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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:47:24 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:
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>>> On 7 Aug 2009 13:02:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:55:24 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6 Aug 2009 18:58:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Contrary to public opinion, I don't actually like the Goons. I'm
>>>>>>> the wrong age group. Too young to appreciate them the first time
>>>>>>> round and too old for the retrospectives. The same goes for the
>>>>>>> Glums and ITMA.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I could see that happening. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Not hip to like what your parents like. :)
>>>>
>>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be
>>>>so unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> LOL
>>
>> This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)
>
> The thread goes highly off-topic and completely random?
Precisely. And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly
past."
Jim
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On 7 Aug 2009 14:14:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be so
>>>unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>> LOL
>
>This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)
Dying, was the only deadline he did not miss. :(
It has been years since I've read anything by him.
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Stephen
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On Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:47:24 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom>
wrote:
>The thread goes highly off-topic and completely random?
Not so random. We are drawing on a shared experience.
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Stephen
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On 7 Aug 2009 17:05:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>Precisely. And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)
I posted my "deadline" comment before reading this. So we are drawing on a
shared experience.
--
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Stephen
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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:23:46 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2009 17:05:39 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>>Precisely. And something witty about deadlines gets said, too. ;-)
>
> I posted my "deadline" comment before reading this. So we are drawing on
> a shared experience.
Indeed we are. :-)
I found DNA's attitude towards deadlines to be somewhat helpful when I
was working on the books I got published. :-)
Jim
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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:18:25 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2009 14:14:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>>>>It's a good thing my parents didn't like it, then - otherwise I'd be
>>>>so unhip my bum might fall off. ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> LOL
>>
>>This is what happens when you're a fan of Douglas Adams. ;-)
>
> Dying, was the only deadline he did not miss. :(
It's the only one he achieved ahead of schedule, sadly. 49 is too
early. :(
> 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.
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.
Jim
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On 8 Aug 2009 14:05:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>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 :)
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Stephen
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On 8 Aug 2009 14:03:25 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>I found DNA's attitude towards deadlines to be somewhat helpful when I
>was working on the books I got published. :-)
My attitude is different. I need them. ;)
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Stephen
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On 8-8-2009 20:42, Stephen wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2009 14:05:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>
>
>> 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.
*) 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.
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On Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:13:02 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
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>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.
>
True
>*) 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.
I can't remember that one but I think that I have downloaded it. I'll look it
up.
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Stephen
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