| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #40] |
Fr, 25 März 2005 02:57 |
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"MazerLodge" <mazerlodge [at] spamblock.gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:41:56 +0000, Matt Jones wrote:
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>> geo487 [at] gmail.com writes:
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>> What is the correct order to read the Hitchhiker's series books in?
>> 1. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
>> 2. Restaurant at the End of the Universe 3. Life the Universe and
>> Everything
>> 4. So Long and Thanks for all the Fish 5. Mostly Harmless
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>> Matt
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>I have to agree with that order. I actually read "Restaurant..." first
>and have felt a bit off ever since. And that was over 20 years ago.
Or get one of those really thick books that has them all together
in the proper order. Although they occasionally omit a page or two
that leaves out important information about a story's ending gag...
:) That's how I got them, then Mostly Harmless when it was first
released. My first exposure to the series was through the TV
adaptation on PBS. It made me dig up the books at Walden's and found
the then "More Than Complete" collection, which was rendered a total
lie about 1 year later with the publication of MH.
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #316 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 01:55 |
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Where does "The Salmon of Doubt" fit into all this (or what is The
Salmon of Doubt?). I saw this at the library but it didn't fit into
either of your orders.
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #320 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 14:06 |
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> Where does "The Salmon of Doubt" fit into all this (or what is The
> Salmon of Doubt?). I saw this at the library but it didn't fit into
> either of your orders.
It's the fourth book in the five-book series... if that's what you're
asking.
Aphelion
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #321 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 15:00 |
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Hi,
In article <MQO6e.2328$b92.2133 [at] twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
Aphelion<sonship [at] twcny.rr.com> wrote:
>> Where does "The Salmon of Doubt" fit into all this (or what is The
>> Salmon of Doubt?). I saw this at the library but it didn't fit into
>> either of your orders.
>
> It's the fourth book in the five-book series... if that's what you're
> asking.
Err, no it's not. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book in
the 'trilogy'
The Salmon of Doubt is the collection of previously unpublished work (along
with a chunk of what was to be the Salmon of Doubt) published after Douglas'
death.
SOD was either a Hitch Hikers novel, a Dirk Gently novel, or both, depending
on your position in the Space Time Continuum.
Andy
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #323 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 17:38 |
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Andy Hawkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In article <MQO6e.2328$b92.2133 [at] twister.nyroc.rr.com>,
> Aphelion<sonship [at] twcny.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>Where does "The Salmon of Doubt" fit into all this (or what is The
>>>Salmon of Doubt?). I saw this at the library but it didn't fit into
>>>either of your orders.
>>
>>It's the fourth book in the five-book series... if that's what you're
>>asking.
>
>
> Err, no it's not. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book in
> the 'trilogy'
>
> The Salmon of Doubt is the collection of previously unpublished work (along
> with a chunk of what was to be the Salmon of Doubt) published after Douglas'
> death.
>
> SOD was either a Hitch Hikers novel, a Dirk Gently novel, or both, depending
> on your position in the Space Time Continuum.
The chunk in the book is definitely Dirk, though.
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #326 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 18:30 |
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Hi,
In article <d3gq0u$gv5$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org>,
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen<news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote:
>> SOD was either a Hitch Hikers novel, a Dirk Gently novel, or both, depending
>> on your position in the Space Time Continuum.
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> The chunk in the book is definitely Dirk, though.
Yes, you're right. I couldn't remember off the top of my head which it ended
up though :)
Andy
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #330 ] |
Di, 12 April 2005 20:21 |
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"Andy Hawkins" <andy [at] gently.org.uk> wrote in message
news:slrnd5ntt5.dnj.andy [at] gently.org.uk...
> Hi,
>
> In article <d3gq0u$gv5$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org>,
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen<news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote:
> >> SOD was either a Hitch Hikers novel, a Dirk Gently novel, or both,
depending
> >> on your position in the Space Time Continuum.
> >
> > The chunk in the book is definitely Dirk, though.
>
> Yes, you're right. I couldn't remember off the top of my head which it
ended
> up though :)
In SOD it says that it started as DG, but Douglas had a note to rewrite it
for THHGTTG
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| Re: Order to read the Hitchhiker series [message #345 ] |
Mi, 13 April 2005 02:22 |
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> Err, no it's not. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book
> in
> the 'trilogy'
Oops, sorry. I got them mixed up.
Aphelion
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