Conference noted::sf

    	One thing about HITCHIKER'S mentioned in net.sf-lovers is that
    for now there will NOT be a movie version of HHGTTG (due to the
    usual creative differences between the movie's producers and the
    book's creator) - and, judging from how the TV version turned out,
    maybe it's a good thing.  I personally found only the radio program
    and the first two books to be really funny.
    
    	As for Douglas Adam's writing style, it strikes me as a cross
    between Kurt Vonnegut and DOCTOR WHO (he did do many of that show's
    scripts).  I generally like it, as it has that wonderful subtle
    style of British humor, even when things get disastrous - such as
    Earth being wiped out by the Vogons (who later became a DEC news
    service :^)), and most everyone taking it rather casually ("Mostly 
    harmless.")
    
        In regards to the radio series - this is not quite the same as 
    having the tapes, naturally, but they did come out about a year 
    ago with a book on the complete radio scripts of the series, along 
    with numerous notes on its production.
        One way to get the tapes is to write to several SF mail-order 
    companies.  The addresses of some which I know sell them can be 
    found in THEBAY::STAR_TREK Note 67.  Let us all know, in this 
    note, if any of these suggestions are helpful. 

    	Larry
    

    
       I've got the scripts - they're very good, but when discussing
    The Guide with my friends, it's tough to describe the sound of the
    universe self-destructing!   :-)
    
       There is a record set of the Guide, but as I understand it, it
    follows the story-line of the books, whereas I'd prefer to be able
    to follow the radio's story.
    
       Mail-order SF tapes?  Would they have the original BBC/NPR tapes?
    
    					-mjg
    

    	Yes, they are the ORIGINAL radio program tapes (not the version
    with Douglas Adams reading the book - that can still be found in
    local bookstores).
    
    	You can ask these SF mail-order companies for their catalogues,
    and inquire about the HHGTTG tapes as well, if you want.  Just be
    sure to included a self-addressed, stamped envelope for them to
    send their replies in (they're funny like that!).  Besides, who
    knows what else you might see to buy!  (THEBAY::STAR_TREK Note 67).
    
    	Larry
    

    I was able to get copies of the tapes from Boskone a few years back.
    One of the tapes was practicly unusable (you had to turn up your
    volume to almost max), and they are not stereo like the original
    broadcast.  I really miss the great sound.

re: .2

I have  a tape recording of the record set - it is similar to the story line
of the books, but still very different in some places. As I understand it,
the  length of the recording is not anywhere near the length of the original
radio  series.   I  haven't  heard the original radio series - are the tapes
of it worth getting even if you have the record set?

P-O

       The original radio series is definitely worth getting.  The plot
    (while having a few major holes - as does the book) makes much more
    sense and doesn't seem contrived as much.
    
       I've heard part of the record series, and it's just not the same!
    I haven't written to the SF-mail-order places yet, but when I do,
    I'll post the results of my quest here.
    
    
    					-mjg
    

    	For more information on the HHGTTG radio script and book,
    see DSSDEV::BOOKS Note 251.
            
        Larry
    

I know where the original radio series is: 12 episodes, 6 hours, recorded with
varying fidelity off NPR (KUSC Los Angeles).

I will not help give them to any one, since I think it would 
violate all kinds of
laws, and I'm too young to sue.

Tom

I know the PFRC, Permenant Floating Riot Club, also known as the Michigan Tech
F&SF Club has copies of HHGTTG and other radio plays, which I *could* borrow...

I think the best bet is to look at Boskone next month...

Jim. 

    
       What's at Boskone?   Where's Boskone?  The name sounds familliar
    but I can't place it...
    
    
    					-mjg
    

    Boskone is the annual Boston science fiction convention.  It is
    sponsored by NESFA, the New England Science Fiction Association,
    and is named after a planet held by the Bad Guys in E. E. Smith's
    old "Lensman" series.  The name was picked, obviously, because of
    its similarity to the abbreviation BosCon (BOSton CONvention).
    
    Earl Wajenberg

       I don't suppose you know when it occurs?  I'm afraid I don't
    know much about it - I've never attended any of the SF, or Dr. Who,
    or ST or whatever conventions...yet.  I might if I know when and
    where it is, however.
    
    
    					-mjg
    

The original radio version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (with only
little differences from the BBC version) will be played on
WGBH-FM Radio Boston, 89.7, starting on Sunday, January 4, 1987, at 6PM.
I guess it's once a week.
Tom

       Just what I wanted to hear!!!
    
       Great!
    
    					-mjg
    

Well, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy started again on Sunday
on WGBH at 6PM in Boston.

Guess what, there's a saturation point at which it is no longer fun or
interesting, and I just hit it.

Oh well, for those that still enjoy it, there it is.

12 episodes.
Tom

    	Do you mean the TV version or the radio version?  The announcement
    for the radio show has already been written.  Are they showing THHGTTG
    on PBS-TV again as well?
    
    	Larry
    

       Argh!  Missed the show!  My car broke down (bloody ignition
    system...) and I ended up being here in Nashua at 6:00 instead of
    home.  I don't suppose anyone taped it?
    
