Must-Read Science Fiction Books for... Nov 14, 2009
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglass Adams (Harmony, 25th Anniversary ed 2004, ISBN 1400052929). This charming and offbeat sci-fi comedy series features Arthur Dent; a hapless Englishman who escapes the demolition of earth thanks to a bureaucratic alien race called Vogons. (Suite101.com)
UK Cemetery: Share A Grave With A Stranger? Oct 29, 2009
London's most famous, Highgate cemetery, attracts thousands of visitors a year to its tilting tombstones, crumbling crypts and the graves of everyone from Karl Marx to "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" author Douglas Adams. Opened in 1856 on the edge of Epping Forest in east London, the City of London Cemetery is the largest municipal graveyard in Europe - 200 acres of tranquil avenues shaded by chestnut, lime and plane trees. (CBS News -- World)
'Hitchhiker's Guide' back on track Oct 19, 2009
Before he died in 2001, British sci-fi writer Douglas Adams mused about writing a sixth instalment of the mega-popular Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series ... For those unfamiliar with the original Hitchhiker books, BBC radio and TV series, film or computer games, there's a new book, The Rough Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, written by Martin O'Dair. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Don't Panic! Oct 10, 2009
When Eoin Colfer sat down to write the sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, he sought inspiration in the music of the late 70s. "I sat in a room on my own, I downloaded Kate Bush, Bowie and Queen and made up this Hitchhiker playlist. I just put it on and it took me back to that era.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Books: Colfer's 'And Another Thing ...' is the 6th in 'Galaxy' trilogy Oct 8, 2009
By Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY And Another Thing by , the first authorized sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, ' popular sci-fi/ comedy series, will be released Monday, eight years after Adams' death. It's also 30 years to the day after the publication of the first book in what Adams called a trilogy even after writing five books from 1979 to 1992. (USA Today)
Celebrity birthdays for Sept. 6-12 Sep 3, 2009
Actor Martin Freeman (BBC's "The Office,""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") is 38. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 34. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Brown, Crichton: Big names in big fall Sep 3, 2009
6), 's And Another Thing Part 6 of ' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Oct. 11), Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (Oct. (USA Today)
an independent musician, then and now Sep 2, 2009
The audio and video were improperly sync-ed, the performances were too fast, and the guitar playing was hopelessly thrashy, max-ing out the levels and tipping the sound at certain important junctures of each song into that peculiarly wicked digital feedback that sounded like that moment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Infocom game when, with the aid of the Infinite Improbability Drive, you wound up materializing inside of your own brain. I received a surprising amount of feedback, a... (Harper's Magazine)
New Fall Books Penned by Prizewinners Aug 28, 2009
Also, a reissue of Michael Jackson's memoir "Moonwalk" and a deluxe coffee-table edition about the late singer; short fiction by Kurt Vonnegut; authorized sequels to A.A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" and Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; the posthumous completion of a memoir by George Carlin and of a Robert Jordan novel, "The Gathering Storm," the first of a planned trilogy that will wrap up his "Wheel of Time" series. "There's a certain reopening to the mystery of authorship and... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Bollywood Star Shah Rukh Khan Aug 18, 2009
According to fan sites, his favorite book is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and he has a dog named Chewbacca. Says he has not been offered good roles in , but that fact doesn't bother him. (Time.com)
'Complex' road to game world when designer, author team up Aug 17, 2009
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY Occasionally, a book such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy serves as source material for a video game. In turn, games such as Halo and World of Warcraft spawn books. (USA Today -- Life)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galax... Apr 12, 2009
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: An interstellar search for meaning ... The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Suite101.com)
Hello? It's the future calling Mar 24, 2009
What you're holding is less a cellphone and more a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. Mr. Tseng is the lead product manager for Google Android the search giant's operating system for cellphones. (Globe and Mail)
Any way you slice it, pi's transcendental Mar 12, 2009
The famous decimal point between the 3 and 1 is named 42, a nod to the mind-scratching numerical answer in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," and more recently, the final number in Hurley's lottery ticket on the television show "Lost.". Shaw, who still volunteers at the Exploratorium and whose peers have nicknamed him the Prince of Pi, said the celebrants circle the brass marker just as worshipers of other religions circle their monuments. (San Francisco Chronicle)
