Hardcore Guide fans celebrating the anniversary in London (picture from here)
Remember the flying lesson with the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' a few months ago? There is news about it: on 11 October, hundreds of people celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Guide in London. Look at the picture to see what they were carrying. And do you know why? No??? Go to the end of the post and do the quiz immediately and then get hold of the book as fast as you can. If you have heard about this book and the craze that it stirred up but you haven't actually read it you might wonder why it became so popular. The success of the series probably lies in the strange philosophy and in the abstract humour. It is quite irrational and bizarre. It is dark. At times, it is even cynical but just manages to stay away from pessimism. It's adventure. Fans of Monty Python are often fans of the Guide and vice versa.
The other great news is that Arthur Dent has returned! Although the author, Douglas Adams died in 2001, the literary agency that manages his estate proposed an Irish writer, Eoin Colfer (best known for the Artemis Fowl series), to continue the Guide. The proposal was accepted and now the sixth part of the Hitchhiker's Guide series, titled And Another Thing... , is out on the shelves of bookshops. It is probably a different thing, it may be quite different in fact, but who knows? It might as well be good so why not give it a try and read it? Before you run to the bookshop do this quiz below to freshen up your memory about the characters and the places. If you are a newbie to the Guide you might try it all the same. But whatever you do...Don't panic!
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