       BTW - the HHGTTG TV show seems to be playing again.  I saw it
    on cable 26 (in Dover) over the long weekend.  Ugh.  At least it's
    the original cast from the radio series for the most part.  The
    actor who plays Ford Prefect is far too tense however, in my opinion.
    
       Hanging his head in humility...
    
    					-mjg
    

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Path: decwrl!ucbvax!cbatt!ihnp4!ihlpa!rjp1
Subject: Radio Broadcast of Hitchhikers...
Posted: 5 Jan 87 18:02:33 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
 
I just checked with the only (to my knowledge, correct me if I'm
wrong!) National Public Radio station in the Chicago area, WBEZ, at
91.5 FM, about the re-broadcast of the HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE
GALAXY BBC radio play. I talked with one of the programmers, and she
said that they were NOT going to air it, as they have already done so
in previous years.  She also said that I was the second caller to ask
about it, and that she would mention it to her boss.  She did indicate
that IF there were enough interest, that they may, in fact,
re-broadcast it. 
 
So, I thought that I would post a quick note with WBEZ's phone number
for any of you who would like to call and let them know that there
definetely IS AN INTEREST in this 12-part series.  Here it is: 
 
  WBEZ (91.5 FM)  (312) 890-8225  (ask for Nora)  (9-5 weekdays)
 
If anyone knows of another National Public Radio station in the
Chicago area that IS going to re-broadcast it, please E-mail this info
to me. Thanks in advance! 
 
	...!ihnp4!ihlpa!rjp1

                     -< HHGTTG TV series in England >-
    
    For those of us who want to see the HHGTTG TV episodes in the UK,I
    have just seen a trailer for the series.It will be broadcast weekly
    at 9:00 PM starting on Friday 15th May on BBC2.
    
        For more info consult your guides on arcane rituals performed
        by humans(under the sub-heading TV).  8-)
    
        Robert.

For those in the New Hapshire area, Channel 11 out of Derry is showing the
HGTTG on Saturday evenings now approx at 7.  It was on last evening and will
continue next week.  They are being shown in the 1/2 hour segments.  This
week's will be 1 hour long (2 segments) starting at 6:30 pm.

-Joe

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From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Douglas Adams:  LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 27 Jan 88 17:20:00 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Lines: 44
  
    I just noticed that there are major differences between the two
copies I have of Douglas Adams' LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, AND EVERYTHING. 
One is the English pocket from Pan Books, the other the American
hardcover from Harmony Books. 

    Some of the most prominent differences can be found in use of
possibly offensive words (all are stripped from the US edition) - but
I have also found significant differences in the actual text.  For
instance, the American hardcover does not count 'The Important Facts
of the Galaxy:  Number One' as a chapter (the English paperback does),
and it completely lacks 'The Important Facts of the Galaxy:  Number
Two' (Which is chapter 5 in the English paperback)!  So now the
American edition is two chapters behind on the English version. 

    This goes on until chapter 21/23:  The piece about the Flying
Party.  Here, the American edition suddenly turns out to have an extra
part (the dialogue between Arthur and the girl about the word
"Belguim") and the places where chapters start and end are radically
different, thus bringing the two version back together at the start of
Chapter 23, which both start:  "'Alright,' shouted Ford at Arthur...".

    When I found out about these differences I was quite baffled.  I
can imagine Adams changing certain words on request of the American
publisher, but this is ludicrous.  So does anyone know: 
 
 1) Which version was the originally intended one?
    [My guess would be the English paperback, but who knows?]
 2) Why Adams didn't stop after changing a few offensive words?
 3) Does anyone have the English hardcover or American paperback and if so,
    can you verify what I found? Does the American paperback correspond
    with the American hardcover? And dito for the English books?
 
    Thanks for any replies!
 
 --Maarten-                         <  I collect Hitch Hiker's trivia.
 ([email protected])             <  Always interested in new stuff!
  
    "What the world needed, I could see, was a thumping good ghost
horror detective who-dunnit time travel romantic musical comedy epic."

                                           - Douglas Adams
  
 P.S.: Question  4) Has anyone ever successfully attracted Adams' attention?
                    I mean, with more success than just a standard reply?

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From: [email protected] (james hartman)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Adams: Life, the Universe and Everything
Summary: Ghost writer?
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 9 Feb 88 18:43:05 GMT
References: <[email protected]>
Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx.
Lines: 24
 
    In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes: 

>  WARNING: For real Hitch Hiker's Guide fans only :-)
I agree.  Only REAL HHG fans would have read this book.
> 
>  2) Why Adams didn't stop after changing a few offensive words?

    One of the ideas batted around here, locally, was that there was a
ghost writer on Life... - the writing style changes dramatically
through the book - especially during the parts where Arthur and
Fenchurch are flying through the clouds.  Its almost as if whoever it
was writing it was trying to hurry up and get that part over with; the
style seems a little terse.  Of course, when Adams himself was asked
this during his last time here in Houston, he denied it.  "I remember
not feeling quite up to snuff when writing those parts, but later on I
couldn't think of how to improve it."  Interesting.  Also, when asked
if he was going to do any more Hitchhiker-related material, he
replied, "Yes, later."  (!) 
 
