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Old 10-09-2009, 05:41 AM   #61
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I've just bought this from BoB.

Couldn't find the E-book version in the UK... Great that there were no resrictions stopping me from buying!
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I have fond memories of Douglas Adams. His HHGG, which I hadn't read yet and which caused me to feel like I had this huge gap in education, got me started in eBooks, and I started it off with eBook piracy
It was so simple to get the LITs.

That was 7 years ago, or something like that. I recently tried reading the HHGG again, but I had to put the "book" down since I couldn't stand his absurd style.
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I've just bought this from BoB.

Couldn't find the E-book version in the UK... Great that there were no resrictions stopping me from buying!
I tried to track down the uk version too since it would have presumably had the better cover image, but no luck, its like some publishers object to making money.
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Old 10-09-2009, 06:54 AM   #64
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I am surprised since his last book Nation was available as E-book.
Saying that, the same thing happened with Tom Holt's latest book. Released new book in Ebook format then the next one nada... At least with Pratchett I had another source!
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I have fond memories of Douglas Adams. His HHGG, which I hadn't read yet and which caused me to feel like I had this huge gap in education, got me started in eBooks, and I started it off with eBook piracy
It was so simple to get the LITs.

That was 7 years ago, or something like that. I recently tried reading the HHGG again, but I had to put the "book" down since I couldn't stand his absurd style.
I thought I was alone in this. I've tried a few times to read the entire Hitchhiker's Saga, but I tend to get lost somewhere in the middle of the second book. I enjoy Adams' style (he wrote one of my favorite Doctor Who stories, The Pirate Planet), but his writing tends to confuse me a bit in the long form.

Based on the recommendations in this thread, I'll have to give Pratchett a try. The only experience I've had with his story telling is the Discworld video game for the Playstation (very good game with Rincewind [voiced by Eric Idle] as the hero(?)). If that the humor in his books is similar to that in the game, I think it would definitely be worth a read.
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I thought I was alone in this. I've tried a few times to read the entire Hitchhiker's Saga, but I tend to get lost somewhere in the middle of the second book. I enjoy Adams' style (he wrote one of my favorite Doctor Who stories, The Pirate Planet), but his writing tends to confuse me a bit in the long form.
Hitchhiker's was originally a radio series, and that's still my favourite way to enjoy it.
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That was my intro to Douglas (we Yanks are always behind the curve when it comes to BBC offerings). The series was broadcast on one of our National Public Radio outlets. At the time, I assumed it was based on the books. It was only later I discovered that the radio series preceded the books.
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That was my intro to Douglas (we Yanks are always behind the curve when it comes to BBC offerings). The series was broadcast on one of our National Public Radio outlets. At the time, I assumed it was based on the books. It was only later I discovered that the radio series preceded the books.
I will have to look into getting that version of the story. It's possible that Adams' work works best in audio form.

I get the same feeling with Garrison Keillor. I enjoy his stories when he tells them, but I didn't enjoy his stories when I read them. The way he tells stories adds so much to them.
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I will have to look into getting that version of the story. It's possible that Adams' work works best in audio form.

I get the same feeling with Garrison Keillor. I enjoy his stories when he tells them, but I didn't enjoy his stories when I read them. The way he tells stories adds so much to them.
The first two books cover the same material as the original series. I just discovered via Google that 25 years later, the last three books were made into a radio series.

Here's a BBC link (last updated in 2005).
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RIP Mr Adams! But remember when one door closes another one opens. Think of books and authors the same way. When one author goes away, eventually another will take his place and sometimes the journey is as fun as the thrill of finding them.
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RIP Mr Adams! But remember when one door closes another one opens. Think of books and authors the same way. When one author goes away, eventually another will take his place and sometimes the journey is as fun as the thrill of finding them.
Well said! I'm a comic book reader and having the same characters written by many different creative teams is something that is normal for me. Sometimes, I have the good fortune of having one excellent creative team succeeded by another. If the creative team is excellent and they leave a title, I will sometimes follow them to the new title they are working on.

I think the same thing will happen with Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. From what I've read, the series itself will continue under a new author, and someone else will step in and provide a new book/series in the same genre.
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