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jherazob Geek-in-Training  
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posted March 19, 2002 19:53
   
A friend had it and gave it to me, along with "The restaurant at the end of the universe" and "Life, the universe and everything". That's the reason i haven't done much anything else in the last few days, and what caused me to actually like the fact that my ISP was down since the weekend  It's interesting that i discovered a new feeling, of being about to go mad, laughing hard, be confused, surprised and extremely amused, all at the same time I'm sure he has other books by Douglas Adams, so i'll have to see if i can convince him to give them to me for a while. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!     
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posted March 19, 2002 20:35
congrats, the world will look a lot different now. I think that was one of the best books i ever read. I hope you enjoy them. nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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plastic Super Geek  
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posted March 20, 2002 01:12
At first I was shocked and amazed and could do nothing but stare at my computer screen blankly while catching flys in my mouth , but I have since recovered and glad to see that you are converting....please join us at the meetings and dont forget your bible.
I think I'm going to have to go back and RE-read THHG. IP: Logged |
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SupportGoddess Highlie 
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posted March 20, 2002 01:41
After you finish the Hitchhiker's trilogy, see if your friend has Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul. They are also hysterical.  ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 03:39
I can't make my mind up if I enjoyed the book more than the television series (which has just come out on DVD over here!) Marvin gets funnier every time I watch it, probably as I find myself turning into him. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 03:45
I just remembered something ... I was on a long bus ride once from Gothenburg to Stockholm. All the way through the boring scenery (look everyone, a pine forest!) this guy at the front of the bus was pissing himself laughing at something. Everyone else on the bus was shrugging and making 'loco' gestures and what not. Now, this bus ride was something 6-8 hours - most of it was filled with this guy's intermittant maniacal laughter. As we alighted at Stockholm I managed to glimpse what he was reading - of course, it was the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Zwilnik Alpha Geek Posts: 294 |
posted March 20, 2002 04:50
The radio series is even better! Personally, I think Dirk Gently... is his best book, but the first four Hitchhikers are pretty close (Mostly Harmless sucked big league though) IP: Logged |
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GameMaster Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 05:45
Anyone know where I can get the old radio shows on CD? I was reading HHGTG again last year, on the bus.... I know the way the guy felt. IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 05:49
Not sure about getting the radio show on CD... but this maybe the place to look if it's possible. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Super Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 05:51
In fact, yes - if you go to the 'BBC Shop' bit. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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quantumfluff Highlie
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posted March 20, 2002 07:22
I just checked, I have the original HHGTTG radio shows on an LP! I think I'll go listen to it. IP: Logged |
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miliani Geek Apprentice
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posted March 20, 2002 18:47
Yaaaaaay!!! Another soul converted!!! =) I remember reading HHGTG back in middle school, and these guys would always ask, "Hey, geek, you trying to find a way back to your home planet?" ;-) But then again... I really was a science and computer nerd (still am!) back then who did nothing but go to school and then go to gymnastics and taekwondo practice after school, so i guess the harrassment was somewhat deserved. =P Marvin is my hero. =D IP: Logged |
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Erbo Super Geek
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posted March 20, 2002 21:18
I read the title of this thread and immediately thought, "God, you don't know how lucky you are, to have that still in front of you." First time I read them, I had gotten the first two books as a Christmas present. I was hesitant at first, but then cracked open H2G2. Within the hour, I was laughing my ass off! Since then, I've acquired all the other books, the original radio scripts book, copies of the two albums, the video of the six TV episodes, and Neil Gaiman's companion paperback "Don't Panic." I don't have the signature towel, though. After you work your way through the H2G2 series, try the Red Dwarf series. They're also funny as hell. IP: Logged |
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SheRa Newbie  
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posted March 21, 2002 14:44
