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Forty years to the day of its first broadcast, there's a new BBC radio series.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy deserves a special place in the geek pantheon. It's the story of hapless BBC radio editor Arthur Dent, his best friend Ford Prefect, and the adventures that result when Prefect saves Dent when the Earth is unexpectedly destroyed to make way for a galactic bypass. Written by the late, great Douglas Adams, HHGTTG first appeared as a radio series in the UK back in 1978. On Thursday—exactly 40 years to the day from that first broadcast—it made its return home with the start of Hexagonal Phase, a radio dramatization of the sixth and final book of an increasingly misnamed trilogy.
Source: ArsTechnica
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Leona, I want to CONFESS things to you ... I want to WRAP you in a SCARLET
ROBE trimmed with POLYVINYL CHLORIDE ... I want to EMPTY your ASHTRAYS ...
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 13 2018, @07:56PM (9 children)
Some like the New Testament, some like the quoran, some like the Old testament, some like kamasutra, some like mahabharata, some like pali diamond sutra, some like playboy, some like 4chan.
Me? HHGG is the penultimate life guide, augmented with the Big Lebowski.
What, we splitting hairs here?! It's time to admit that you are a god damn fucking moron.
I told you dumbass not to press that big red inviting button, didn't I?! Fucking vogon.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 13 2018, @10:27PM (1 child)
And some realize it is all pointless bullshit, and long for sweet, sweet, death.
(Score: 2, Touché) by khallow on Wednesday March 14 2018, @04:14AM
But apparently not strongly enough to actually kill themselves, I see. Maybe death isn't so sweet, eh?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday March 13 2018, @10:40PM (3 children)
How about a poll! Which is the best Guide to Life?
1. The Bible/Koran
2. Necronomicon
3. Kama Sutra
4. Lord of the Rings
5. Game of Thrones
6. Atlas Shrugged
7. HHGG
8. Star Trek/Star Wars
9. Foundation, Dune, and/or Ender's Game
10. Ann Landers/Dear Abby
11. Twitter and 4chan
12. Mein Kampf
13. other
Uh, Big Lebowski? Yeah, it's a great movie, but ... that good?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @12:21AM (1 child)
Take it easy, man.
Would you fucking take it easy?!
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday March 14 2018, @02:31PM
Dang, left the Hippie movement out of the list. Good catch.
14. Summer of Love/Woodstock Festival
(Score: 2) by Webweasel on Wednesday March 14 2018, @11:26AM
Yeah, but that's your opinion man.
Priyom.org Number stations, Russian Military radio. "You are a bad, bad man. Do you have any other virtues?"-Runaway1956
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @12:06AM (1 child)
if HHGG is the penultimate life guide, what do you think is the ultimate life guide?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Bogsnoticus on Wednesday March 14 2018, @12:21AM
Discworld
Genius by birth. Evil by choice.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday March 14 2018, @03:25PM
Is this some bombardment metaphor, or do you just not know how to spell "canon"? I'm assuming the latter.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"