The Sci-Fi related news is thick this morning with word coming via Solonor that the BBC plans to serialize the remaining books from Douglas Adam’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as radio plays starting on Tuesday, September 21st. Fans already know that both The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe began life as plays on BBC Radio before they were made into best selling books, but the rest of the series consisting of Life, The Universe And Everything, So Long And Thanks For All The Fish and Mostly Harmless were never done on radio.
Until now. Twenty-five years after the original radio series BBC Radio 4 has reassembled most of the original cast to dramatize the last three books to be broadcast every Tuesday at 6:30pm GMT, which Sol points out is around 2:30pm for those of us in the Eastern Time Zone. Repeats will air on Thursdays at 11PM (7PM Eastern) and each episode will be available online for 7 days after the Thursday broadcast.
I screwed up. London is on British Summer Time right now. So, we are 5 hours behind them, not 4.
Exciting yes, but where is the Dirk gently radio play. I found Dirk much more compelling than arthur dent.
Dirk Gently RULEZ.
I never got into Dirk Gently the way I didn’t HHGttG and I’m not sure why. It was OK, but I didn’t find it as funny.
Shit, I better buy a radio quick!
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THE ANTHOLOGY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: LEADING SCIENCE FICTION AUTHORS ON DOUGLAS ADAMS’ HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
BEFORE YOU SEE THE NEW MOVIE, RE-LIVE THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE EXPERIENCE
An in-depth look at the zaniest and quirkiest space odyssey around, The Anthology at the End of the Universe covers all aspects of the Hitchhiker’s empire, including the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, the subsequent British film and the immensely popular BBC hit of the same name. The Anthology at the End of the Universe is not a guide, but rather includes some of the best and brightest in science fiction today examining every theme, character and quirk of Hitchhiker’s with enough wit and innovation to satisfy even the most ardent Hitchhiker’s fan or critic.
The Anthology at the End of the Universe finally answers all of your Hitchhiker’s questions, and quite a few you probably never even thought of.
What is the real meaning of the towel? Why is being sane such a galactic disadvantage? What does Douglas Adams have in common with Margaret Thatcher? Why can’t you program your VCR and how did Adams predict this? What do Ford and Arthur have in common with Laurel & Hardy?
SOME CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:
•Lawrence Watt-Evans, who finally gives a satisfactory explanation of Vogon poetry, and along the way provides a history of the truly inept in art
•Cory Doctorow on how the Guide really exists, how it works and where to find it
•Don DeBrandt, who manages to not only prove that God exists in Adams’ universe, but to identify who He is, explain what His plans are and reveal once and for all why He seems to be obsessed with fish
•Jacqueline Carey on Hitchhiker’s, British humor and “getting it