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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:42:23 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2009 14:05:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
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>>It's the only one he achieved ahead of schedule, sadly. 49 is too
>>early. :(
>>
> When the gods speak even authors listen.
Ironic given Adams' beliefs. :-)
>>> It has been years since I've read anything by him.
>>
>>I listen to Hitchhiker's at least once a year. I know the primary and
>>secondary phases well enough to recite along with the recordings.
>>
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> I think that I prefered the Dirk Gently series. But that may be because
> HHGTTG was so cult-ish ;)
Gently was good as well, but I started with Hitchhiker's and there is an
awful lot of depth there (as indeed there is in both series).
>>He had such a way with metaphors and the English language as a whole -
>>"they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't", for
>>example.
>>
> A bit like Pratchett IMO :)
A bit, perhaps.
Jim
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