Told in the same fanciful, irreverent style as the Hitchhiker trilogy, with scraps of scripts, letters and comments from Adams, Don't Panic is the perfect companion to one of the most successful series in publishing history.
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Definitely a devotee's book, Don't Panic operates on several levels at once. The book pokes hilarious fun at the tell-all books by cult heroes as well as at the industry that inevitably grows up around phenomenal successes like Douglas Adams's bizarre, witty radio series and ensuing novels. This work is also a spoof of the Hitchhiker books and particularly of the idiosyncratic, teasing style that has made Adams's novels bestsellers in England and the U.S. A London-based freelance journalist and avid Adams fan, Gaiman interviews his hero, revealing the full story of how Hitchhiker came to be, grew and flourished. Readers learn of the misunderstanding between Adams and John Lloyd, the radio producer who almost became Adams's collaborator on the novelization of Hitchhiker. But far more engrossing than the gossip are the sheer mechanics of moving the odd characters populating the world of Hitchhiker from radio drama to the printed page to television. For those who have followed Adams's work with relish, this will be a source of much delightful trivia; non-initiates, however, are quite likely to panic if they enter this book unprepared.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Warts-and-everything story of the creation of the Guide
Jun 4 2001
By Gavin Wilson
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Format:Paperback
For anyone interested in how the Hitchhiker's Guide came into being, this is essential reading. For anyone interested in the evolution of a great idea into a radio series, album, TV series, computer game, five books, and more than one attempt at a film script, this is equally vital.
I found it particularly helpful in providing explanations of why:
1. episodes five and six of the first radio series have a different style to the wonderful episodes 1 to 4.
2. the second radio series was so sloppy in comparison to the first.
It's fascinating to read Douglas Adams' original summary of the Hitchhiker concept. (Goodness knows why Arther Dent was originally going to be called Alaric!) It was depressing to read how Adams and John Lloyd (co-writer of episodes 5 and 6) fell out when Adams changed his mind about co-writing the first book, but encouraging that they put their differences behind them and went on to collaborate on works like 'The Meaning of Liff'.
There are plenty of bits of unused dialogue spread across the pages of this book. It is partly a biography of Adams and partly a biography of the Hitchhikers Guide itself. There is a BBC-produced double cassette tape which also tells the story of the Hitchhiker but tends to gloss over most of the disagreements that Adams had with various BBC colleagues and publishers.
I would strongly recommend Hitchhiker fans to get this book.
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The Making of HHGTTG
Oct 13 1998
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
This really isn't a guide, listing characters and what-not, as much as it is a book about the making of the original radio series, then the book, tv series, theatrical production, "musical", and computer game, mainly written from the point of view of Douglas Adams. It's an entertaining read, with many quotes by Mr. Adams and the people he worked with. Neil Gaiman (of Sandman fan) does a fine job with it.
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Love it!
Jun 22 2011
By sumnerb
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The book is an insight to Douglas Adams that the reader has never had before. The man truly lived an amazing life. It explains bits of the book, radio series, television series, and computer game(s) came from-as well as the stage productions. A definite must read for Douglas Adams fans.
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