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

Well, I read the books, then I read the scripts, then I listened to MP3s of the Radio version. But the whole way through, even though I hadn't heard the radio voices first, the voices in my American head were in nice friendly BBC english.

~Irving

Well, most of my voices were in English, except for Zaphod, who struck me as an arrogant American, one of our own

Yeah, I had Zaphod down as an American, too. One or two other characters were US voiced in my head, but Ford, Aurthur, Trillian, and the narration were definately from the other side of the atlantic.

Haven't read the whole thing yet guys, sorry!
Saw a posting from C38 re: Bistromatics......wanted to add a comment about SEP's. I see them all the time.
Also have taken to using the term 'total existence failure' when the day has been too long and I cease to make any sense.

Well, I do know that my homework tends to be ensrouded in an SEP feild.

~Irving

Great thread guys!

I am astounded by the amount of Douglas' sayings that make their way into my everyday life ... does anyone else find this?

~Beeblefish

See what you miss when you go away for a weekend?

Absolutely, my friend and I use h2g2isms. "Oh," I say about
some bureaucrat, "He's for the B Ark." and they all know
instantly exactly what I mean.

Lil

Irv - I could be wrong (it's been far too long sincew my last reading), but wasn't Wowbagger the "Infinitely Prolonged" dude you were asking about?

For me the books are the pinnacle - so much rich colour added to the the superb radio story. There is one phrase that will never leave me, one of the earliest written, "Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so".

Especially the wet ones

one of my favorites. And yes, Wowbagger is the one I was thinking about. I ust couldn't remember the names.

~Irving

I'm sorry - but it will always be the Radio Play for me that's the best. And I've had the play, the books, someone reading out the books, the TV show, the short story and the old Text Adventure Game. But you just cannot beat the Radio Play.
Full Stop.

Books for me... most definitely the books

Why did you all stop??
Sorry I'm late... Perhaps we could revive this thread... Or is there anything else to say?
I haven't heard the radio show... I certainly should... Someone said somewhere up there that it's in mp3 somewhere... (or did I just think I saw something like that somewhere?) Could someone tell where??

I'd heard that, but sadly I don't know where they are....
If anyone would know, Bruce would... I think...

I was just thinking about Last Chance to See the other day, and how I stood in the book store crying with laughter before I bought it. And yet it's still an angry book, with more than a tinge of misanthropy. It's not fiction like the rest of DNA's opus, which is probably why it didn't come up before. But this is the book that made me reach in my pocket for the WWF.
Lil

It's also a book I've never seen for sale in any second hand book shop, so sadly I do not have a copy yet
I want to read it, though.

I was browsing the jargon file (http://www.jargonfile.org/ ) and noticed a reference to Hitch Hikers in the further reading section and also of course the section on random numbers (http://http://www.jargonfile.org/jargon/html/entry/random-numbers.html )

I've not read last chance to see but I'm sure I'll get round to it. Wasn't it a TV or radio series DNA did with someone else highlighting a bunch of endagered species.

Yes, it was originally a radio series -- just a minute while I fetch the book -- with DNA and Mark Carwardine. So the book is subsequent to the radio series. They went from continent to continent, looking for a live specimen of an endangered species that was supposed to be native to that continent. And you can tell that stupidity just fills DNA with rage. He sustains his sense of humour -- his best defense against the commission of murder, I suspect -- all the way through, but all in all it's a rather sad book.

There is a scene in which DNA is just realizing that a goat has just been thrown to komodo dragons for his viewing pleasure, and he plays his rising horror against a clutch of American tourists who are so consumed with indifference and materialism that they spend the time discussing and comapring their cameras. You can imagine how Adams would limn such a scene. Makes a Yank want to apologize for something, anything... (disclosure: I R American).

I know U R 'Merkin. I don't hold it against you . I guess I'll have to go out and get the book.

hey everyone,
just wanted to drop in and add my two cents. the first time i read the hitchhiker series was when i was in high school. now 15 years later i'm rereading and have a whole new appreciation of douglas adam's writing style and sense of humor.

i think he's got such a firm hold on the reality of life, he just can't help but make fun of it. and isn't life just the way he describes it? what do you all think? have you experienced life the way arthur dent has? anyone got any good stories out there?

jennifer

I certainly have Jen -- certainly.

My favorites are the books -- but then I have yet to hear the series yet (though Im planning to order it fromt he DA Store in a day or so).

So Long And Thanks is my favorite book ever. Ever.

I have a question about Young Zaphod PLays it Safe -- who do people think the AI's were - - -

~Beeblefish (Off to bed Now)