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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide
Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98647] Mo, 01 August 2005 21:41
Dave Adalian  
Seen this?

http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm

Chiggy.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98659 ] Di, 02 August 2005 18:38
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Dave Adalian wrote:
> Seen this?
>
> http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm

Oh great. Another book I'll have to buy at some point. As if my shelves
aren't overfull already :-)

Best
Kåre
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98664 ] Di, 02 August 2005 22:37
afda  
On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
wrote:

>Seen this?
>
>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm

No, what is it?

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98665 ] Di, 02 August 2005 23:29
Dave Adalian  
"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:mgfve1p7olia490hpcin5s2uhf4buf6he1 [at] 4ax.com...
> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Seen this?
>>
>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>
> No, what is it?
>

It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address takes
you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide.

-- C
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98672 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 03:33
John Mizell  
"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com...

<snipped>

> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address takes
> you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide.
>
> -- C


Haha...LOL... makes me wanna watch the old Airplane movies! Man those
things had me rolling on the floor when I saw them for the first time! They
still
make me laugh, but now I can pretty much quote the lines as I watch it.

John

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue." - McCrosky,
"Airplane"

***********
"Surely there must be something you can do." - Striker
"I'm doing everything I can... and stop calling me Shirley." - Rumack,
"Airplane"
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #98673 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 05:37
Dave Adalian  
"John Mizell" <jmizzell [at] sc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:y9VHe.84057$3j2.2914504 [at] twister.southeast.rr.com...
>
> "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com...
>
> <snipped>
>
>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
>> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
>> Guide.
>>
>> -- C
>
>
> Haha...LOL... makes me wanna watch the old Airplane movies! Man those
> things had me rolling on the floor when I saw them for the first time!
> They still
> make me laugh, but now I can pretty much quote the lines as I watch it.
>
> John
>
> "Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue." - McCrosky,
> "Airplane"
>
> ***********
> "Surely there must be something you can do." - Striker
> "I'm doing everything I can... and stop calling me Shirley." - Rumack,
> "Airplane"

Good! It wasn't wasted. I wondered if anyone here was old enough to
remember Airplane. -- C
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100828 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 11:59
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Dave Adalian wrote:
> "John Mizell" <jmizzell [at] sc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:y9VHe.84057$3j2.2914504 [at] twister.southeast.rr.com...
>
>>"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com...
>>
>><snipped>
>>
>>>It's a web address, but that's not important right now.

<snip>

>>Haha...LOL... makes me wanna watch the old Airplane movies!

<snip>

> Good! It wasn't wasted. I wondered if anyone here was old enough to
> remember Airplane. -- C

We had our fair share of cascades of Airplane quotes a few years back. I
noticed it instantly too. For a while every other post included "surely"
while the rest of the posts contained "Stop calling me Shirley". Well,
close to that anyway :-)

Best
Kåre
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100830 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 14:11
LC  
"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in
news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com:

> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
> news:mgfve1p7olia490hpcin5s2uhf4buf6he1 [at] 4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian"
>> <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Seen this?
>>>
>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>
>> No, what is it?
>>
>
> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
> Guide.
>
> -- C
>

Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
else's mind?

L.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100831 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 21:29
afda  
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:29:52 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
wrote:

>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:mgfve1p7olia490hpcin5s2uhf4buf6he1 [at] 4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Seen this?
>>>
>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>
>> No, what is it?
>
>It's a web address, but that's not important right now.

Tiddy-bom, tish!

>The address takes
>you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide.

Ah! Sounds interesting. If ever I manage to coincide the web address
and web access simultaneously I'll have a look-see. Does the site say
what the price for said tome is?

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100833 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 21:29
afda  
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:37:46 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
wrote:

>"John Mizell" <jmizzell [at] sc.rr.com> wrote in message
>news:y9VHe.84057$3j2.2914504 [at] twister.southeast.rr.com...
>>
>> "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com...
>>
>>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now.
>>
>> Haha...LOL... makes me wanna watch the old Airplane movies! Man those
>> things had me rolling on the floor when I saw them for the first time!
>
>Good! It wasn't wasted. I wondered if anyone here was old enough to
>remember Airplane. -- C

Ah, the old "I wondered if anyone here is old enough to remember..."
ploy!

