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Archive for Friday, October 24, 2008
A New ‘Hitchhiker’ book?
Oct 24th
All the characters have been blown to pieces, and the trilogy is already two books too long.
But the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has never had a problem with highly improbable events.
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Adams himself said: “I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book…I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note.
“Five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better kind of number.”
My initial response to this was one of hesitation… The movie was just kind of “so-so” to be honest, and I still somewhat prefer the BBC series. So my first thought of hesitation is simply because the movie didn’t turn out quite right and I’m afraid the new book might not either.
But since I’ve recently been re-reading the books, and still hang on every word just as I did several years ago, the first time through, part of me really wants to know what happens next, after Stavromula Beta. So I’m bordering on excitement at the idea…
Best of luck to newly-crowned King of Satirical Genius, Eoin Colfer. I will be waiting with bated breath…
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7619000/7619708.stm
Ripe for the picking
Oct 24th
You’ve seen it on CNN pretty much every day for the past few months. Now watch it in Thursday night’s SNL Weekend Update:
That technology is very cool, and pretty funny when used correctly. I found a little more about the company behind the map, Perceptive Pixel, at their website.
And I thought Microsoft’s Surface was cool… I think this looks a little more useful. But you know what happens. Microsoft seems to take a successful technology and takes it a little closer to home and office use. So there’s still a good chance you’ll see Surface on a table near you.
