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#1: Nancy Snyder (naneki) on Feb 25, 2008

very sweet, do we have a romantic?
a good puzzle :)

oh, i have my moments.

don't we all!

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Here's to little umbrellas!

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I had to look up Ford Prefect because (yes, yes) I'm apparently one of the very few people on this site who has yet to read "Hithiker's Guide..." I have GOT to read it soon. I am so very out of the loop. *.*

So John, along with little umbrellas, heres to 10 beautiful women and a team of scientists. :)

Is there an option for 10 gorgeous men, plus the scientists of course!

forget the scientist...!
& if there are to be 10 gorgeous men, I want them each to pamper me to the max!

This is shaping up to be quite the vacation Debra and Naneki. :D

Gypso, it's a quick little read, and very fun! I bought mine on half.com for a few dollars.

And I want in on this vacation!

I could just imagine a vacation with you involved Arduinna..
wow..what fun that would be :)
maybe we should all get together (PBN meet your neighbors)in the Bahamas, wouldn't that be great!

LOL! We're crashing John's vacation!

LOL! as the saying goes "The more the merrier"

I really have no excuse Arduinna. My youngest son has one of those bargain table copies of the entire series. It even slept on my bed stand for 6 months until I got tired of dusting it off (it is a bit heavy) and sent it back to my son.
Soon very soon.

About the vacation, what's our target date girls? tee hee
It's fun to dream. I couldn't imagine a nicer group to vacation with. :D

Actually, the original version of the Hitchhikers' Guide was a radio series. The books were derived from that. You might find a CD or tape of the original radio program a more comfortable introduction to the series. It's shorter and you can listen to it while doing PBN puzzles, but you'll still have heard the root of the whole thing, including most of the key cultural references. (Babel fish, towels, etc.) If you love it, you can always go on to the books and films and be in a position to gripe about how all the newer stuff just doesn't live up to the original radio program (though the books, at least, perhaps do).

You're so thoughtful Jan. Thank you for the information regarding the original radio series. Your insight lead you to my dilemma. How can I do PBN puzzles and read this massive doorstop er- book? Seriously my copy of War and Peace weighs less. I like your plan of action. ^>^

I thought the first book was a little hard to get through. It was revolutionary, the ideas, and the sarcastic, dry British style. But he just wasn't that good of a writer yet. Each book got better. If you read the first one, and you don't think it was that great, but you at least liked it a little, my suggestion is to keep going.

I could say a ton more about it. Anybody interested? One friend I talked to said he was disappointed by the fourth book. I LOVED IT. When I read the third book, it seemed very complete, like the whole trilogy was all wrapped up. Later I read the fourth book, and thought "wow! the whole point of the first three books was just to set up the fourth book!" I think what really happened was he decided to write a fourth book much later, and he poured through the first three books looking for little things that seemed unfinished, or unresolved. Then he designed a whole new book where those forgetable little things turned out to be significant. Pure Genious!!!

And if you REALLY want a treat, try "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". Douglas Adams wrote it, but it's not part of the Hitchhiker's trilogy. (that joke never gets old, does it?) So you can pick it up and read it without going through all the H2G2 books first. It is BY FAR the cleverest and funniest book I've ever read. I bought it or loaned it to at least a dozen people, and they all say the same thing. Some people tell me that they were reading Dirk Gently at night in bed, and when they came to that particularly funny plot twist, they laughed out loud for more than a minute. I remember when I read that part for the first time, I just sat there in stunned amazement at how someone could be so clever and funny at the same time. Anybody know the part I'm talking about?

Well it's late. Goodnight everybody, and DON'T PANIC.

Wow. Conversation stopper.

Maybe we all ran out to our local libraries and bookstores John.
I think my youngest son owns a copy of "Dirk Gently etc," and I want a chance to borrow it from him so that I can read through to "that part" and let you know of my reaction. :) I'm still waiting to catch up with him.
Or maybe we panicked?

don't feel alone Gypso I haven't read "Hithiker's Guide.." either.
Nor have I read "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" otherwise I would have commented :)

I've only read Hitchhiker's Guide, but I'm inspired to read the rest of them now!

Pardon us while we go read... ;-)

Maybe AFTER the semester is over! I sometimes forget what reading for pleasure is!

Sorry Gypso, I didn't mean to rush you. I just thought it was funny that there were many comments on this thread, then I put in that long geeky rant, and nobody commented for over a day. When I said "conversation stopper", I was really poking fun at myself.

I've had threads cut bluntly after my comments here and there. It's almost an audible thud in the room. lol
I've notice that it happens from time to time and wanted you to know that you weren't lost in space somewhere.

My son tells me that there is more than one "Dirk Gently etc." title. Which one are you talking about? I'm becoming fixated on reading "that part" now.

The first one was the best, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". The second was pretty good, it's called "The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul". Adams started a 3rd Gently book before his death. Someone else finished it and published it as "The Salmon of Doubt". It wasn't very good, but everyone was thrilled to get one last piece of Douglas Adams, seemingly from out of the ether.

Thanks John. Which one has that particularly funny plot twist?

The first one, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Thank you John! :)

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I prefer The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, mainly because I'm part Norwegian and it features Norse gods, but Douglas Adams is my favorite author!! I hope that, by now, everyone else has read at least one of his books.

The Salmon of Doubt is a posthumous collection of unfinished stories, plus newspaper articles, essays, and interviews. One of my favorite passages (which is funnier if you're familiar with Fawlty Towers) involves an awning at his hotel in Australia. The awning had two settings: Automatic and Manuel, and he and his wife wondered whether, if they chose Manuel, an incompetent Spaniard would enter the room and roll up the awning for them.

Very Sweet!!!

Nice puzzle!

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