Did you know another Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book is coming?

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I just found out. Didn't the
earth get totally destroyed for a second time at the end?
Kinda hard to come back from that a second time don't you think? Anyway it's called "and another thing."
Maybe it picks up the moment after the world was destroyed. Arthur was arguing with his daughter. So maybe that's what he was about to say.
It's being written by the guy who wrote the Artemis Fowl books. I've never read those but i heard they were good. I'm not the type of fan that's going to say that the book is going to suck just because Douglas Adams is dead. I'm hoping it will be good and that the trilogy continues.
 
I don't know if I should be excited or terrified. Both I guess, but I like Eoin Colfer and HGttG so I'd give it a read. The Artemis Fowl series was great
 
I really should read that final book one of these days, bot into it a bit then just totally got bored with it.
 
It's been so long i only remember what happens in the first one because of the movie.
 
How strange. I'm reading the trilogy right now, just started Life, the Universe and Everything. It's interesting to read the Wiki and see that it started as a radio show instead of a book. Might it be worthwhile to track these radio shows down?
Calcaneus said:
Honestly, I lost interest in the middle of the third book.
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Having read the books previously, I know what you mean. The first was the best because of the whole Arthur Dent fish out of water story. They other books lose that a bit, especially when Arthur learns to fly.
 
Yes, I knew. No, I'm not sure if I'm happy about it. Think it's better if they just left it alone (although I have nothing against Artemis Fowl).
 
I remember something about this.

If they got Terry Pratchett to do it then I wouldn't object but anyone else...

No thanks.
 
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the Artemis Fowl books are some of my favorites, so i'll probably love this. Still possible he could mess it up though I guess.
 
Halycon said:
If they got Terry Pratchett to do it then I wouldn't object but anyone else...
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Well I wouldn't be that thrilled. He has big problems writing with the alzheimer. Haven't read his latest books so don't know if they're any good, but Pratchett's worst books are really rubbish.

I'm in the middle of the third book of the HGttG and I've enjoyed the trilogy quite alot, but the third one isn't as good as the second imo. Good books anyways.
 
There was a thread about it. I consider myself a rabid Adams fan so I'll probably take the plunge but this does seem a bit like a disaster in the making although as long as its made clear that this is inspired by the work and characters created by Douglas Adams I don't have a problem with it.
 
From what I hear, Douglas Adams wanted to end the Hitchhikers series after the 4th novel. The publishers put pressure on him to write a fifth one, so he did. He called it Mostly Harmless and was forced to write it against his will, so he compensated for it by
killing people for no reason
I've been warned not to read the 5th book... I'll read it anyways, but there's no way I'd touch a sixth.

I'm still tearing away at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe though, so I can't confirm this.

PS: Douglas Adams is dead.
 
If I write a great story and end it how I wanted to and after I died someone added more shit to it. I would come back and kick some ass.
 
Adams was planning to write another novel, he said it in a few interviews, but this is ridiculous. Most likely somebody trying to cash in on the immense popularity of the earlier novels, and hoping that most people won't know that the original author is dead and that it's someone else.

Of course, they'll probably realize its someone else when they read the novel and it turns out shitty. Remember that Starship Titanic one? Yeah, like that. A cheap knockoff of some author trying to copy/paste Adams' style.
 
It was announced on 17 September 2008 that Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has been commissioned to write the sixth instalment entitled And Another Thing... with Jane Belson, Adams' widow, giving her approval.[17][18] The book is intended to be published by Penguin Books in the UK and Hyperion in the US in October 2009.[17][19]
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so at least there's that going for it.
 
I'd rather have a second movie based on a book that has already been finished and released.

Seriously. I love the first movie. The giant 5'x8' bus shelter poster on my wall proves that. Plus I'd love to see more Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.


Also, as soon as J.K. Rowling dies, I'm going to write an 8th Harry Potter book.
 
Jasoco said:
Plus I'd love to see more Zooey Deschanel
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Yes please :)
 
Stoney Mason said:
There was a thread about it. I consider myself a rabid Adams fan so I'll probably take the plunge but this does seem a bit like a disaster in the making although as long as its made clear that this is inspired by the work and characters created by Douglas Adams I don't have a problem with it.
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Jasoco said:
I'd rather have a second movie based on a book that has already been finished and released.

Seriously. I love the first movie. The giant 5'x8' bus shelter poster on my wall proves that. Plus I'd love to see more Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.


Also, as soon as J.K. Rowling dies, I'm going to write an 8th Harry Potter book.
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Well it's not like they didn't make money on the movie. They also left it open to a possible sequel...sort of.
 
Jasoco said:
Seriously. I love the first movie. The giant 5'x8' bus shelter poster on my wall proves that. Plus I'd love to see more Zooey Deschanel and Sam Rockwell.
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You are everything that is wrong with this world.