    Disclaimer: Much of the above, shy of the direct quotes, is sheer
speculation. 
 
                James Hartman ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!phaedrus 

    "Human beings believe everything is alive - water, stones, air. 
The white man believes everything is dead - earth, stones, even their
own people.  They will rub them out.  That is the difference."

                                    --Chief Lodgeskins/_Little_Big_Man_ 

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From: [email protected] (R M Howarth)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Hitchhiker's Guide Guide
Keywords: Douglas Adams, HHGTTG trivia, Dr Who
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 11 Mar 88 19:15:57 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Rolf Howarth)
Organization: Computer Science, Warwick University, UK
Lines: 31
  
    I haven't seen anyone on the net mention this yet but a guide to
the Guide was published over here in January.  It's a biography of
Douglas Adams and history of his work, starting from his Cambridge
Footlights revue stuff, his Dr Who scripts and the first BBC radio
series up to So Long, the compendium `trilogy' (incl. differences in
US and British editions) and Dirk Gently. Full of essential trivia for
all HHG fans! (eg. did you know that the guy who runs naked into the
sea in the TV series, a la Reginald Perrin, is none other than D.Adams
himself, 'cos the actor who was to play the part couldn't turn up the
day they were filming in Cornwall?) 
 
    The book is by Neil Gaiman, and is called "Don't Panic: The
Official Hitch-hikers' Guide to the Galaxy Companion", published in
paberback by Titan Books at 3.95 pounds.  I presume it's not out in
the States yet, but it's probably worth waiting for if you're into
that sort of thing. Douglas Adams collaborated on it, and there are
loads of excerpts from interviews with him and others involved in the
production of the radio series etc., people like Geoff Perkins, John
Lloyd, his mother... 
 
    Rather intriguingly the possibility (nay, probability even!) of a
third radio series was mentioned, but as I've been waiting for it
since 1980 I'll believe that when I hear it. 
 
    Share and Enjoy.
 
    Rolf
 

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From: [email protected] (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,rec.arts.sf-lovers,rec.mag
Subject: Ed Fredkin
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 20 Mar 88 05:15:34 GMT
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
Lines: 17
 
    From the April ATLANTIC MONTHLY:
 
    "Did the Universe Just Happen?"  by Robert Wright
 
    Controversial scientist Edward Fredkin says no -- that the
Universe is a computer, and was built for a purpose.  Fredkin believes
that information is more fundamental than matter or energy, that all
of reality is governed by a single programming rule, and that the 
Universe may have been created to get the answer to a question. 
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    The Universe is a computer, designed to answer a question.
Why does this sound so familiar?
 				              .
				t r i s h a   o t u a m a
				

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From: srg2@ur-tut (Stacey Greenstein)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,rec.arts.sf-lovers,rec.mag
Subject: Re: Ed Fredkin
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 20 Mar 88 09:18:24 GMT
References: <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected] (Stacey Greenstein)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
Lines: 30
 
    In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Patricia O Tuama)
writes: 

>The Universe is a computer, designed to answer a question.
>Why does this sound so familiar?
>				              .
>				t r i s h a   o t u a m a
 
    Well, let me think.  If forty-two just happened to pop into my
head, would you say it was a coincidence, or that the programming has
lead me to think of the number forty-two?  If the Universe is indeed a
gigantic computer, Douglas Adams would be an integral part of its
programming, I would say!  If Fredkin is correct, then forty-two may
only be just a step along the way towards the Final Answer.  Forty-two
may just be the final answer hypercoded Recursively so that the
remaining program is just what is needed to decoded the number
forty-two.  Or this could all be just the mindless babblings of a
twenty year old who has yet to go to bed and it is past four fifteen
in the morning... 
  
US Mail:   Stacey Robert Greenstein  BITNET: srg2@uordb1 
           P. O. Box 30202           ARPA:   [email protected] 
           Rochester, NY 14627       Phone:  (716)244-9890
UUCP:      {allegra, seismo, rutgers}!rochester!ur-tut!srg2


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From: [email protected] (Cliff Joslyn)
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,rec.arts.sf-lovers,rec.mag
Subject: Re: Ed Fredkin
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: 20 Mar 88 17:35:21 GMT
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected] (Cliff Joslyn)
Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY
Lines: 25
 
    In article <[email protected]> [email protected]
(Stacey Greenstein) writes: 

>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Patricia O Tuama) writes:
>>The universe is a computer, designed to answer a question.
>>Why does this sound so familiar?
>>				              .
>>				t r i s h a   o t u a m a
 
    Let us say I take all the information in all the encyclopedias
and reference books and catalogs of biochemical compounds and make and
ASCII text file out of them, and then come up with an umpteen-zillion
long decimal number that represents this long text file, and then
construct a ruler one inch long calibrated to the umpteen-zillionth of
an inch.  I can now specify a single point in an inch representing all
the knowledge in the world...
 
    Information is not meaning
    Meaning is at least information
    Nothing is determined
    There is no answer
 
O---------------------------------------------------------------------->
| Cliff Joslyn, Professional Cybernetician 
| Systems Science Department, SUNY Binghamton, New York, but my opinions
| [email protected]
V All the world is biscuit shaped. 

