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

Hello everyone ,

I just wanted to type that I loved the movies "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy" (just saw "About a Boy" last night), and I loved the book "About a Boy". Nick Hornby is awesome!! Was I the only one who thought Hugh Grant played the role of Will superbly? Although I've liked Hugh Grant in some other movies ("Notting Hill", for instance), I really liked this different role for him--who'd have though Hugh Grant could have played a cad so convincingly? He was hysterically funny!!

Is anyone else a fan of Nick Hornby? I would assume the person who wrote this entry (great job, by the way ) is a fan, but I hope this will be the start of a "Nick Hornby and his books/films" forum. I laughed at loud at "About a Boy" last night, and I was much happier that, unlike the film "High Fidelity" (which I did enjoy), this story was created in London, England, and it stayed in London, England. Best of all, I saw and recognized some areas of London that I had seen of my two previous trips there, and now I'm hyped more than ever to intern there this spring (I start in January). If you want to know more about that, just go to my personal page! Have a great day, everyone!


Marian

Yep, big fan of Nick Hornby

(I wrote the entry)

I haven't finished reading About a Boy yet, I'm trying to before I see the film, and thus explaining why the entry isn't completed yet.

High Fidelity is one of my favourite films...and I relate with Rob a lot (despite being a girl) I think the move to Chicago (I think it was), although a shame as it would have been set equally well in Islington London worked well. I like John Cusake was the perfect actor for the part.

Fever Pitch I loved the film and then found the book disappointing as they were completely different.

And How to Be Good is looming over the edge of my book shelf screaming to be read.

Must get the All Angels book.

THanks for telling me what you thought of my entry, I shall be finishing it and hopefully submitting it at some point over the next few weeks...if I can get the film and get through the books ASAP

i read about a boy in school and they sucked all the life out of it... and it was still good. and then i saw the film, and youre right, i think hugh grant was made for the part. I read high fidelity, and its quite good, and i am going to read fever pitch. sorry for butting in :-p

Cool

I didn't enjoy Fever Pitch as much as the others

which is your favourite

High Fidelity

i tried to like it, and i did, but i'm not very good at reading books in an unusual format, and the start of this was like that, to me. but i persevered, and liked it nonetheless

yeah took me a couple of attempts to get into but when I did I couldn't put it down

i tyhink my favourite was about a boy, but i have to say, in the film they cocked it up completely by changing the ending. but hugh grant was made for the part of will. have i already said that?

I didn't read to the end, well not yet, I hadn't realised they changed the ending to it.

the book ending has a lot more to do with ellie and is so much better than the film ending.

ahh okay

i hate it when a conversstion reaches its natural end like that. it means re-starting it is so hard... are there anyother books aopart from fever pitch , hi fidelity and about a boy? there probably is and im being thick. i apologise

sorry I wasn't being very communicative in general yesterday.

Yeah apart from About a Boy, Fever Pitch and High Fidelity there's How to be Good, 31 Songs and a couple of short story books which he's contributed to or edited

thats great thanx! ill keep an eye out for those, im always on the lookout for something new to read, coz at the mo im constantky reading rowling and pratchett.

I'm not a big reader but currently I've got about three or four books on the go just cause I can't stay fixed on one very long

well, i am always reading, i hardly stop. im obsessed, but its a good obsession

I'm mildly dyslexic, takes me forever to get through books the first time

I'm mildly dyslexic, takes me forever to get through books the first time

im dyspraxic, but my trouble is more with writing, i have learned to read very fast over the years.