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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/cult/2003/11/04/7768.shtml">Stunned to see that a Tertiary Phase of the radio series of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy</a> is going into production and everyone (apart from the obvious) is back for it. It'll be a dramatisation of the third novel <i>Life, The Universe and Everything</i>. A fourth series covering everything else will follow. It's being produced by Dirk Maggs who's worked with Douglas Adams before and has rejected one my own radio scripts in the past. Not that I blame him. It was pretty awful. It's going to be odd not hearing Peter Jones as The Book, but his seat is being filled by <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0291598/">William Franklyn</a>. I was hoping for <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0692927/">Oliver Postgate</a> if anyone was going to do it. Anyone have a sample of how Mr. Franklyn's voice sounds?post:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:35:52 -0800feelinglistlessh2g2hhgttghitchhikersguidetothegalaxydouglasadamsradioradioplaydirkmaggspeterjoneswilliamfranklynoliverpostgate426x7By: quonsar
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i just love it when you say things like 'tertiary phase' in proper nounspeak.
*sounds of whappa*comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579364Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:40:06 -0800quonsarBy: jazon
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579375
Yay!comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579375Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:13:24 -0800jazonBy: rushmc
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579396
The Primary Phase and Secondary Phase are available for purchase on CD at http://www.zbs.org/ in a regular and a Collector's Edition (bonus material).comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579396Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:56:21 -0800rushmcBy: darukaru
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579404
Sigh. Please let them gloss over <i>Mostly Harmless</i> as much as possible, what a depressing frickin' book that was.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579404Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:08:25 -0800darukaruBy: Ryvar
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579408
Maybe you just didn't get it? On the other side of having read all five books fully fifty times through now, I'd put <i>Mostly Harmless</i> above both <i>So Long And Thanks For All The Fish</i> AND <i>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</i>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579408Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:22:05 -0800RyvarBy: oissubke
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579420
<i>Please let them gloss over Mostly Harmless as much as possible, what a depressing frickin' book that was.</i>
Dude, that was the best one!comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579420Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:35:35 -0800oissubkeBy: Inkslinger
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579430
Terrific news! Anybody have suggestions for those of us in the US who will want to hear the episodes as soon as possible?
rushmc: Thanks for the pointer to ZBS. I've ordered Jack Flanders stories from them in the past, but I had no idea they had Hitchhiker's CDs for sale. I'll finally be able to give my battered cassette tapes a rest...comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579430Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:14:07 -0800InkslingerBy: ZachsMind
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The original book was written after Mr. Adams wrote the radio plays. It's kinda weird that the reverse is now happening with his latter works.
<a href="http://www.zbs.org">ZBS</a> is a wonderful thing. I still have a lot of their stuff on cassettes. I was into them back in the late 80s, before CDs became popular. I got Ruby One & Two, The Incredible Adventures of Jack Flanders, Fourth Tower of Inverness, Stars & Stuff, Saratoga Springs, Stephen King's The Mist, and some other stuff. I highly recommend them. Anything they touch turns to gold. I hope to someday afford to buy more of their stuff. While I'm waiting, you should get started now. Pick anything that turns your head. You can't go wrong with Meatball Fulton.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579435Tue, 04 Nov 2003 20:57:06 -0800ZachsMindBy: riviera
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579446
It was always 'Fit the [Ordinal]' in my memory. And they shouldn't even bother trying without Peter Jones as the Book. I blame Douglas Adams for dying so bloody awfully tragically young, and allowing rotten people to take charge of his literary estate.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579446Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:42:55 -0800rivieraBy: XQUZYPHYR
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579451
<i>Please let them gloss over Mostly Harmless as much as possible, what a depressing frickin' book that was.</i>
Only because it turned out to be the finale of the series. The semi-finished "Salmon of Doubt" story written as the third Dirk Gently story was allegedly en route to being converted to the next Hitchhiker novel. Of course, then we all were told in the harshest way that there is, in fact, no God.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579451Tue, 04 Nov 2003 22:01:50 -0800XQUZYPHYRBy: Orange Goblin
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For people abroad: the BBC will most likely make the episodes available on their website for a limited time.comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579468Wed, 05 Nov 2003 00:11:55 -0800Orange GoblinBy: rushmc
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579519
<i>but I had no idea they had Hitchhiker's CDs for sale</i>
They also have adaptations of several books from Card's <i>Ender's Game</i> seires, Harry Potter books, <i>Firesign Theater</i>, and much more new stuff, in addition to the classic Jack Flanders stuff (I taped <i>Fourth Tower of Inverness</i> and the original <i>HHG</i> off of my local NPR station in the early 80s). Heck, they even have a 6-cassette version of Michael Moore's <i>Stupid White Men</i>!comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579519Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:59:20 -0800rushmcBy: Civil_Disobedient
http://www.metafilter.com/29382/And-well-everything#579901
<i> BBC will most likely make the episodes available on their website for a limited time</i>
Wha-wha-what!? You mean available to download? Or to purchase?comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.29382-579901Wed, 05 Nov 2003 13:44:54 -0800Civil_Disobedient
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