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Fans of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy are likely to react strongly to the announcement that Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has been given the green light to write a sixth book in the series - 16 years after the release of Mostly Harmless.According to the BBC, the project - entitled And Another Thing..., and slated for publication in October 2009 - has the "full support" of Adams' widow Jane Belson. She enthused: "I am delighted that Eoin Colfer has agreed to continue the Hitchhiker series. I love his books and could not think of a better person to transport Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new."
Colfer, 43, admitted: "My first reaction was semi-outrage that anyone should be allowed to tamper with this incredible series. But on reflection I realised that this is a wonderful opportunity to work with characters I have loved since childhood and give them something of my own voice while holding on to the spirit of Douglas Adams."
He added: "I feel more pressure to perform now than I ever have with my own books, and that is why I am bloody determined that this will be the best thing I have ever written."
Douglas Adams died in 2001 at the age of 49, having sold around 16 million copies worldwide of his legendary Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series.
Ghost of Forums Past fucked around with this message on 09-19-2008 at 05:48 PM.
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Maradon! wrote their words upon the rocks;
Normally I would be bursting with nerd rage, but honestly the ending Adams chose for the series was kinda depressing
My memory is unreliable, but I recall reading that he wrote it that way, so he could star the next book with everyone in the afterlife and start from there.
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Maradon! stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Normally I would be bursting with nerd rage, but honestly the ending Adams chose for the series was kinda depressing
I could never get through like the second book. Or whatever one had them on prehistoric earth. They pretty much all sucked after the first one.
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x--Cool Hand LukeO-('-'Q) :
I could never get through like the second book. Or whatever one had them on prehistoric earth. They pretty much all sucked after the first one.
This is definitely not true. The first one was the best I will grant you, and subsequent books did have their dry parts, but they were all very much worth reading.
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Cool Hand Luke had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Obama is going to be the best president since Jimmy Carter!
Celebrities have no place being president geez.
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A sleep deprived I dun got banned stammered:
Celebrities have no place being president geez.
I'd vote for Jesse Ventura as President.
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Cool Hand Lukeing:
I'd vote for Jesse Ventura as President.
He is a sexual tyrannosaurus.
also
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Maradon! had this to say about Cuba:
He is a sexual tyrannosaurus.
Billy. Billy! The other day, I was going down on my girlfriend, I said to her, "Jeez you got a big pussy. Jeez you got a big pussy." She said, "Why did you say that twice?" I said, "I didn't." Cool Hand Luke fucked around with this message on 09-19-2008 at 08:54 PM.
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Maradon! still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
He is a sexual tyrannosaurus.also
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Tina Fey needs to stop making fun of Palin. Cut the woman some slack.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Maradon! fucked around with this message on 09-22-2008 at 10:53 PM.
