slarty wrote:
> You weren't the only one who was shocked. It took me a while
> to get over that one! A real shame and right in the middle of
> preparations for doing the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
> Movie. From what I understand the project is now on the shelf.
I didn't know about this, but an absolutely wonderful multi-part
version of HGTTG was produced in the UK, by the BBC I think.
The Sci-fi channel has run it in the past. Maybe available on video.
I was thinking more about the meaning of life, too. If I remember
right, the computer Deep Thought was programmed to come
up with the meaning of 'life, the universe, and everything', and
after many eons of calculation came up with "42". So they asked,
well, what does that mean? and the earth was then created as
an organic computer to come up with the answer, but, unfortunately,
the earth was destroyed to make way for an intergalactic bypass
right before the answer was to be revealed.
..don't it always seem to go?
RR, who actually owned a Ford Prefect and still suspects that
mice are protuberences into our world of multi-dimensional beings.
> hell wrote:
>
> >
> > Yes, Douglas Adams is correct. I was shocked to hear of his death - I was
> > really hoping to see a few more books from him. For the record, there are 5
> > books in the "Hitchhiker" series, the fifth one (Mostly Harmless)
> > sub-titled: "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitch
> > Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy".
> >
> > If you liked this series, you should also check out "Dirk Gently's Holistic
> > Detective Agency" and "The Long, Dark Tea-time Of The Soul". Hilarious.
> >
> > I absolutely love his humour - he was incredibly witty. As well as the
> > lines already quoted on-list, here are a couple of my favourites (both from
> > "So long, and thanks for all the fish"):
> >
> > "You're not a friend of my brother's, are you?" "No." Her voice was the
> > only part of her that didn't say "Good".
> >
> > ...also a bathroom which, Fenchurch explained, you could actually swing a
> > cat in. "But," she added, "only if it was a reasonably patient cat and
> > didn't mind a few nasty cracks about the head."
> >
> > Hell