That movie was beyond shit. It transcends shit. It should not exist. The universe would have been infinitely better without its existence.
 
Didn't care for the movie but I'm glad it was made and that it at least exists. ( I prefer the old BBC mini-series to it honestly) I think Douglas Adams work is uniquely suited to the written word and the love of the English language and therefore very hard to adapt into a film.
 
Bit-Bit said:
If I write a great story and end it how I wanted to and after I died someone added more shit to it. I would come back and kick some ass.
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Actually Adams is said to have been very unhappy with the ending of Mostly Harmless and was supposed to correct it with another book.
 
tokkun said:
Actually Adams is said to have been very unhappy with the ending of Mostly Harmless and was supposed to correct it with another book.
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Yeah, he did.

He didn't say that he wanted someone else to do it, though.

This is just someone trying to make a buck off his name.
 
Asmodai said:
Yeah, he did.

He didn't say that he wanted someone else to do it, though.

This is just someone trying to make a buck off his name.
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would that person be his wife? or possibly the guy who already makes a lot of money on his own book series? seeing as one book was taken from a failed Doctor Who pilot/thing, what's to say this won't be on par with that?
 
allegate said:
would that person be his wife? or possibly the guy who already makes a lot of money on his own book series? seeing as one book was taken from a failed Doctor Who pilot/thing, what's to say this won't be on par with that?
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Yes, I'm sure it could be on par with Doctor Who, which is of course far below the standards of the Hitchhiker novels.
 
allegate said:
would that person be his wife? or possibly the guy who already makes a lot of money on his own book series? seeing as one book was taken from a failed Doctor Who pilot/thing, what's to say this won't be on par with that?
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Don't bother. He's a zealot who holds books on pedestals.
 
krypt0nian said:
Don't bother. He's a zealot who holds books on pedestals.
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Yeah, he's right. All entertainment material created has the exact same merit, and it is foolish to think otherwise. :lol

I'd have put you on the ignore list long ago Kryptonian, but your poliGAF posts are just too hilarious to miss. Hope we can see more of those soon, and less of the "I think you have horrible taste" bitching ones.
 
Asmodai said:
Yeah, he's right. All entertainment material created has the exact same merit, and it is foolish to think otherwise. :lol

I'd have put you on the ignore list long ago Kryptonian, but your poliGAF posts are just too hilarious to miss. Hope we can see more of those soon, and less of the "I think you have horrible taste" bitching ones.
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As long as its a fun read there is no reason to elevate one above another. Just like a summer popcorn movie is as good as as Oscar winner. Elitist nonsense makes no sense. I really don't think anything is worthy of such protections.

I love Blade Runner more that anything else but if someone wanted to make a silly weekly Sat morning cartoon and it was fun, I'd be right there.
 
Can't you two find some sort of middle ground where yeah, no story is sacred but at the same time there's no harm in treating the source material with a little respect?
It's silly enough this was carried across two threads.
 
Narag said:
Can't you two find some sort of middle ground where yeah, no story is sacred but at the same time there's no harm in treating the source material with a little respect?
It's silly enough this was carried across two threads.
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I will so make out with you. OK I'm done. It matters not.

All is well. :D
 
krypt0nian said:
Don't bother. He's a zealot who holds books on pedestals.
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I was reading that thread just now. see also: Brutal Legend Soundtrack Revealed (100+ songs) thread.
Asmodai said:
Yes, I'm sure it could be on par with Doctor Who, which is of course far below the standards of the Hitchhiker novels.
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wtf are you on about? RE: Life, the Universe and Everything
The story was originally outlined by Adams as Doctor Who and the Krikketmen to be a Tom Baker Doctor Who television six-part story, but was rejected by the BBC.
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far below the standards, eh?
 
Adams wrote plenty of novels, among other things, none of which were as good as the Hitchhiker's series. Some were good in their own right, of course. Good job on missing the point.

But I see that you also can't understand why people would possibly not want to see a series miserably exploited by inferior authors.

Narag said:
Can't you two find some sort of middle ground where yeah, no story is sacred but at the same time there's no harm in treating the source material with a little respect?
It's silly enough this was carried across two threads.
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Oh, it ended the way kryptonian wanted it to end, by just replying with random smileys and useless opinions.

Of course, then some petty fool brought it over to this thread, who was that again? Can't recall.
 
Asmodai said:
You are everything that is wrong with this world.

That movie was beyond shit. It transcends shit. It should not exist. The universe would have been infinitely better without its existence.
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Name one thing actually wrong with it that makes it worse than say, Battlefield Earth or Meet the Spartans.
 
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