If you like science fiction and humor, you might also like the Stainless Steel Rat series, by Harry Harrison. It's a futuristic, sarcastic detective series. Also the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett are hilarious. It is a very cheeky and irreverent fantasy. "Small Gods" is my favorite in the series. Neither of these series is quite as geekishly stupendous as Hitchiker, but they are still worth reading. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Hikaru Geek
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posted March 22, 2002 06:55
reaper man is also good, I would also recommend that ya read Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachet it is groovy ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MBoprey Geek
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posted March 24, 2002 18:09
Does anybody else here hate reading books? I've never once (besides a John Lennon song collection book that explained what his songs meant) enjoyed reading a book. :-/ ------------------ IP: Logged |
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TheAnnoyedCockroach Super Geek
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posted March 24, 2002 19:48
Books are good. They're my friends. They create worlds that are much better than the one I'm stuck in. IP: Logged |
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Sir Aureus Geek-in-Training
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posted March 25, 2002 15:25
If you liked the Hitchhiker series, I strongly suggest reading the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett. He writes the same type of humor, and, although it isn't quite as concentrated, he wrote a lot more than Adams did. I suggest starting with Mort because the first couple of his books aren't quite as good as his later works. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Stormtalon Neat Newbie
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posted March 25, 2002 15:26
Stainless Steel Rat merely a detective?? This is James Bolivar "Slippery Jim" DiGriz, we're talking about here! He makes Cary Grant's character in "To Catch a Thief" look like the absolute epitome of a fine, upstanding, law-abiding citizen. Slippery Jim redefines the word "smooth." I'd also like to toss in a suggestion for Piers Anthony's 'Xanth' novels. Not only is it the longest-running trilogy in existence (the man just cannot count), it's also got what has to be the highest "puns-to-page ratio" in existence.
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Geordie Super Geek
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posted March 25, 2002 18:59
quote: I agree about the pun count but having read some of his early darker stuff I find I just can't stomach the sacharine sweetness of his Xanth novels. It isn't that they are bad though. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted March 26, 2002 05:55
quote: I have to agree to that one. I much rather live in a world created in a book than this one most days. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Evilbunny Highlie
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posted March 26, 2002 18:45
ALLRIGHT!! GO YOU!!!!!! The best books on the planet!!!!! (Well, except for "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynmann!" and "The Hoboken Chicken Emergency!") IP: Logged |
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Erbo Super Geek
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posted March 26, 2002 21:07
I consume a few books each week as part of a staple diet.
quote: I'm rather fond of his "Incarnations of Immortality" series myself. A former girlfriend pointed me to Bearing an Hourglass, and I just took off from there. The same girlfriend also pointed me at Rick Cook's "Wiz" series (Wizard's Bane, The Wizardry Compiled, The Wizardry Cursed, The Wizardry Consulted, The Wizardry Quested), which is now also a longtime favorite of mine. (It concerns a Cupertino hacker who finds himself in a sword-and-sorcery world, and becomes the greatest wizard in the world by creating a programming language for magic. Tons of computer puns.) Incidentally, Piers Anthony has a decent Web site...www.HiPiers.com. He's a Linux user! And he likes tortoises! Those two factoids immediately rated him as "Super Cool" in my book... IP: Logged |
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greycat Super Geek
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posted March 27, 2002 06:09
Oh, Piers graduated to Linux? Cool... I haven't followed his life in gory detail lately. But most of what I know about CP/M comes from reading his Author's Note at the end of one of his earlier Xanth books where he describes his transition from CP/M to MS-DOS. IP: Logged |
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Erbo Super Geek
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posted March 27, 2002 18:47
quote: Yeah, one of the "Incarnations" Author's Notes (I think it's Wielding a Red Sword, but I could be mistaken) is another place where he talks about moving from "Captain M's apartment building" (CP/M with its multiple user areas) to "Ms. Dos' garden paths" (hierarchical directories in MS-DOS). According to some material from his Web site, he migrated to Windows after that, and then, about a year ago, he gave up on M$ and moved to Linux...but it wasn't that easy of a transition. Still, he was highly motivated, which helps. Some of his newsletters now refer to "MacroHard." Take that as you will. IP: Logged |
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