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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:13:02 +0200, andrel wrote:
> On 8-8-2009 20:42, 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.
>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>> I think that I prefered the Dirk Gently series. But that may be because
>> HHGTTG was so cult-ish ;)
>>
>>> 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 :)
>
> Terry is more into puns and taking things literally for humorous effect.
> Later books are increasingly more about the story than about language or
> humor (IMHO). Douglas was overflowing with short stories and small ideas
> that had to find a way into a framework that was suitable for a book.
> Douglas is more quotable* because many of the ideas and observations are
> already brought back to one-liners by him but Terry has written so much
> more that he has had time to catch up on the number of ideas.
All good points.
> *) It is a pity that the story of the lizards has too much context.
> Sometimes I would like to quote 'otherwise the wrong lizard might get
> in' but that would need too much explaining.
Not to those who know it. :-)
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