    Actually Quantum Information Theory has been around for a lot longer
    than "Hitchiker" has.  I suspect that Adams read it before he wrote
    it.
    
    --  Barry

Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Adams, Seven, Python and Who. [from [email protected]]
Date: 22 May 89 15:00:38 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Dave Berry)
Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U
 
    I'm posting this for someone without net access:
 
From [email protected] Mon May 22 15:54:49 1989
Date:     Mon, 22 May 89 15:52:14 GMT
Subject:  Adams,Seven,Python and Who.
 
    I am a keen Adams fan,and I really know where my towel is
concerning Monty Python.  OK,it goes like this.  Doug wrote *NO*
sketches for the Python tv show.  He made two *very* brief appearances
on the 3rd series,once in a mask and once in drag.  He DID write a
sketch about Marilyn Monroes corpse being dug up to star in a film
which was heavily revised and included on the soundtrack album of
Python and the Holy Grail. 

    Adams wrote no episodes of Blakes 7.  He was script editor of Dr.
Who for some time, but only wrote 3 stories.  These were :

   1. The Pirate Planet.
      Boorish cyborg runs hollow planet which jumps about hyperspace,
      materialises around smaller planets and sucks them dry of mineral welth.
      The latest victim of this turns out to be the 2nd segment of the Key to
      Time.
   2. The City of Death.
      Several interesting elements. This was the first 'Who' story filmed abroad
      (Paris). Scaroth of the Jagaroth crashed on Earth in the far past and was
      split into 7 segments,each living in a different period of history.
      Today's version is financing the building of a time machine to return and
      prevent the explosion (cf. Dirk Gently).A detective is the Doctor's main
      helper in addition to Romana.(John Cleese makes a cameo appearance in the
      final episode.He and Eleanor Bron are admiring the TARDIS as it stands in
      the Louvre. Doctor and Romana hurry inside. TARDIS dematerialises.Cleese
      murmurs 'Exquisite'.
   3. Shada.
      Recording was never completed because of an industrial dispute at the BBC
      but some of the scenes were used for Baker's appearances in 'The Five
      Doctors'. Notable Gently elements include a Cambridge Professor named
      Chronotis whose TARDIS is his study.
    Adams did intend 'the Krikkitmen' to be a "Who" serial but was
told it was 'too silly'. 

    Krikkitmen did NOT feature in Shada,although a shielded prison
planet for genocidal xenophobes did.(cf. the Slo-Time envelope). 
 
     PSI.
[email protected]
 
Dave Berry, Laboratory for Foundations      db%[email protected]
    of Computer Science, Edinburgh Uni.	    <Atlantic Ocean>!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!db
 
  "It's a cute castle, but why did they build it right next to the railway?"

Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
Subject: Hitchhiker's Guide *INDEX*
Date: 7 Jun 89 11:44:56 GMT
Reply-To: [email protected] (Rolf Howarth)
Organization: Computer Science, University of Warwick, UK.
 
    Here's something I did when I was bored one day; thought I might
as well share it with the net.  People, places and things, mainly, as
well as some, you know ... other things. 

    Unfortunately I didn't get round to reading the fourth book again
when I was doing this, but maybe if I get totally inundated with fan
mail (unlikely) I'll finish the list off and repost a revised version.
Any corrections, please let me know. Page numbers refer to the UK
paperback edition -- how well this corresponds with other editions I
don't know, sorry. 

    Oh yes, this is probably best viewed through something like
"expand -28,29", possibly with a "fold" in there as well.  And
question marks mean I'm not sure about something. I think. (I guess
this ought to be called version 1, December 1987, in anticipation of a
whole gamut of revised editions? Hmm, also unlikely, I suspect.) 
 
    Anyway, Share and Enjoy!
 
    -Rolf
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                     THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
 
Agda	II 185,180
Agrajag	III 91-97
Aldebaran	II 128
Aldebaran liqueurs	II 95; III 60
Algol	II 128
Algolian Suntiger	I 21,22
Allosimanius Syneca	III 59-60
Alpha Centauri	I 31,89
Alpha Proxima	I 62
Altairian Dollar	I 15; II 33,114
Antares	I 99
Arcturan Mega-Freighters	I 140; II 32
Arcturan Mega-gin	I 21
Arcturan Megadonkey	I 127,146
Arcturan Megaleach	III 80
Arcturan Megavoidwhale	III 70
Arcturus	I 140
Argabuthon	III 152,154
Arglebard Forest	III 154
Ark Fleet	see Golgafrincham
Arkleseizure, Great Green	II 9
Arthur Dent	I 9,51,149; III 8,12,90,96,112,156,161
Arthur's Bag	III 11,24-25,89,102-103,105,150
Artifactovol	III 69
Asgard	II 96
Ashes	III 29-32,122,146
Axel Nebula	II 107
Azgoths	I 53

