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

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Emmily

Hi Emmily,
Thank you for your message, this whole experience has been rather overwhelming. Even having read all 5 books in the Hitchhiker's trilolgy and both Dirk Gently books, (I'm currently reading The Salmon of Doubt and Last Chance to See, my local library doesn't have either of the Liff books ) this is all a bit much for the newcomer. I'm not sure what GuideML is yet, and the whole task of contributing to the guide seems a lot more daunting now than it did when I first began this endeavor. It's nice to have a friendly port in the storm to turn to.

Geoff The Unbeliever

P.S. sorry for the rambling nature of this letter, but when I start typing I sometimes have trouble sorting out all my thoughts into comprehensible sentences.