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

I will be glad (or will I?) when it really is over. Talk about the Year of Hell! (Star Trek Voyager ) Today has been warm and humid, and we haven't (yet) had the predicted rain. It *always* rains on Labour Day, always has since 1980 (the last time I got sunburnt!

Justin Hayward is singing 'Forever Autumn' on our stereo, and I've just been reading fascinating stuff on the Phillip K Dick website (Exegesis.) Amazing! What to do, what to do? No doubt, he wondered that himself... I am reading the David Gemmell book, 'The Legend of Deathwalker' and the PKD book 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' - I am hooked!

I am told it's just started raining. Now *there's* a surprise! (Not) November 2nd is not far away now, in fact, it's scarily close and the effect on the whole of the world is going to be huge. I predict that we'll be waiting with bated breath for a result, and there will be considerable sickening innuendo and spitting in the air, in the immortal words of Rick Wossname in Muscle and Fitness. Now, the 'Moody Blues' are singing 'The Voice', a song which is actually very optimistic. A little known fact - Johnny Farnham released a very different song called 'The Voice' in the same year, 1986.

I'm so excited about the Brazilian Grand Prix. Juan Pablo Montoya qualified second, and with his skill he should be able to pull off a win, or at least a podium finish. Anything that sees someone other than Schumacher in 1st place is all to the good... *I* am not getting up at 05.00 to watch it live, oh no, but my son is...

That’s weird! Two or three hours ago I watched the weather forecast on CNN, and there it was said that whole New Zealand is flooded with rain! Did they make that story up?


'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' – Isn’t that the Blade Runner story? (I’m always inclined to say “Road Runner” instead of “Blade Runner” – isn’t that embarrassing?! ) Or am I on the wrong track?
I’ve never seen the movie, and I don’t want to as long as I haven’t read the book. I bet it’s great!

katkodl

No, CNN are probably not wrong! We haven't watched TV tonight, so haven't seen any news stories or listened to the radio, so it's quite likely... I can't hear rain right now, but I did when I did that journal entry - maybe 40 minutes since?
Yes, that's Blade Runner... I've seen the movie 2 and a half times, the last time being the 'Director's Cut' - it's awesome and stars my hero Rutger Hauer. I've just started the book, because Ani whose-last-name-I-can-never-spell has a thread about the works of Phillip K Dick - so I got the book from the library, in order to discuss it intelligently. As I said, it's awesome, though depressing... Well worth reading!

The movie is different from the book.

Blade runner is a great film.

The film is different from the book. And the game is way diferent to both of them.

Have you seen split second, another great film starring his name I can never spell but has style.

adib

See also the convo. on Adelaide's/ my pages for my theories on Dick.

Hey Adela!

Very different indeed, as I am finding!

Adib, there's a game? I didn't know! No, I don't know that film, I'll check it out on imdb.com...

Hi, to you too, MV.. Nice to see you!

Well I just wanted to stop by and say hi.

I like that song 'forever autumn' too, isn't that from War of the Worlds sound track?

Yep, Forever Autumn is from War of the Worlds - we have three copies, we had a condensed (?) one, then bought the full one, then got my brother's when he died...
We also have it on a Moody Blues greatest hits album which I bought myself for my birthday back in 1998! (Well, my friend in Germany sent me DM100, which in those days was the same as $100.00 NZ, so I splurged! The album was just part of it.
I hope you've had, or will soon have, good news about your Dad...

Yeah there is a game of blade runner.

Its a bit old now and only on the Pc but it is quite interesting. You get to test people to see if they are human or not, an you can tune it so it gives a false reading....

Anyway you play a cop investigating a murder I think, its been so long since I played it.

Adib

It sounds good, Muzaakboy! There are so many 1000s of games out there, and so little time...