I first heard this story at work about 5 years ago. I remember it be so funny and interesting to follow.
Anyone know where I can download this whole audio clip by chance?
Anyone know where I can download this whole audio clip by chance?
Who Rememebers, "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"??
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Go to one of those "Book on Tape/CD" stores and rent/buy it. Or read the book(s) and listen to the voices in your head.
-geoff
Just read the damn book, it's far too good to hear off some tape
Let's just say the book is far too wierd for any semi-normal person to give a halfdecent explaination.
Honestly....I cant stand to sit and read a book. I dont mind reading a hardware review or something short. I go to work yet I dont work. All I do is surf on the computer most of the time and it would be great to hear "HHGG" to help pass the time.
Its English Humor somewhat like "Monty Python" but not quite and the Wierdness of the Matrix without the special effects. Very hard to explain like Sunner said. At first I did'nt think I would get into it but after about 20min I was hooked! I guess if it comes down to it I will just Order the Audio hopefully on CD, Online.
Its English Humor somewhat like "Monty Python" but not quite and the Wierdness of the Matrix without the special effects. Very hard to explain like Sunner said. At first I did'nt think I would get into it but after about 20min I was hooked! I guess if it comes down to it I will just Order the Audio hopefully on CD, Online.
It's about Life, The Universe, and Everything.
Always take your towel with you.
and finally-
DON'T PANIC!
Always take your towel with you.
and finally-
DON'T PANIC!
No offense meant, but if it's about everything, it all ends up it's about nothing and just a BS story. Just IMVHO.
Originally posted by: Sunner
Just read the damn book, it's far too good to hear off some tape
Let's just say the book is far too wierd for any semi-normal person to give a halfdecent explaination.
I concur..read the book. You won't be disappointed if you enjoy British humour.
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Find the book and read it, it's possibly one of the most hilarious scifi things you'll ever find. As far as I know the complete audio isn't for sale, because the books are not straight from the audio, but adaptations of it. He did alot more with the books then he did with the orignal audio.
The books are cool- but in this case just listening to the BBC Radio Play is good, because it was written that way- the books came later.
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish has a really great surprise ending.
I also highly recommend Douglas Adams' two Dirk Gently books.
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish has a really great surprise ending.
I also highly recommend Douglas Adams' two Dirk Gently books.
I read it, didn't care for. I got the computer version game didn't care for it. All in all I didn't care for it. I just couldn't get into it.
There's always the library. Lol.
Hitchhiker's at Amazon They have the first few pages posted if you want to read it.
Hitchhiker's at Amazon They have the first few pages posted if you want to read it.
Great book, I have the big blue "Ultimage Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with all 5 stories. I've read through it two or three times now and I still don't get sick of it. 
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Originally posted by: KingNothing
Great book, I have the big blue "Ultimage Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with all 5 stories. I've read through it two or three times now and I still don't get sick of it.
Me too...I love them all and reading them in total succession is really fun.
Sounds like you need a clue about the way things happened.Originally posted by: Sunner
Just read the damn book, it's far too good to hear off some tape
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams and first aired as a BBC radio play. The first episode went out on BBC Radio 4 at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 1978.
2. The show took off, and Adams was offered the opportunity to write a book based on the series. This allowed Adams to quit his job writing and script editing at the TV show, "Dr. Who." He eventually wrote five books that comprise the trilogy.
3. There was also a BBC TV adaptation and several record albums of various compilations of radio scripts and new material.
Here's a link to far more detailed info. Of course, given the nature of the Hitchhiker's Guide, all these things could have happened in a different order in some other quadrant of one universe or another.
Somewhere along the way, there was also a really strange and fun text based computer game. I still have a copy. Thanks for all the fish.
It was actually a radio show as well, which is what the original poster was thinking of. You can get the audio tapes through the BBC, IIRC.
The books are awesome. RIP, Douglas Adams.
Rob
Originally posted by: Harvey
Sounds like you need a clue about the way things happened.Originally posted by: Sunner
Just read the damn book, it's far too good to hear off some tape
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams first aired as a BBC radio play. The first episode went out on BBC Radio 4 at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 1978.
2. The show took off, and Adams was offered the opportunity to write a book based on the series. This allowed Adams to quit his job writing and script editing at the TV show, "Dr. Who." He eventually wrote five books that comprise the trilogy.
3. There was also a BBC TV adaptation and several record albums of various compilations of radio scripts and new material.
Here's a link to far more detailed info. Of course, given the nature of the Hitchhiker's Guide, all these things could have happened in a different order in some other quadrant of one universe or another.
Somewhere along the way, there was also a really strange and fun text based computer game. I still have a copy. Thanks for all the fish.
Looks like Harvey beat me to a more detailed response.
Rob
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As the only person in this thread with a HHGTTG-inspired screen name, there's a pretty good chance that I remember it, yes.
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea. "
"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea. "
Originally posted by: Harvey
Sounds like you need a clue about the way things happened.Originally posted by: Sunner
Just read the damn book, it's far too good to hear off some tape
1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams and first aired as a BBC radio play. The first episode went out on BBC Radio 4 at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 1978.
2. The show took off, and Adams was offered the opportunity to write a book based on the series. This allowed Adams to quit his job writing and script editing at the TV show, "Dr. Who." He eventually wrote five books that comprise the trilogy.
3. There was also a BBC TV adaptation and several record albums of various compilations of radio scripts and new material.
Here's a link to far more detailed info. Of course, given the nature of the Hitchhiker's Guide, all these things could have happened in a different order in some other quadrant of one universe or another.
Somewhere along the way, there was also a really strange and fun text based computer game. I still have a copy. Thanks for all the fish.
Correct me if Im wrong(Im too lazy to read that longass page you linked to, I'd rather just read the Guide again
), but isn't the book far longer/more detailed than the radio play?TRENDING THREADS
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