I spotted the two-disc English language DVD version of this going cheap in the local FNAC and bought it about a month ago. I'm one of the diehard fans of the original 1978-80 radio series, and will accept no substitutes, but there are some good bits in this televised 1981 version ( Read more... )

RTÉ did a documentary on Flann O'Brien back in April; slovobooks kindly taped it for me, and I watched it this afternoon (see Sunday Times article here). On top of that I've been listening once more to the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series (the original - and still the best), particularly the second half (the original 7th to 12th Fits). The two ( Read more... )

22) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams ( Read more... )

9) Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams, by M.J. Simpson ( Read more... )

( What I got in Glasgow )

My professional wanderings will take me to London three times in the next six weeks - I have first-thing-in-the-morning meetings on Friday 18th February and Friday 4th March, and a slightly more civilised Friday-during-the-day meeting on 18th March. So I hope to make it to the First Thursday on 3rd March, which I understand is now going to be in ( Read more... )

2) The Salmon of Doubt: Hitch-hiking the Galaxy One Last Time, by Douglas Adams (edited by Peter Guzzardi ( Read more... )