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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
6:42 am [aeglefinus]	Douglas Adams Fan on Fourth Plinth Laura, a student from Langford, had the hour from midnight on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square on July 15th. She used it to share some of her favourite things with the people, "poetry, Douglas Adams and hundreds of glowsticks" Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/jul/14/fourth-plinth-one-and-other Hitchiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha . (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Hyperion Hitchhiker Party at San Diego Comic Con Eoin Colfer will be at the San Diego Comic Con (July 23-26). Hyperion (US publishers of And Another Thing) are hosting a party and there is a competition for tickets being advertised at http://twitpic.com/95o9f You need to blog about why you want to meet Colfer, tweet a link to your blog to @PartSixofThree, have a US mailing address, and the ability to get to Comic Con yourself, do it my midnight EDT on Friday 10th July. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Dirk Maggs / Simon Jones - Sexton Blake BBC Radio 2 July 2009 Dirk Magg's new radio series starring Simon Jones in the title role, and including many actors who worked on Hitchhiker's, starts on BBC Radio 2 at 21:15 on Friday July 31st. More details and a trailer at: http://www.perfectlynormal.net/comedy.html Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Who Is This God Person Anyway? On Display at Invisible Library Exhibition INK Illustration, a London based artist collective, has created an exhibition of imaginary books currently on display in the Tenderpixel Gallery. One of the book's is Oolon Colluphid's, Who Is This God Person Anyway? As well as having a cover designs, the beginning and ends of each book have been created as part of the project, and exhibition attendees have been invited to add to the contents as well. The exhibition runs at 10 Cecil Court, near Leicester Square tube, until Saturday July 11th. See: http://www.inkillustration.com/invisiblelibrary2.htm / http://londonist.com/2009/07/last_chance_to_see_invisible_librar_1.php Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	I Was Douglas Adams' Flatmate - BBC Radio 4 - 24 Jun 2009, 18:30 A repeat broadcast for the show originally from December 2008. Jon Carter reveals what it was like living with the writer of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many of the mundane details of their various flat-shares have become the stuff of legend, from Douglas's long bath-times to his endless playing of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights. With contributions by other flatmates and Professor Richard Dawkins. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fzblz Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
9:42 am [aeglefinus]	Don't Panic 2009: Douglas Adams and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" Neil Gaiman's book on Hitchhiker's is getting a fourth edition (and a fourth title). The 2009 version is being "revised and updated with new info on the film and the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Hitchhiker's Guide." No details on who is doing this yet. ISBN-13: 9781848564961 Publication Date: 11th September 2009 Gaiman's original 1988 book was called Don't Panic: The Official Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion. The 1993 update, Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, had extra material from David K Dickson, and then Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was published in 2002 after M J Simpson updated the material further. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
7:42 pm [aeglefinus]	Fry and Carwardine - Last Chance to See Event Save the Rhino have an update from Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry about the Northern white rhino. It will take place on Tuesday 27 October 2009 at 19:30 at the Royal Geographical Society, London. Tickets will be available from the beginning of July. Details at http://www.savetherhino.org/eTargetSRINM/site/1097/default.aspx Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 25th, 2009
9:42 am [aeglefinus]	Another Towel Day Competition The US publishers are having a competition to win one of their Don't Panic towels via Twitter. See http://twitter.com/PartSixofThree Be aware that they say they will only ship the towels to the US. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
8:42 am [aeglefinus]	Towel Day Competition Pan Macmillan and magazine SciFiNow are having a photo competition on Flickr, and you can win all sorts of stuff including towels. See http://www.flickr.com/groups/toweldaycompetition/ Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Clive Anderson - Save the Rhino Appeal Clive will be on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday making an appeal in aid of three environmental education programmes supported by Save the Rhino International. The appeal will be broadcast at 07:55 and 21:26 on Sunday 24th, as well as 15:27 on Thursday 28th. It should be available after broadcast via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnc7/episodes/2009 The Save The Rhino webpage says Clive was inspired by the "late, great Douglas Adams, who spoke and wrote about the plight of one of the rhino species in his radio series and book, 'Last Chance to See.'" Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
9:42 am [aeglefinus]	Kakapo Encounter 2009 Gareth at the Another Chance to See blog reports that the Kakapo Encounter programme will run between September 26 and October 26 this year. Kakapo Encounter gives you the opportunity to see a Kakapo (Sirocco) in the flesh on Ulva Island, New Zealand. If you book by the end of June there is an "early bird" discount. More details at the Kakapo Encounter website. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 11th, 2009
