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

We are honoured that wildlife artist Willem shares his Colours of Wildlife with us in <./>thepost</.> each week. Colours of Wildlife is now available in Book form!

42 Entries have been specially selected by Willem to showcase the variety of creatures that we share our planet with, and the images have been enhanced for printing.

You can preview the book on Lulu and buy it at a discount compared to the Amazon price.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/willem-van-der-merwe/colours-of-wildlife/paperback/product-24029708.html

You can buy the hardback special edition that is exclusive to Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/shop/willem-van-der-merwe/colours-of-wildlife/hardcover/product-24081014.html

You can buy the paperback via Barnes and Noble Online and collect it from one of their stores
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/colours-of-wildlife-willem-van-der-merwe/1131211039?ean=9780244448462#

Or you can buy it from Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colours-Wildlife-Willem-van-Merwe/dp/0244448469/

It makes a great gift for yourself or anyone interested in wildlife or ecology

I won a copy of this in the fiendishly difficult quiz set by Robbie Stamp at the Birthday Celebrations in London!

Thanks, Willem, they're amazing pictures.

Congratulations, Gnomon! I wasn't able to stay for the Quiz, but I saw the questions - fiendish indeed! Hopefully the 8 I helped with weren't quite so fiendish!

I have a copy of the hardback special edition and one of the paperbacks - amazing pictures indeed. The enhanced images are so vivid you could almost touch the fur or feathers...

Any chance of seeing the quiz here on h2g2?

Maybe somebody could post it in the post? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would love to see it

Good idea, Pierce. I'll see if somebody can send it to me.

Dmitri

I took a photo and posted it on Twitter from the meet, if you want I can forward that.

I've added @h2g2_post_team on the tweet.

Thanks! The Quiz has been converted to GuideML so it will be appearing on site soon

Now, back to the topic of Books, don't forget that our anthology Twice-42 is also on sale, currently exclusive to Lulu:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/h2g2/twice-42/paperback/product-23941360.html

An ideal Mother's Day or Birthday Present - something for everyone in there!

You will have to ask Robbie for the Answers, I can't remember...

Shouldn't the answers all be 42?

42! No I can only count to 10, 11 if I look down well! 10.3 in reality

PS: Willem's hardback copy in transitI await the postie knocking at the door

42 is still my default answer.

At last Saturday's get-together, someone passed a copy of Willem's book around. It looked spectacular. I'm juggling rather a lot of things right now, but when things settle down for me, I'll see about ordering one.

(I certainly would never win a copy of it if I had to take a quiz. I remember the quiz at our get-together in 2011. My team did not do very well. )