Yeah, I remember the Airplane! films. Marvellous entertainment.

Lloyd

"We've got clearance, Clarence."
"Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?"
etc.
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100834 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 21:29
afda  
On 3 Aug 2005 20:11:18 +0800, Les Chandra
<les_chandra [at] spam.hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in
>news:SbidnTmI2IVTeHLfRVn-3g [at] comcast.com:
>
>> "Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:mgfve1p7olia490hpcin5s2uhf4buf6he1 [at] 4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian"
>>> <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Seen this?
>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>
>>> No, what is it?
>>
>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
>> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
>> Guide.
>
>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
>else's mind?

Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm not
certain whether I ought to be!

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100835 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 21:36
afda  
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:29:17 +0100, afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd
Gilbert) wrote:

>On 3 Aug 2005 20:11:18 +0800, Les Chandra
><les_chandra [at] spam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
>>else's mind?
>
>Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm not
>certain whether I ought to be!

"I was Monty's Treble"?

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100836 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 22:30
Bondee  
"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:dco7ib$k8n$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> Dave Adalian wrote:
> > Seen this?
> >
> > http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>
> Oh great. Another book I'll have to buy at some point. As if my shelves
> aren't overfull already :-)

Kind of appropriate that it's published by MacMillan too!
: )
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100837 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 23:25
Dave Adalian  
"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:p442f1dehafu8u5lq2b7muu5h0bqu95hg0 [at] 4ax.com...
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:37:46 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> "We've got clearance, Clarence."
> "Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?"
> etc.

About 15 years ago, a friend of mine was working event security at various
venues in the L.A. Basin and while standing guard one night along came
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. When Abdul-Jabaar was passing, my friend Roger feigned
recognition, pretended to be very excited and said, "Hey! I know you!
You're Roger Murdock, the airplane pilot!" Abdul-Jabaar burst out laughing.

Chiggy.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100839 ] Mi, 03 August 2005 23:27
Dave Adalian  
"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:7t32f1pq0vtqbp77g796rcnsrtmkp7r9us [at] 4ax.com...
> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:29:52 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:mgfve1p7olia490hpcin5s2uhf4buf6he1 [at] 4ax.com...
>>> On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 12:41:00 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Seen this?
>>>>
>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>
>>> No, what is it?
>>
>>It's a web address, but that's not important right now.
>
> Tiddy-bom, tish!
>
>>The address takes
>>you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide.
>
> Ah! Sounds interesting. If ever I manage to coincide the web address
> and web access simultaneously I'll have a look-see. Does the site say
> what the price for said tome is?
>

Yes, it does. Now I suppose you want me to tell you, eh?

Chiggy.

P.S.: £16.99 / US$24.95
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100851 ] Do, 04 August 2005 02:51
Freakstone  
"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:RJednWMjBveUoW3fRVn-3A [at] comcast.com...
>> Haha...LOL... makes me wanna watch the old Airplane movies! Man those
>> things had me rolling on the floor when I saw them for the first time!
>> They still make me laugh, but now I can pretty much quote the lines as I
>> watch it.
<snip>
> Good! It wasn't wasted. I wondered if anyone here was old enough to
> remember Airplane. -- C

Mate, I've been able to quote most of that film since I first saw it when I
was about 10, ... 22 years ago! :-)

Lady: Nervous?
Striker: Yes.
Lady: First time?
Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.

--
Fræk
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100852 ] Do, 04 August 2005 02:56
Freakstone  
"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:v242f1tusv8ou15cu0fjjqv51p3cjmfels [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>>Seen this?
>>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>> No, what is it?
>>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
>>> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
>>> Guide.
>>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
>>else's mind?
> Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm not
> certain whether I ought to be!

But are you walking backwards for Christmas?