11:42 am [aeglefinus]	Colfer in Conversation in Dublin on Sunday 17th May On Sunday 17th May at the National Gallery in Merrion Square West and Clare Street, Dublin 2 between 13.30 and 14.30 Eoin Colfer will be in conversation with Robert Dunbar as part of the Children's Books Ireland Summer Conference. The blurb for the session says: "Following the success of previous in-conversation sessions, Robert Dunbar returns to the CBI conference, this time to interview acclaimed author Eoin Colfer. Benny and Omar, Artemis Fowl and Airman will all be up for discussion, along with Eoin’s many other fantastic creations - and there may be even be time for a few questions about his new Hitchhiker’s Guide title as well!" The conference is a little bit pricy if you just want to go for the Colfer chat, but I expect there will be press coverage after the event to look out for. Sources: http://eoincolfer.com/news/events/dublin-2009-05-17/253/ http://www.childrensbooks.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=180&Itemid=368 Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Dirk Gently's Third Radio Series The Stage is reporting that "Spice World writer Kim Fuller has been enlisted to adapt and complete Douglas Adams’ final and unfinished Dirk Gently novel for BBC Radio 4." The six part series is scheduled for broadcast in the summer of 2010. Source: http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/24312/douglas-adams-final-dirk-gently-novel-to-be Fuller is credited for work on The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book which was co-edited by Douglas Adams, and his recent writing includes the Radio 4 medieval comedy, The Castle, so it not just known for Spice World. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Memorial Hitchhike A German fan is setting off today from Rambin in the north of Germany to hitchhike to Highgate Cemetey. He will be blogging the experience at http://meandmytowel.blogspot.com/ Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	Dirk Maggs at SFL8 talking Comedy SF Sci-Fi-London 8, the London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, runs from April 29 to May 4. Dirk Maggs is part of a panel called Comedy and Satire in Science Fiction and Fantasy which is on Sunday May 3, at 12:30. Also on the panel will be Robert Rankin, Nick Harkaway and Neil Gardner. After the panel is The Brightonomicon - LIVE, which includes Robert Rankin and producer Neil Gardner. The description on the event website says: "What makes the sci-fi/fantasy genre different when it comes to writing comedy? What can you do in the genre that you cannot do in straightforward fiction? And if we are doomed, are we likely to go out with a gag? These uniquely funny writers share some insight on the challenges of writing comedy in a sci-fi/fantasy setting." See http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2009/programme/lab/literature/comedy-and-satire-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy.php There is a whole series of talks at the film festival under the "SCI Lab" label, these are divided into Science, Film and Literature sections. See http://www.sci-fi-london.com/festival/2009/programme/lab/ As Maggs adapted, produced and directed the last three Hitchhiker radio series I imagine that topic might come up. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
3:24 pm [johncoxon]	Changing How We Consider the Universe Members of the University of Leicester's Department of Physics and Astronomy were today sent the link below. It is a scientific paper based on the Galaxy Zoo project and it is of Earth-shattering importance. I urge you all to give it a try... http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5377 (click the links on the right-hand side to see the paper) Hitchhiker's News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
6:42 am [aeglefinus]	Beeblebear Picnic at Eastercon If you go down to the real ale bar today you're in for a big surprise. Well actually you're probably not. I doubt any fan would look twice at a bunch of three armed and two headed bears having a picnic in the bar. At Eastercon, 15:30 on Saturday (April 11th) afternoon the two headed bears and a bunch of ZZ9 peeps will be gathering in the real ale bar near the dealers room. Be there or be in one of the other places - it's your choice. We'll be there though and we have the bears and the alcohol. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Friday, March 20th, 2009
5:42 pm [aeglefinus]	New Pan Editions of Trilogy The new Pan editions of the trilogy of five that are being published in September, the month before the sixth Hitchhiker book, have forewards by: Russell T Davies - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Terry Jones - The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Richard Dawkins - Life, the Universe and Everything, Stephen Fry - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish and Dirk Maggs - Mostly Harmless. One of the books will have an afterword by Simon Brett, I presume the first but that remains to be confirmed. Versions of the covers are up on Amazon, but as only the first has the name of the foreword writer these are probably not the final versions. Links to those pages can be found on ZZ9's Hitchhiker Diary along with details of other events of interest to Douglas Adams fans. The cover of the first book is just a starfield and the book will have a set of stickers allowing the user to create their own DIY cover. The twelve sticker pictures are: a Vogon, a pair of white mice, a Guide, a traffic cone, an earth, a bulldozer, a Vogon poetry book, a towel, a mug of tea, a Bablefish, a 42 and a Marvin's head. The cartoon style of the stickers is the same as the covers on the other four books. More in the next edition of MH. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
7:42 am [aeglefinus]	The Radiophonic Workshop Live at The Roundhouse Peter Howell - Paddy Kingsland - Roger Limb - Dick Mills - Mark Ayres The Radiophonic Workshop get together again to explore Radiophonics past, present, and future. Old and new innovative electronica for a large arena combines with live performance and multimedia projections. 19:00 17th May 2009, The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 8EH See http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/bbc-radiophonic-workshop-2979 Paddy Kingsland and Dick Mills worked on Hitchhiker's Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
1:42 pm [aeglefinus]	Other Hitchhiker 6 Book Cover Launch Reports Coverage of the book cover launch from Artemis Fowl Forum and the Penguin Blog. Hitchhiker News from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha. (1 Comment |Comment on this)