h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Word is that the Stainless one is to brought to the big screen.

After being on the tables for 16 years, it's finally been picked up by 20th C Fox and director Jan De Bont. De Bont sees the character as a space-age James Bond (though the The Saint would be closer) and believes the film has the potential to be a major franchise.

Thanks for the info about the movie; I hadn't heard about that!

Well, I must admit to being a little cautious. You know what it's like when a favourite book that you've enjoyed for years is turned into a movie. Will the character look like the way I imagined him? How will they handle the first person narrative?

But I think De Bont's style would suit the film. It'd be nice to introduce a new generation of people to the Rat books!

Hey, nice article, gonna recomend it in this weeks post...are all these books still in print, I'm sorely tempted to hunt them down.

Thanks!

I think most of them are still available. They sort of come and go.

However, I always see copies of Rat books available in 2nd hand book stalls.

And even our Central Library has some. Amazing!

Sorry for being a bit slow on the uptake...

Good article especially since i was unaware of the last 3 books. Hopefully they have made it down here, i will have to start looking immediately

I know what you mean about the movie version though. For example i remember reading the Memoirs of an Invisible Man years ago and being very excited when i heard it was going to be a film, only to find out they had cast Chevy Chase as the main character. I didn't even bother seeing the film in the end although i heard it was pretty ordinary (to say the least)