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

I like the pic - go with it

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whereon = whereupon?

Agreed

That's a new word for me: claustrophile, enjoying confined spaces.

A379424 - is that too much of a stretch to link to on the word "pseudonym"? (I know how you feel about tenuous links...)

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Did you write that bit? I just wonder because Shagbark called my constellation entries "Eurocentric" and it sounded like an insult. Is it an Americanism?

Hmmm, marginal, but if you must, link away.

HEADER Some Irrational Quirks
Asimov's fear of flying has already been mentioned. This meant his book tours and other obligations had to be met through train or car travel, but in his later life he enjoyed a number of intercontinental sea cruises with his second wife. He was also a claustrophile, enjoying confined spaces and liked to work in windowless rooms.

There's repetition there from earlier, so I'll remove that last sentence after "intercontinental sea cruises with his second wife." with your permission (or I'll remove it from earlier)


I don't consider fear of flying is an irrational quirk. It's a well-known phobia, and something my son-in-law suffers from, he has never flown but he's going to next week when they jet off to New York. He's dreading it.

Hehit's not in the text twice, I read it earlier and thought it was

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should that be:
Barbara Walters: What would you do if you found you had only six months to live?

or to whom is she referring?

Good spot: he >> you

and I stuck that little nugget inside the blockquote tag for emphasis.

All the book titles should be in italics now but if I missed any (except the references to 'series' which stay in inverted commas) let me know.

That's me doneand I feel like I've earned a treat

Now I'm confused about titles. When my 'Days of Future Passed' entry was in PR, I had to change all the song titles from italics to quotes.

Wass ga'n on then?

Well, song titles (single tracks off albums as well) go in single quotes.
Album titles and just about everything else, books, magazine names, go in italics tags. One exception is titles of individual episodes in part of a series, like:

'The one where Ross kisses Rachel' from the series Friends

Also when referencing a series where there's several different titles, like The 'Foundation' series that should be in single quotes, and thereafter should just be normal type.


When I saw the original in PR, I but didn't dare tell you and hoped no-one else would

Not the oridinary day I was expecting

May I return this or are you still reading through my tweaks?

Press button (but don't tell Lil)

FP author - and what a super BLOB

And you only sent it back 2 days ago

The turnover is PDQ these days, I subbed the other one too, and I can hardly tweak the navigation banners for at the image of Harry Potter waggling about on stage...well done Deke

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Hmmm the sort of artwork that gives me nightmares

always good to see the finished product on the FP