Reading Books

Has anybody ever read a Douglas Adams book? Just curios because hes a great writer, very clever and i like the way he puts hes storys together. Also the film The Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy was written by him.

i dont have a dream "I HAVE A SCHEME"

I've read the entire Hitch Hikers Guide series as well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective agency. When his latest (unfinished) book was released, I bought that too. What he had finished was really good. I'm part way through the other Dirk Gently book "The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul".

The HHGttG movie was mediocre. It didn't do the novels justice.

I'm sure a lot of other people here have read HHGttG.

How strange, im reading the same book myself at the moment, i especially like the part about the seven memory registers but im only a little way through... am i right in thinking that the long dark tea time of the soul is part 2 too the holistic detective agencys. I never thought the film did the book justice neither, but everyone builds there own picture of the story while thier reading it i suppose, have you read So long and thanks for all the fish? thats next on my list, Ive always liked the thought of creating a film based on one of hes books myself.

i dont have a dream "I HAVE A SCHEME"

... am i right in thinking that the long dark tea time of the soul is part 2 too the holistic detective agencys.

on one hand: yes, it is.
but on the other: no, because it's IMHO much better than the book before :)

it's still one of the books i choose if i want to have my stomach aching of laughing :D (beside 'Guards! Guards!', 'Mort' and 'Alles Sense' (dont know the english title) of T.P.)

have you read So long and thanks for all the fish?

at least, i DO have.

and the after-coming book, i've got (and read, of course) too ;)
i'm the proud owner of the first german release, hardcover edition ;)

cu, w0lf.

Metal has no laws. Metal is the law.

'Alles Sense'

The Discworld story where Death is forced to retire and nobody is doing his job anymore?

I've got MrCrash's copy of this book lying around somewhere... guess I should start reading it sometime before he wants the book back. :-) Well let's see if I can find the time!

Did you perchance read the other Discworld stories, with the tourist (Zweiblum) and the creative magus? They're pretty entertaining, too :-)

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

I've got MrCrash's copy of this book lying around somewhere... guess I should start reading it sometime before he wants the book back.

You better would!
There's already the next Discworld book waiting for you ("The Fifth Elefant"... :)

That makes me a sa-a-a-a-a-ad Panda...

There's already the next Discworld book waiting for you ("The Fifth Elefant"... :)

How many of these books are there anyway??

"*sigh* Some men are really hard to manipulate!" - Orchid

Did you perchance read the other Discworld stories, with the tourist (Zweiblum) and the creative magus?

of course!
i'm being proud to tell you: _I_ own them ALL! ;)
- any story written by/with/together with Terry Pratchett i DO own

including the german translation of 'Nanny Ogg's Cookbook', 'Streets of Ankh-Morpork' and the 'Discworld Guide' ;)

cu, w0lf.

Metal has no laws. Metal is the law.

_I_ own them ALL!

Hats off! :)

If you also own "And The Ass Saw The Angel" by Nick Cave I'm gonna bow before your prowess... ;)

That makes me a sa-a-a-a-a-ad Panda...

It's almost a crime to ask! Every self respecting geek should have read all five parts of the Hitchhiker 'trilogy'.

I picked up The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul some years ago. It's almost funnier than any Hitchhiker novel he wrote. Just check out the first 8 sample pages to get yourself hooked.

I'd like to get my hands on Last chance to see, documentary about endangered animals he did for the BBC before he died.

I found Starship Titanic pretty mediocre, but it was probably intended for a younger audience. He lost a lot of his wit in his last years. Especially the last Hitchhiker movie was so dark and almost... sad. All that adds to the tragedy of his early death.

Douglas, in case they have Internet connection in heaven and you're reading this, we all always you!

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

This post was edited by Jaz on Apr 22, 2003.

Have they really made a film of Hitchhiker's yet? I know that it has been in the pipeline for ages but maybe we're a bit slow when it comes to news and movies in Britian!

I heard that he sold the rights to Disney but that stuff got halted when he passed away?

I saw the movie literally years ago. I think I heard something about that Disney thing too though. They might be making another.

They've not made a film yet, but one is in the pipe-line, there was a Bbc series made (that has been released in the UK edited together on 2 videos) back in 1981. That might have been released as a film but it was six 30 minute episodes.

Disney isn't making the film now below is an excerpt from an email I received:

It's been a very quiet time for announcements, but finally, there's some very good news for fans of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: the Hitchhiker¹s movie finally has a green light. The Directing and Producing team of Hammer and Tongs (aka Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith), based in the UK are at the helm and long term supporters Spyglass Entertainment in LA are the Producers. By a strange twist of fate Nick and Garth are based just ten minutes walk from Douglas¹ house in Islington, London, so in some ways Hitchhiker¹s is coming home. Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, James and the Giant Peach) has written the new screenplay, which was very much based on the final draft that Douglas wrote. Karey has also had access to new material and ideas that are in the archive from Douglas's computers that was created following his death.

Wich film is this?
There has not been a h2g2 film made. There is 1 in the pipeline but there has only been the tv series. Maybe thats what u saw...

Have they really made a film of Hitchhiker's yet?

There is a really, really bad film adaption out there which is probably responsible for putting off millions of latent Hitchhiker fans from reading that brillant book.

This just happened yesterday:

• Me: You haven't read the Hitchhiker? Are you kidding me? You're studying computer science dude, you're on your way to become a real geek and you're telling me you've never read the greatest book to ever see the sun?

• Him: Well... I saw the movie some years ago. It was so bad I had to switch it off halfway through.

• Me: Argh!

I cannot remember how often I have experienced this exact conversation in my life.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion

I've never actually met anyone else who has seen the movie. I remember it being pretty bad, but I want to see it again anyways.

Sure, we read the Hitch Hiker's Guide of the Galaxy in school. Absolutely great! Adams was a brilliant writer. His humour is almost unbeatable :)

"Sie wollen nichts anderes. Sie wollen kämpfen! Sie sind Soldaten! Fucking Wahnsinnige!" - Noel G.

His humour is almost unbeatable :)

Well, there's still Terry Pratchett... ;)

And yes, I did read the complete Hitchhicker's Guide trilogy (in german and english) and both Dirk Gently books... But I didn't like the latter quite as much as the Guide.

That makes me a sa-a-a-a-a-ad Panda...

Well, there's still Terry Pratchett... ;)

like i said before - there's also this guy called T.P. ;)
nothing more to add :)

Metal has no laws. Metal is the law.

I got two other referals (sp?) to Douglas Adams, so I decided to read one of his books. However, I don't know which one to start with, so I was wondering if I could have a few suggestions. Also, isn't Douglas Adams the guy who also wrote a comic strip?

It is better to be pissed off than pissed on.

However, I don't know which one to start with, so I was wondering if I could have a few suggestions.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy of course.

Also, isn't Douglas Adams the guy who also wrote a comic strip?

That is Scott Adams.

'Yeah, That's what Jesus would do. Jesus would bomb Afghanistan. Yeah.' - snowlion