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Not a TV series, movie series or video game...and not really even based on a radio show. Tom Send a noteboard - 19/02/2013 06:56:15 PM
The Hitchhiker's Guide books are so far from what Isaac was getting at that I don't know how/why jh could say they violated Rule 2. First, it was radio. Second, the author was the same for both (as opposed to "this is a novel written in the Star Wars universe by a guy who writes other stuff and who was hired by the publishing company with Star Wars distribution rights to make something that got blessed by Lucas and his team", which is totally different). Third, the series was totally reworked and changed when translated into book form (as opposed to, "Hey, Star Wars Episode XVIII just came out in theatres and we want to milk this franchise even more, could you just write it as a book?", which is totally different).
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Robin Hobb's work should be in here. *NM* - 17/02/2013 12:45:17 AM 683 Views
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For myself, there seems to be a lot of shit on that list - 17/02/2013 08:02:37 PM 1387 Views
Oh come on. I know you like Bakker's work. *NM* - 18/02/2013 09:36:39 AM 546 Views
And Erikson's. - 18/02/2013 02:32:12 PM 1195 Views
Heh. - 18/02/2013 12:30:48 PM 1238 Views
Was that a snarky way of saying you don't like Adams or something? - 18/02/2013 06:30:49 PM 1302 Views
I think it was a not so snarky way of saying Hitchhiker's Guide started as a radio show. *NM* - 18/02/2013 06:41:44 PM 527 Views
Not a TV series, movie series or video game...and not really even based on a radio show. - 19/02/2013 06:56:15 PM 1065 Views
Well, it was a trilogy in 5 (6?) parts - 18/02/2013 07:03:10 PM 1287 Views
I actually had to look that one up - 18/02/2013 07:13:44 PM 1229 Views
A couple to consider - 18/02/2013 05:29:41 PM 1354 Views
2001 violates rule number 2. *NM* - 19/02/2013 12:29:26 PM 542 Views
I find it strange that you list the Donaldson's Gap series but not the Thomas Covenant series - 19/02/2013 05:52:58 PM 1216 Views
??? It is on there - 19/02/2013 07:39:36 PM 1164 Views
I guess my eyes skiped it - 21/02/2013 06:14:54 PM 1209 Views
Re: I guess my eyes skiped it - 21/02/2013 09:52:57 PM 1424 Views
He is a wordy writer and the main character is not very likeable - 23/02/2013 11:15:33 PM 1477 Views
I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. *NM* - 21/02/2013 06:20:18 PM 523 Views
Re: I finished that one just now, too. It was... interesting. - 21/02/2013 09:43:43 PM 1102 Views
did you read the entire series? - 24/02/2013 01:22:03 AM 1102 Views
Oh no, only the first one. - 24/02/2013 11:53:01 AM 1050 Views
Sorry I was talking about Donaldson - 24/02/2013 05:12:24 PM 1083 Views

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