Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In addition to The Lord of the Rings, and without all the tedious walking associated with that, there is another book about a long journey, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The BBC (also known as the British Broadcasting Corporation) did an adaptation of this second book as well. In fact, in the case of HHGTTG, the radio version preceded the novel.
I first heard about it in 1980, when the book came out. Douglas Adams, being interviewed, said that the idea came to him while drunk one night, lying on his back in a campground, staring up at the starry sky, in the middle of a hitchhiking trip around Europe.
I bought a copy.
Within a year or so I managed to capture the broadcast from one radio station or another. Eventually tapes went extinct, and my tape deck died too. It was all gone. I missed it.
One day last year I did some searching around and located the series stored at archive.org. For some reason. Adams died, so it's not like grabbing a free copy from there is going to hurt him, but the original link is now dead, probably for copyright violation. Luckily for you, if you're quick enough, there is an alternate link that still works.
For now...
- For the mp3 files, go to rss_hhgttgl
- For the text, see induceddyslexia.
- For some quotes, see douglasadamsquotes. (Ignore the "The ORIGINAL 12 Radio Episodes") link there — that's the dead one.
- And for more quotes, see 42 Of The Best Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quotes. Such as "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
And there is some info on Wikipedia too (there always is):
Thumbs up then, and carry on.
P.S. It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams
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