangant, and is just as brilliant as anything else Douglas has ever written! I wonder how they are going to get the beginning of the third book to fit on to the end of the second series? It wouldn't really work. Maybe they won't even try. -------------
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 12:57
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I never read the last two, but of the ones i did read, i would have to choose the first. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 13:13
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I've got all the episodes on my hard drive from the BBC website! Trouble is each episode is only available for one week, if I find them all available again I'll PM you! Heres an episode guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/newseries.shtml - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/newseries.shtml ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Syntharachnid wrote:Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 18:25
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Thanks, Snow Dog! I'll look at that episode guide whenever I get a chance! -------------
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 20:16
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The first is definately the best! But I also like So Long And Thanks For All The Fish. |
Along with Restaurant and Life...Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 23:54
| The First three are brilliant and Id be hard pressed to choose... Ill go with restaurant though. |
Posted By: Rapataz
Date Posted: July 03 2005 at 15:26
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Der Elektrische Mönch!!!!!! -(I dont know how it is called in english) Douglas Adams was the new Messias and died much too early And I Am His Biggest Fan In Germany
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 06:02
| I actually think that Restaurant is the best. It contains the most hilarious humor IMO , for example the worlds loudest rock band! Absolutely mind-blowingly delightful stuff. |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 22:52
Looks like it translates to "The Electric Monk" whom is mentioned in "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency", so this might be the book you are talking about. It isn't a Hitchhiker book though. -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 23:56
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Did you read his "The Meaning of Liff", co-written with some David Lloyd, if I remember right? -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 19 2005 at 23:58
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Just looked it up, it was John Lloyd. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 00:02
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"Der Elektrische Mönch" was the German title of the first of his two "Dirk Gently" books and had the original title "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". The 2nd of this series was "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: July 20 2005 at 15:19
| Restraunt at the end of the universe....funny stuff. There all good though. |