Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread Kevin M.
I try to not buy used copies of books that are new (or even older books still in print) if I can avoid it. I prefer for my money to go to the content creators as much as possible. I’m about 1/4 of the way through the book so far. The content is quite enjoyable: short essays, sketches,

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Not for too much off, but used copies are already on AbeBooks (link) B Kevin M, to Jim Ellwanger and Adam Bowie, Oct 21st: Well thanks to all who contributed. I’m enjoying it. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread Kevin M.
Well thanks to all who contributed. I’m enjoying it. On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 1:53 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > There's another familiar name on Page 307. > > > On Oct 21, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > > It was funded via crowdfunding, and I was fortunate enough to get along to > a launch

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread Jim Ellwanger
There's another familiar name on Page 307. > On Oct 21, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > > It was funded via crowdfunding, and I was fortunate enough to get along to a > launch event at the British Library a few weeks ago. It is indeed a lovely > book, with lots of previously

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread Adam Bowie
It was funded via crowdfunding, and I was fortunate enough to get along to a launch event at the British Library a few weeks ago. It is indeed a lovely book, with lots of previously unpublished writing. And a familiar name can be found on page 304 amidst the thousands of funders who paid for

[TV orNotTV] OT: There’s a new Douglas Adams book

2023-10-21 Thread Kevin M.
Some of his friends combed through boxes of unpublished writings from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy author and compiled them into a yearbook-sized tome, one copy of which just arrived on my doorstep this morning. I was looking forward to settling down to read it while enjoying a pumpkin