Babel Fish	I 47,49; II 162
Bambelweeny 57 Submeson Brain	I 68
Barnard's Star	I 43,48
Beeblebrox	see Zaphod
Belcerebon	II 123
Benjy Mouse	I 146
Betelgeuse	I 13,14,27,40,85,140; II 24,128; III 22
Bethselamin	I 62
Big Bang	I 127
Biros	I 113
Bistromathics	III 38-41,73,151
Blagulon Kappa	I 156
Blue, Super-intelligent Shade of	I 34,113
Brantisvogan Civil Service	? I 113; III 59
Brockian Ultra Cricket	I 125; III 98,100
Brownian motion	I 68
Bugblatter Beast of Traal, Ravenous	I 24,45

Campaign for Real Time	III 69,79,81,83-85
Carfrax	III 120
Celestial Home Care Omnibus	I 7
Chalesm, Cathedral of	III 79,85
Ciceronicus 12	I 127
Cold Hillsides Tribesmen	III 158-160
Computers	I 79,125,127,158; III 120
Cricket	III 67; see also Ashes and Lord's Cricket Ground
Cruxwan	I 128
Cwulzenda	III 120

Dalforas	III 158-160
Damogran	I 32,37,43,63,68
Dangrabad Beta	I 127
Deep Thought	I 126; II 9
Definit-Kill Photrazon Cannon	II 19
Dent	see Arthur Dent
Dentrassi	I 41,44
Digital watches	I 125-126
Disaster Area	II 84,88,121
Dolphins	I 119
Dordellis Wars	I 140
Dwellers in the Forest	III 158-160

Eadrax	II 15
Earth	I 15,46,51,62,104,119,123,131,137,147; II 11-12,29,147; III 99
Eastern Galactic Arm	II 59
Eccentrica Gallumbits	I 52,77; II 31; III 36
Eddie the Shipboard Computer	I 79,105
Effrafax	III 32
Electronic Thumb	see Sub-Etha Sens-o-Matic
Elevators	II 41
Emperor	I 33
Encyclopaedia Galactica	I 7,20,73; II 31
Eroticon 6	I 52; III 36

Fallia, Marshes of	I 21
Fire Mountains	III 120
Flainian Pobble Bead	II 114
Flying	III 14,58-59,102,151
Folfanga	III 10
Fook	I 126
Ford Prefect	I 13,40,83,140; II 85; III 12,68
France	I 32,34
Frankie Mouse	I 146
Frazfraga	III 120
Frogs	III 155
Frogstar B	II 53-54,61,101
Frogstar Fighters	II 43,49,71

G'Gugvuntt	I 144
Gag Halfrunt	I 77; II 12,29
Gagracka Mind Zones	II 88
Galactic Court	III 74-75
Galactic Eezzeereed	II 133
Galactic Empire, Former	I 89,116
Galactic Fleet	III 70
Galactic History	III 119; see also Magrathea, Universe etc.
Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council	I 30; II 11
Galactic Institute	I 69
Galactic Police	I 152,157; II 100
Galacticredit Card	I 110
Galaxy	III 36,51
Gamma Caves	III 120
Garfighters	III 120
Gargravarr, Pizpot	II 56,60
Genghis Khan	I 11,19
Glastonbury	III 99
God	I 7,50,130
Golgafrincham	II 133,146,182
Golgafrincham Ark Fleet	II 133,141-144,169; III 15
Googleplex Star Thinker	I 127
Grunthos the Flatulent	I 53

Hactar	III 120-121,141-147,150
Hadra	II 85
Halfrunt	see Gag Halfrunt
Han Wavel	III 57
Hangovers	I 20; II 104; III 56
Hastromil	II 103
Heart of Gold	I 32,34,38,67,70,101,110; II 11,50,71; III 64-65,69,126
Hitchhiker's Guide Offices	see Megadodo Publications
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy I 7,15,24,45,62,87,89,112; II 31,34,112,187; 
                                 III 14,98-99
Hollop	III 44
Hooloovoo	see Blue
Horsehead Nebula	I 79,88,159
Hotblack Desiato	II 84,89,110
Hrung	I 40
Hunian Hills	II 165
Hurling Frootmig	III 98
Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler	I 127

Ice Crystal Pyramids	III 59
Ice Storms	III 120
Imperial Galactic Government	I 33
Improbabilty Drive	I 68,79; II 14,20,28; III 70
Informational Illusion	III 40,49,52,74
Insurance	III 70
Islington	I 63,84; III 7
Ix	I 41

Jaglan Beta	I 25; II 107
Jajazikstak	III 120
Jatravartid	II 9
Judiciary Pag	III 74-77
Jynnan Tonnyx	II 138

Kakrafoon	I 25; II 110,120,123,126-127
Kill-O-Zap Gun	II 134; III 63
Kria	I 53
Krikkit	III 18,53,66,68,77,79,140,161
Krikkit One	III 70-71
Krikkit War Robots	III 30?,38?,60,63,135-136
Krikkit Wars	III 49,63,65,67-73,75,122-124,131-134,145-146

Lajestic Ventrashall	see Lob
Lalamatine District	II 32
Lallafa	III 83-84
Lazlar Lyricon	II 107
Life, the Universe and Everything I 128,130,134; III 143,155,158,160; 
                                  see also Ultimate Question
Lig Lury, Jr.	III 99
Liska	III 59
Lob	III 161
Loonquawl	I 134
Lord's Cricket Ground	III 18-21,148
Lunch breaks	III 98-99
Lunkwill	I 126

