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Douglas Adams's Guide to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Douglas Adams (Author)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (5 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0563552360
  • ISBN-13: 978-0563552369
  • Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 10.7 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 911,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A recording compiled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the popular comic science fiction series. It is introduced by the author and features clips from the original series, together with clips from the actors, producers and composers, as well as an in-depth interview with Douglas Adams himself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have for all die-hard fans, 16 Sep 2007
By Rennie Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a BBC radio production sold as an audio book on two cassette tapes. The program was first broadcast in 1998, marking the 20th anniversary of the first radio program in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.

The first tape lasts 55 minutes and is narrated by Peter Jones, who narrated the original radio series. It features comments by many of the people involved, telling how the series was created and how it developed. The participants are Douglas Adams, Simon Brett (producer of the very first program), Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), Geoffrey McGivern (Ford Prefect), Paddy Kingsland (sound effects and audio mixing), Stephen Moore (Marvin), Geoffrey Perkins (producer of the first two radio series, except for the very first program) and Nick Webb (Pan Books).

These comments are intermixed with some clips from the radio programs, in particular some of our favorite highlights such as the destruction of the earth and Marvin telling everyone how depressed he is.

It's very interesting hearing these people tell their first-hand account of how it all started, and how surprised they all were at the huge success they had created. There is also the exciting story of how the last program in the second series was so plagued by deadline problems that it almost didn't get broadcast, and the mind-boggling conditions they worked under to complete the job in time.

The second tape lasts 50 minutes and consists of Douglas Adams being interviewed by Iain Johnstone. Douglas Adams was an intelligent, knowledgeable and outspoken person with many interesting opinions, and listening to him is very rewarding, even if one is not a Hitchhiker's fan.

Many topics are touched upon, and the way in which Douglas Adams can jump from one subject to another, while showing how they are connected, is quite exciting.

Just to mention some of the topics: Cambridge University and Footlights, Monty Python, Graham Chapman, Star Wars, Tolstoy's "Resurrection", "Last Chance to See", the Nordic god Thor, is Arthur Dent really Douglas Adams, Simon Jones, light switches, Richard Dawkins, atheism, Procol Harum, Doom Watch, X-Files, Sherlock Holmes, Arthur C. Clarke, Digital Village, John Cleese's influence in selecting "42", the Hubble Constant, and his daughter Polly (born when Douglas Adams was, you guessed it, 42).

In conclusion, if you're a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fan then this is a must-have. If you don't know Hitchhiker's, but you're interested in hearing a stimulating, yet humorous, discourse on the human condition, then you will probably like listening to the Douglas Adams interview.

Rennie Petersen
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3 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Truckload Of Laughs, 3 Mar 2000
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This book is one of those that change your sense of humour - in a good way. It is in fact a very existential book, although with a "ridiculous" philosophy, and it looks very much into human society. Particularly the funny and ridiculous bits. It's an incredibly funny book of course, even though you're not particuarly interested in its philosophy, often just revolving around witty phrases. It feels terrible to write a short review on this book - the author himself had problems finishing it because the characters and the storyline had become so twisted that he hardly new what direction to take (you'll understand why when you read the book) - therefore I'm inclined to write: Just read it, it intestines won't throttle your brain for it :)
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