Hi Folks, Glenn,
I wrote:
> Obviously Glenn is not familiar with Douglas Adams' four book trilogy
> starting with "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
> It is brilliant.
Glenn wrote:
> I've heard of it. (have not read it)
Then you have missed a very large part of your education. :)
Where do you think Michael got "Don't Panic" from ?
Where did the term "Babelfish" come from ?
Why is the answer 42 ?
Why is it an insult to be called a Vogon ?
How did Slartibartfast get an award for fiords ?
> Not to be picky... but how can one have a "four book trilogy". ;-)
Read, and you will understand.
You won't be sorry. Honest !
Bernie wrote:
>Actually it's a five book trilogy. The last one is called "Mostly
>Harmless (Hitchhiker's Trilogy, No 5)". I think the reason for the
>naming is that it started out as a trilogy that expanded.
I didn't know about the fifth ! Oh, wonderful ! Now I know what
my wife can get me for my birthday. :)
Mike Millen wrote:
> As a aid to understanding the confusion I might point out that THHGTTG
> was first written as a Radio Play for the BBC.
> The books, TV series, LPs and T-shirts of the same thing all came later,
> when it became obvious there was a market.
Market ? It is a cult !
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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