MacMillan, Tricia	see Trillian
Magramal	III 32
Magrathea	I 89,106,116,121,148,156
Majikthise	I 129,133
Marvin the Paranoid Android	I 70,72,158; II 38,105; III 43,46-48,136-138
Mattresses	I 44; III 43-45
Max Quordlepleen	II 89,91,115
Maximegalon	I 34,112,127; II 121,137; III 44
McCartney, Paul	III 66,68,133
Megabrantis	I 40
Megadodo Publications	II 34,50; III 99
Megahurts	II 19
Mella	II 185
Merida Class Ship	III 152
Mice	I 86,104,123,146-148
Milliard Garagantubrain	I 127
Milliways	I 159; II 74,78,82,101,115
Multicorticoid Perspicuous Titan Muler	I 127

Nil-O-Grav Field	III 128
Ningi	II 114
Norway	I 123,143; II 167
Nutri-matic Machine	I 94; II 15-16,30; III 57

Oglaroon	II 59
Old Janx Spirit	I 16,20
Oolon Colluphid	I 7,50; II 31
Orion Beta	I 16
Outer Eastern Rim	I 7; II 31

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster	I 20,77,101,113,159; II 52
Pansel System	I 64
Peril Sensitive Sunglasses	II 33,57
Petunias, Bowl of	I 103; III 95
Phoochg	I 134
Pirates	I 140
Planets, customised	I 89,138-139
Poetry	I 53
Poets of Arium	II 146
Poghrils	I 64
Prak	III 152-161
Pralite Monks	II 165
Praxibetel	I 40
Prefect	see Ford Prefect
Preliumtarn	III 161
President of the Galaxy	I 33-35,77,86,110,140; II 27,152
Princes of the Plains	III 158-160
Prism Mountains	III 59
Prosser, L	I 10,28
Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz	I 30,39,43; II 11

Qualactin Zones Essence ?	I 21; III 77,79
Quentulus Quazgar Mountains	III 161
Qvarne, Vortvoid of	II 95

Radiation Swamps	III 120
Rahm	I 92
Ratchet Screwdriver Plant	III 43
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast	see Bugblatter Beast
Reason	III 158-160
Recipriversexcluson	III 39
Reg Nullify	II 92
Restaurant at the End of the Universe	see Milliways
Rickmansworth	I 6
River Moth	I 25
Robots	I 73; II 48
Roosta	II 43,52,54
Rudlit Desert	II 120,122
Ruler of the Universe	II 153-159, see also Zaphod's Quest

Santraginus V	I 20,25; II 83,121
Sanvalvwag	III 44
Sastantua	III 59
Seventh Dimension	II 186
Seventh Galaxy	I 127
Sevorbeupstry	III 161
Sex	II 114; III 36,63,134
Sidereal Daily Mentioner	III 152
Silastic Armorfiend	III 119
Sirius	II 42,96
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation	I 73-74,95; II 15,39
Sirius Tau	I 95; II 128
Six Men	I 33-35,152
Slartibartfast	I 115-118,142,156; II 167; III 28
Sofa	III 20,143
Somebody Else's Problem	III 26,32-33,39
Soulianis	I 92
Southend	I 65
Space, Survival in	I 63
Sperm Whale	I 103,107
Squornshellous Zeta	I 44; III 42,47-48,136
Starship Titanic	III 69-70
Starships	III 69-70; see also Heart of Gold and Bistromathics
Stavromula Beta	III 96 ?
Strangulous Stilletans	III 120
Streetmentioner, Dan	II 79,111
Striterax	III 119
Stug	III 120
Sub-Cyclic Normality Assert-i-Tron	II 20
Sub-Etha Radio	I 77; II 122
Sub-Etha Sens-o-Matic	I 24,29; II 149-150,160; III 17
Sulijoo	II 85

Tea	I 69,92; II 15-16,19,30
Teaser	I 46
Telekinesis	II 165; III 61
Teleport	II 104,125,128; III 60,85
Thor	II 96; III 110,116
Time Travel	II 79-80,83,179-180; III 23,83-85
Total Perspective Vortex	II 51,53,59,63,71
Towels	I 24; II 50; III 24,109
Traal	see Bugblatter Beast
Triganic Pu	II 114
Trillian	I 37,70,85; III 56,60,110,119,138
Trin Tragula	II 64

Ultimate Question	I 147-148,151; II 29,117,148,181-184; III 157-158
Ultimate Weapon	III 120-121,132,140,149-151
Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary	III 44-45
Universe	III 36,37,131
Universe, History of	I 64; II 90,98,111; III 158
University	I 112,128; II 89; III 45
Ursa Minor	I 7; III 114
Ursa Minor Beta	II 30-34; III 99

Varlengooten	III 120
Vassilliam	II 146
Veet Voojagig	I 112
Vegan Rhino	I 146
Viltvodle VI	II 9
Vl'hurgs	I 144; II 76
Vogons	I 29,45,119; II 11
Vogsphere	I 39
Voondoon	III 98
Vroomfondel	I 129,133

