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Now we all know the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy was done and dusted with Mostly Harmless. No one told Eoin Colfer apparently:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17 ... ers_novel/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17 ... ers_novel/
I am a mortal god.
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I like Colfer's writing a lot - his Artemis books are clever and fun - but I think it's a bad idea. I don't know why Colfer has agreed to do it, frankly, unless he wants to prevent someone else from making a hash of it.
Edited to add: a link to a more detailed story:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifes ... 74791.html
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Edited to add: a link to a more detailed story:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifes ... 74791.html
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Re: on new HITCHHIKER'S books
The moment you pull the trigger.Sole Man wrote:*point gun to head*
When will it ever end?
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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I would agree with that statementHunchback Jack wrote:Actually, IMHO, a better choice of author would have been Stephen Fry, as he knew Douglas personally, and has the same knack of finding the absurd in the things we all take for granted.
He's also a dab hand at writing fiction, although not SF. Nevertheless.
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I've only listened to the first two radio series (which IIRC actually came first) so far.. and I thought it were brilliant and very funny
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