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    http://www.6of3.com/

    This seems to have passed me by- Eoin Colfer is writing (has written, willen haven writed) the 6th installment of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, And Another Thing.

    I was pretty sad when I read the Salmon of Doubt, knowing that the brilliance of Douglas Adams was gone. Is this a fitting tribute or a shallow mockery?
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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    It's a bit wierd that's for sure, I am sure that Douglas Adams would have something funny to say about it anyway...

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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    huh. yeah, a bit strange. I have not yet read Salmon of Doubt, either, so maybe i'll give both of these a try. thanks for posting dregs, i'd be oblivious otherwise.
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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    I heard a little bit about it -and I definitively think I'll read it. Apparently it's something all the weirdos do, leave tons of unfinished material around and then go ahead and die on us

    Eoin Colfer is a funny enough guy, the thing that makes me doubt it the most it that Adams writing, for me at least, was almost as much about how it was delivered as about actually telling a story (not like in the RJ thing where there's a story to finish and finishing it is ultimately the important bit)...

    Colfer is supposed to have been a long time friend of Adams though, maybe that is a point to the tribute side of the scale.

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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    Eoin Colfer is one of my favorite contemporary writers. He's actually quite funny. He writes a series of books for early-intermediate readers that are funny, the Artemis Fowl books (for late-intermediate readers) are more action/adventure oriented than the other but those can be pretty funny too, and as a human, in person, he's also pretty humorous.

    I've only had a chance to pick it up and read snippets of the book while at work and I was pretty impressed. But, you know, the only parts of hitch-hiker's guide that I've actually read are the ones that Corv forced me to read. It's not that I don't like them...it's just that HUGE books annoy/tire/scare me.

    Anyway, my point is that I think you should dive in with open minds. Colfer is awesome.
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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    well, if it's just that huge book annoy/tire/scare you, pick them up individually. in reality the book people refer to as the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is a series of smaller books that is more often compiled into an "ultimate" version.

    • Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
    • Life, the Universe and Everything
    • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
    • Mostly Harmless


    Plus, apparently, Salmon of Doubt, and now And Another Thing...
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    Default Re: And Another Thing:

    Salmon of Doubt is more of a hodgepodge of stuff taken off Adams' computer after he died than a full blown Hitchhiker's book.

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