Western Spiral Arm	I 6
Wikkit Gate	III 49-50,65,77,121-124,126
Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged	III 9-11,33,147,162
Wug	III 32

Yooden Vranx	I 140-141; II 27,52
Ysllodins	III 70

Zamphour	I 21
Zansellquasure Flamarion	II 95
Zaphod Beeblebrox I 32,34,36,70,77,83,85,110,113,140; II 21,66; 
                  III 54,65,68,124-125
Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth	II 21-24,52
Zaphod's Quest	I 111,140-141; II 14,25-28,34,52,70-73
Zarniwoop	II 34,46,54,70,151,159
Zarqhuon, Great Prophet	II 16,112,172
Zarss	III 161
Zem	III 43
Zipo Bibrok	III 75,78
 
I   - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy      (1979)
II  - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
III - Life, the Universe and Everything         (1982)
IV  - So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish      (1984)
 
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    "My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of 
  my life there."

Hi,

Please help.  I'm trying to remember the three main universal 
currencies mentioned in the Hitch Hikers Guide.  I seem to 
remember that "mingies" came into the equation somewhere but I 
think they were a constituent of a particularly large unit of 
currency floating in space !!

All help appreciated

Regards,

Mike Biddulph @OLO

<    Please help.  I'm trying to remember the three main universal> 
<currencies mentioned in the Hitch Hikers Guide.  I seem to       >
<remember that "mingies" came into the equation somewhere but I   >
<think they were a constituent of a particularly large unit of    >
<currency floating in space !!


    Altairian Dollar  -  Recently Collapsed
    
    Flainian Pobble Bead - Only exchangeable for other Pobble Beads
                        
    Triganic Pu - exchange rate of 8 Ningi to 1 Pu
    
    		Ningi is a triangular rubber coin 6800 miles along each
    		side.  No-one has collected enough Ningis to own one
    		Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency because the
    		Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change.
    
    
    [The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Page 114 Pan Books
    edition]
    
    

    Flash,
    
    
       The HHGTTG (episode 1, I believe?) will be broadcast on
    Saturday Dec 30, 1989, at 5:00 pm on WGBH 89.7 FM (Boston).
    
    -S. 

    Channel 11 from Durham, New Hampshire, is showing 6 episodes of the TV
    series on Saturday afternoon.  Is this all of them?
    
    				- Paul

There are just six episodes: I loved them first time round, much prefer
the radio version now as they translated it to TV rather than adapted:
everyone's habit of describing what we can see already is annoying though
essential in the radio version.

Best to watch it on video to catch the subtleties of the animated sections,
such as references to the Frogstar and "Belgium!", from the second radio
series and which are therefore meaningless in the context of the TV show!

Mark.

    re. 32
    
    I am afraid that these are all the televised series that were ever
    made. If you know the books or the radio series I look behind the
    spoiler to find where it ends...
    
    
    SPOILER
    
    The TV series end with Arthur and Ford stuck on earth and playing
    scrabble with the Cavemen.
    
    The Radio series - different form the TV series and form the books
    ends with the Gang finding the ruler of the Earth and giving up
    in disgust.
    
    The books finish with arthur returning to Earth and meeting Fenchurch
    who was the girl in Rickmansworth who realised that the answer was
    simple and everone could be happy but got blown up just before she
    got to a phone to spread the news.
    
    CONFUSED - you soon will be in the next episode of SOAP no I mean
    HHGTTG

    	He was more than that, he was the Ruler of the Universe.
    
        Larry
    

The radio series was very similar to the TV series: they both ended the same
way. It wasn't until the second series that Arthur and Ford escaped from 
prehistoric Earth (with Zaphod in the radio series, on a sofa in the book.)

If there ever could be a second TV series, it could easily stick to the plotline
of the radio series.

Re: .35:


   He wasn't just the ruler of the Universe.

   He was the man in the shack.


					-mjg

    re:36
    
    I am afraid that although the first radio series and the only
    television series end similarily there are quite a few differences
    between the two.
    
    Spoiler
    
    One main difference is that of the absence of the Hagumennons (sp?)
    in the TV - the ones with the crazy chromozomes.
    
    Another difference is that of the cow that wants to be eaten so
    putting Arthur off his meal at Millyways.
    
    There are manyu such titbits that differ between the TV and radio
    series that everytime I listen to one or the other I always misquote
    myself ....
    
    What a great series !

Re: differences between the radio and TV:

The cow hardly makes a lot of difference in the long run... and Zaphod, 
Trillian and Marvin's escapes from the Hagunnenon (It evolved into escape
capsule) bears no relation to where they ended up (Ursa Minor Beta, married
to the chairman of the Galactic Rotary club and Ursa Minor Beta respectively),
so who cares ? They could carry on regardless of the differences, admitteldy
they need some impressive special effects for "Arthur Dent Throwing The 
Nutrimatic Cup" but never mind.

Mark.

    
    Just to update things a little here.. a few months ago the BBC released
    two video tapes of HHGTG here in the UK, episodes 1-3 on tape 1 and 4-6
    on tape 2.  Tape 2 apparently has extra footage that wasn't broadcast
    on the TV version.  Don't know what that might be though, I've not seen
    the actual tapes, just the TV series a few times.  Perhaps they've cut
    the scene where you can clearly see someone in tatty blue jeans
    operating Zaphod's extra arm?
    
