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

*ferociously puffs on moustasche*

Young blighters of today! Can't stand them, I can't. Just back from an uninvited stay at Blandings, and the rummy place was bursting with jaw-hanging young twits in spats. I told Emsworth to rid himself of this plague, but he just gazed dimly at me like a stuffed frog and said "Oh...ah..." and walked away to see that overinflated pig of his.

regards
Alaric

Alacric my dear fellow Peer of the realm, what a perfect pleasure to meet You here.
In fact, he who writes here is no other than Your recent host, Clarence Earl of Elmsworth, currently trading under the name of Wooster.
Gally adviceded me to use this alias. You know how difficult Connie can be sometimes. Gally adviceded against telling her I´ve joined the H2G2 club, so please don´t mention You´ve met me here.

I finally managed to fire Baxter against Connies explicit wishes. Knowing her You´ll understand that my life is difficult enough as it is. If she were to find out that I´m having fun here she would do something hideous again like inviting Sir Gregory Parsloe to diner.
You know he is a constant danger to the Empress and should be kept as far away from the premises as possible.


I think some of the club members here at H2G2 have never heard of Douglas Adams before and think DNA has something to do with genectics. To meet someone with Your refined literary taste and knowledge of the classic literary masters like Adams and P.G. Wodehouse is a great pleasure.

I recently read "Hot Water" by P.G.Wodehouse. I believe it hasn´t been in print for many years and has now been reprinted. Typical Wodehouse and extremly funny.

Do tell me if You can recommend any other books to someone who has read about all of his better known books.

It´s is a great loss that there will never be another book by DNA. Keep on with Your good work in the DNA project You write about. His books were not just funny but showed great insight in the peculiar conditions that apply to humans living in this particular universe.

Well, I won´t get philosophical here and now.

Do You know what DNA thougt about Terry Pratchett? I quite like his work.

Bye for now

Yours truly

Clarence (alias: Bertie Wooster)

P.S.: Don´t forget You must not tell Connie You met me here!

Pah! Connie's potty. Everybody's potty these days, except for myself and a few others. And what the devil are you doing, following any sort of advice from Threepwood? Get you into all sorts of mindless trouble, that will. And I heard you managed to rid your society of that ghastly individual Baxter. Got a job as personal secretary with some blasted american millionaire, I've heard. Godd riddance to him, I say. :-

I always recommend "Luck of the Bodkins" when someboy asks me for opinions on what to read. It was written in 1934 and shows P.G performing at his best. It was also follow-upped in 1973, with "Girls, Pearls and Monty Bodkin". You will, when reading Luck of the Bodkins", be introduced to one of my favourite Wodehouse characters as well; Albert Peasemarch. Lovely figure it is.

Did you know that Douglas wrote the introduction to "Sunset at Blandings", the novel Wodehouse was working on when he dided on Valentine's day in 1975? Douglas was a great admirer of Wodehouse, but he started reading P.G vary late; while writing "Restaurant at the end of the universe". He told me once that he was also very fond of the Golf-novels, and I asked him if he played the game himself. He said that a friend once took him out for a round and the inevitable happended; the friends game was crap, while Douglas, as beginners will, managed quite well. His friend pretty much re-evoluted down to neanderthal, and was really upset. Douglas said he would probably pick the game up when the memories of that hideous day had subsided, round about his retirement or something.

I seem to recall Douglas being asked about terry pratchett once, and if memory serves me, it was not his favourite stuff. I got the impression that Douglas and Pratchett knew each other and weren't exactly best pals... Don't know what it was about, though. Douglas used to stick to Wodehouse, Ruth Rendell and Kurt Vonnegut and tons of science mags he subscribed to, I've been informed.

Best,
Alaric