--
Fræk
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100853 ] Do, 04 August 2005 21:51
afda  
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:27:50 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
wrote:

>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:7t32f1pq0vtqbp77g796rcnsrtmkp7r9us [at] 4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:29:52 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The address takes
>>>you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide.
>>
>> Ah! Sounds interesting. If ever I manage to coincide the web address
>> and web access simultaneously I'll have a look-see. Does the site say
>> what the price for said tome is?
>
>Yes, it does. Now I suppose you want me to tell you, eh?
>
>Chiggy.
>
>P.S.: £16.99 / US$24.95

Ooh, thanks!

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100854 ] Do, 04 August 2005 21:51
afda  
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:25:59 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
wrote:

>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:p442f1dehafu8u5lq2b7muu5h0bqu95hg0 [at] 4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:37:46 -0700, "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> "We've got clearance, Clarence."
>> "Roger, Roger. What's our vector Victor?"
>> etc.
>
>About 15 years ago, a friend of mine was working event security at various
>venues in the L.A. Basin and while standing guard one night along came
>Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. When Abdul-Jabaar was passing, my friend Roger feigned
>recognition, pretended to be very excited and said, "Hey! I know you!
>You're Roger Murdock, the airplane pilot!" Abdul-Jabaar burst out laughing.

LOL! That's brilliant!

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100855 ] Do, 04 August 2005 22:03
afda  
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 01:56:06 +0100, "Freakstone"
<cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>news:v242f1tusv8ou15cu0fjjqv51p3cjmfels [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>>>Seen this?
>>>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>>> No, what is it?
>>>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
>>>> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
>>>> Guide.
>>>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
>>>else's mind?
>> Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm not
>> certain whether I ought to be!
>
>But are you walking backwards for Christmas?

....Across the Irish Sea?

Of course!

Heh.
Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100857 ] Do, 04 August 2005 22:18
Gusty  
Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Lloyd
Gilbert spoke forth:

>On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 01:56:06 +0100, "Freakstone"
><cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:v242f1tusv8ou15cu0fjjqv51p3cjmfels [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>>>>Seen this?
>>>>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>>>> No, what is it?
>>>>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The address
>>>>> takes you the site for a book called The Science of the Hitchhiker's
>>>>> Guide.
>>>>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into anyone
>>>>else's mind?
>>> Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm not
>>> certain whether I ought to be!
>>
>>But are you walking backwards for Christmas?
>
>...Across the Irish Sea?
>
Have a gorilla?

--
D.

"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100873 ] Fr, 05 August 2005 03:56
Neil Gerace  
"Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3lf6i0F121ue4U3 [at] individual.net...

> Mate, I've been able to quote most of that film since I first saw it when
> I was about 10, ... 22 years ago! :-)
>
> Lady: Nervous?
> Striker: Yes.
> Lady: First time?
> Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.

Ever seen a grown man naked?
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100874 ] Fr, 05 August 2005 04:18
Dave Adalian  
"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:42f2c631$0$16510$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> "Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3lf6i0F121ue4U3 [at] individual.net...
>
>> Mate, I've been able to quote most of that film since I first saw it when
>> I was about 10, ... 22 years ago! :-)
>>
>> Lady: Nervous?
>> Striker: Yes.
>> Lady: First time?
>> Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.
>
> Ever seen a grown man naked?

Do you like gladiator films, Joey?
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #100875 ] Fr, 05 August 2005 11:02
LC  
Gusty <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in
news:v0u4f1t59e6nmvni5nlke71bf3visks7b4 [at] 4ax.com:

> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Lloyd
> Gilbert spoke forth:
>
>>On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 01:56:06 +0100, "Freakstone"
>><cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>"Lloyd Gilbert" <afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:v242f1tusv8ou15cu0fjjqv51p3cjmfels [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>>>>>Seen this?
>>>>>>>>http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>>>>>>> No, what is it?
>>>>>> It's a web address, but that's not important right now. The
>>>>>> address takes you the site for a book called The Science of the
>>>>>> Hitchhiker's Guide.
>>>>>Does "the story of the film of the book of the tram" come into
>>>>>anyone else's mind?
>>>> Now that you mention it, I'm having Goon Show flashbacks. But I'm
>>>> not certain whether I ought to be!
>>>
>>>But are you walking backwards for Christmas?
>>
>>...Across the Irish Sea?
>>
> Have a gorilla?
>