    INcidentally, out of the books, TV, radio series and records, I prefer
    the BBC tapes of the radio series.  The records were good, but
    re-recorded with bits changed (quite substantially, in some cases)
    
    Ian
    

Article: 129
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.announce
From: [email protected] (Lile Elam)
Subject: Douglas Adams in Palo Alto  10.31.92
Sender: [email protected] (Scott Hazen Mueller)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:07:03 GMT
 
Douglas Adams will be giving a short talk on 10.31.92 8:00pm (thats a
Saturday folks) where he will be introducing his new book "Mostly Harmless". 
 
Listed in the flyer I received in the mail from Printers Inc. is the
following: 
 
	"Douglas Adams
	Mostly Harmless
	
	Douglas Adams is back with the amazing, logic-defying fifth
	novel in the Hitchhiker trilogy, the story of Random, the 
	daughter of Arthur Dent, who sets out on a transgalactic
	quest to find the planet of her ancestors."
 
enjoy,
 
-lile
-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lile Elam	    |  "Remember... No matter where you go, there you are."
[email protected]     |		
Un*x Admin / Artist |			 Buckaroo Banzai
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    
    YES INDEED, Mostly Harmless is out now, and I have one in my hot little
    hands! (well on my hot little nightstand at home, anyway). 
    
    You will find it at your bookstore for the amazingly amazing price 
    of $20.00. 
    
    It looks good! Hope it's worth 20 monetary units. 
    
    I'll post a quickie review when I finish (unless somebody beats me to
    it).
    
    - Russ

The only review I have seen of MH is that it has moments
of the style that made up the first two books.. but that over
all it is the weakest of the five (even below the low
standards of "Thanks for all the fish")

Having just finished "Mostly harmless" I tend to agree with -.1.
After a nice start it slumps along and comes to a _very_ anticlimatic
ending. If this end was meant as a cliffhanger or conclusion to the 
"triology", it has failed completly for me.
I got the most laughs out of Ford actions and the bits regarding 
"The King". ;-)

Cheers,

<CB>

Hi...

I just read the first book...

Would anyone please be kind enough to post the titles and ISBN numbers
of all the sequels?

Thanks in advance...
Dirk

>Would anyone please be kind enough to post the titles and ISBN numbers
>of all the sequels?

Some of what you seek:

Life, The Universe, And Everything                  0-671-46726-3
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy                0-671-46149-4
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish                0-671-52580-8
The Restaurant at The End Of The Universe           0-671-44268-6


in no particular order.  There is the MOSTLY HARMLESS book that most likely
contains a list of the books in order.  The above are PAPERBACK editions.

> in no particular order.  There is the MOSTLY HARMLESS book that most likely
> contains a list of the books in order.  The above are PAPERBACK editions.

Exactly what I needed :-)
Thanks!

>Life, The Universe, And Everything                  0-671-46726-3
>The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy                0-671-46149-4
>So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish                0-671-52580-8
>The Restaurant at The End Of The Universe           0-671-44268-6

 here is the order of the ever growing trilogy ...
    
  The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy                0-671-46149-4
  The Restaurant at The End Of The Universe           0-671-44268-6
  Life, The Universe, And Everything                  0-671-46726-3
  So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish                0-671-52580-8
  Mostly Harmless
    
    
  Chris who is reading Life, the Universe and Everything
    
    P.S. Has anyone seen the Videos for the BBC series? I bought them and
    they are pretty good and true to the books. Editorials and all.
    

    Perhaps the illustration on the cover of some copies of the
    Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy should be changed to DO PANIC!.
    Yesterday in Dublin two letter bombs sent by terrorist were discovered.
    One was inside a hollowed out copy of THE book. Is this the ultimate
    form of critism?
    
    Sean.

>    P.S. Has anyone seen the Videos for the BBC series? I bought them and
>    they are pretty good and true to the books. Editorials and all.
    
    Both the books and the TV series were fairly true to the original radio
    series, but neither was quite as good.
    
    Peter

Oh yes, I *loved* the radio series. I think it was much better than on tv. It
left just enough to the imagination. liesl

    Does anyone know of any FAN clubs still active for these books? The
    only one I know of at the moment is The Galactic Hitchhiker's Guild...
    
    Michael

spoiler alert: don't read further if you haven't read it yet...

In part 3 of the trilogy (or rather pentalogy) Arthur and Ford are saved by
a red Chesterfield sofa. Does anyone know if such a sofa resembles in
any way the sofa that you can admire in BRSTR2::OSFA.GIF ?

You can copy this file and view it on a PC with some GIF-viewer (e.g. QPEG)
or on a MOTIF-station with something like XV
(I have put XV.EXE and XV.HLP for VAX-VMS on BRSTR2:: too)

Here are some commands to try (if you have a VAXstation running DECWMOTIF):

	$ copy brstr2::osfa.gif,xv.* []
	$ xv := $sys$disk:[]xv
	$ xv osfa.gif