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

Well, I've recently found out that this guy I've been talking to for a month is my brother. Small world, huh?
Of course, he'd have managed it in a world of any given size. The criminal mastermind even went so far as to have conversations with himself to keep us guessing...

Evil genius.
Do we know the people we know as well as we think we know them? No.

"Do we know the people we know as well as we think we know them? No."

But the real question is: do we want to?

No! It's scary enough inside my own head without seeing how scary it is inside other people's.

Me, I like spending time in other people's heads. It's like a holiday; often interesting and sometimes enjoyable, but you wouldn't want to live there. Plus you only get to control your own motor functions. At the end of the day, we prefer our own heads (not first thing in the morning, notice - nobody likes their head then). But imagine if I COULD control other people's motor functions...
Oh the things I could do.

Ever read 'Equal Rites'? Terry Pratchet. Borrowing an animal's mind.

It's explored further in "Carpe Jugulum" - have you read that?

No, only got as far as Mort, I think. Also have read two of the Jonny Maxwells.

I tried to read them in sequence, but got hopelessly entangled. At this stage I can only vaguely remember which ones I've read, never mind the order in which I read them.

I did read "Only You Can Save Mankind", and I think I've read "Johnny and the Dead", though I'm not sure. Have you read the Nome trilogy? They look deceptively childish, but they're absolutely brilliant.

Only You Can Save Mankind is excellent. He looses his way a little in Johnny and the Dead, but in Johnny and the Bomb he's back on track. A wonderful read.

TRiG.

They should be required reading. I've read them now. I don't think I'd heard of them when you first mentioned them here.

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TRiG.