No thanks, I'm trying to give them up.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #103141 ] Fr, 05 August 2005 13:16
Jess Bennett  
In article <v0u4f1t59e6nmvni5nlke71bf3visks7b4 [at] 4ax.com>, Gusty
<gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> writes
>>>But are you walking backwards for Christmas?
>>
>>...Across the Irish Sea?
>>
>Have a gorilla?
>
No thanks, I only smoke baboons.
--
Jess
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #103162 ] Sa, 06 August 2005 15:11
pippa.moran  
--- Jess Bennett said...

> In article <v0u4f1t59e6nmvni5nlke71bf3visks7b4 [at] 4ax.com>, Gusty
> <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> writes
>>>> But are you walking backwards for Christmas?
>>>
>>> ...Across the Irish Sea?
>>>
>> Have a gorilla?
>>
> No thanks, I only smoke baboons.

Try one of my monkeys, they're milder.

--
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #103176 ] So, 07 August 2005 14:03
Freakstone  
"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:CJOdnXfmpMPKUW_fRVn-hA [at] comcast.com...
>>> Mate, I've been able to quote most of that film since I first saw it
>>> when I was about 10, ... 22 years ago! :-)
>>> Lady: Nervous?
>>> Striker: Yes.
>>> Lady: First time?
>>> Striker: No, I've been nervous lots of times.
>> Ever seen a grown man naked?
> Do you like gladiator films, Joey?

Ever been in a Turkish prison?

--
Fræk
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #106906 ] Di, 09 August 2005 23:19
Jan van den Broek  
Tue, 2 Aug 2005 20:37:46 -0700
"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> schrieb:

[Schnipp]

>Good! It wasn't wasted. I wondered if anyone here was old enough to
>remember Airplane. -- C

I'm still old enough to remember Airplane, even old enough to remember
The Airport-movies, on which Airplane was inspired.
--
Jan v/d Broek balglaas [at] xs4all.nl

"And all those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure
sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head."
Terry Pratchett -- "Maskerade"
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #106908 ] Mi, 10 August 2005 09:47
earthnative  
Given that Airplane is so much more famous (at least, in every social
circle I know of) than the Airport movies, I think the joke is lost on
most people.

Besides, Airplane was released as 'Flying High' in Australia, and I
think it's a much better tightly - a joke in itself, rather than a
parody. (even though the movie is a parody...

:)

..../Nemo
Re: Science of the Hitchhiker's Guide [message #106915 ] Do, 11 August 2005 05:16
Kevin Saliga  
So I bought it - had to - and read it. Here's my brief analysis.

As a book, it's good - I liked it. Basically, the author takes a few items
from the series (the Babel fish, parallel universes, time travel, God,
etc.), and goes into current scientific theories of the topics.

However, using the name "Hitchhiker's Guide" is a gimmick. It probably
limits the audience to only those that would "get" the references contained
within, however in general it probably created an audience for a book that
wouldn't have sold as well if it were named, "A Bunch of Scientific Analysis
about Various Complex Things". References to the books felt mostly like an
afterthought, or just a fan that had a subject, and happend to throw in
references to Hitchhikers where he would have in every day conversation
anyway.

Each chapter opened with a description of where the topic relates to the
series, but then the next 10 pages about each topic are scientific analysis
of the subject, and references to the Guide beyond that are limited to
comments thrown in for those that catch them (such as, paraphrasing, "it
would take someone with a brain the size of a universe to comprehend it
all").

For die-hards interested in the actual scientific analysis of it all (geeks
like me), it's a good read. For those expecting more analysis of the
details of the Guide, I don't recommend it.

"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:m7-dnagMhuBS53PfRVn-uQ [at] comcast.com...
> Seen this?
>
> http://www.macmillanscience.com/1403945772.htm
>
> Chiggy.
>
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