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42 by Peter Gill

The Answer

I don’t normally do book reviews, but a) ZZ9  can pinch this for the next issue of MH and b) Mr Gill kindly messages me via Twitter and I kind of mentioned I’d write one.

42 Douglas Adams’ Amazingly Accurate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything by Peter Gill

This [...]

Amateur Transplants and Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

I think he would have approved

A rather unusual pairing and an unusual week for me in that I didn’t go to the cinema. Instead, I caught two live performances – both part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival.

Amateur Transplants

“Someone’s trying to sing harmony. Don’t.”

The simple way to find out if [...]

And Another Thing…

And Another Thing…

I managed to finish a book. This is amazing these days. I used to plough through maybe 4-6 novels a week when I was at school. These days I’m nearer one a month, which is hugely disappointing to me.

Anyway, courtesy of the lovely people from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha [...]

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Daleks

I wasn’t going to post tonight as I’m too busy but this is simply too good not to publicise. Yes, the voiceover’s not great but the creator’s aware and is looking into re-recording it.

If you like HHGTTG and Dr Who you will utterly love this. It’s not just the style and the music, it’s [...]

And Another Thing…

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And Another Thing… is the title of the sixth book of the now ridiculously-named Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. And the first not to be written by original author Douglas Adams. There’s an excuse for this. The man himself is dead. Instead, children’s author Eoin Colfer has been chosen [...]