HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: ak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Kendric Beachey)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Doyglas Adams is Coming to USC
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:21:11 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
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prayaga@pax.usc.edu (Prayaga S. Ram) writes:


>Trojan Froods,

>Douglas Adams is coming to University Bookstore at University of Southern 
>California on the 29th of October, 1992 at 12:00 (Noon). 

>Just thought I would let everyone know  :-)

>-Ram

Does anyone have a general schedule that shows where DNA will be when?
I've just bought Mostly Harmless and so far I love it.  I've just 
reached the part where Ford is in the HHGTG offices with the little
robot.  Anyway, if DNA's coming somewhere close, mayhap I could get my
copy autographed...should I act like I think he's Kurt Vonnegut like
that one guy did?  :-)
 
-- 
  Kendric Beachey a.k.a. A. K.                                               
    ak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu                      331 N 17                       
    ak@ksuvm.ksu.edu                         Manhattan, KS 66502           
"Thou hast besquirted me, O Leotarded One!  The maiden be thine!"--Guess who?
From: nowikoam@ucbeh.san.uc.edu (Tony Nowikowski)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: WANTED: Hitchhiker's guide to the net
Date: 15 Oct 92 03:20:00 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

In article <1992Oct12.211918.13344@etek.chalmers.se>, lindq@etek.chalmers.se (Johan Lindqvist) writes:
> In article <1992Oct11.231423.20010@eskimo.celestial.com>, thalos@eskimo.celestial.com (Kris Knien) writes:
> |> 
> |> A while back, I read a 12-part story called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
> |> Net.  Unfortunately, I only was able to find the first 11 parts and never
> |> got to read the conclusion.  I would really appreacite it if someone would
> |> mail this to me, (all 12 parts). Better yet, post it, I feel it's good
> |> enough to share with other readers of a.f.d-a. :)
> 
> Well, I have it, and if you liky, I'd mail it to you, but I don't know if
> it's worth posting (86 k and not that funny).
> 
> If you (or anyone else) feel that he (or she) would like to get it in his
> (or her) mailbox, or if enough of you brothers (or sisters) out there
> want me to, I'll consider posting.
> 

Send a copy my way too, if it's not too much trouble (and even if it is! 8*)

(Geez ... and before I found this newsgroup tonight, I didn't even realize that
_Mostly Harmless_ existed!)

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|  Tony Nowikowski            | "They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste, |
|  University of Cincinnati   |  but I don't mind being terribly wasted."      |
|  nowikoam@ucbeh.san.uc.edu  |  -- Rob Fetters                                |
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From: mei172@cch.coventry.ac.uk (guru)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: 42
Date: 7 Oct 92 12:35:27 GMT
Organization: Noxious Gase Research, Coventry University

guru sez:
	to get to the bottom of this, could everybody please keep a note
	of any interesting/lucky/astounding events in their life connected
	with the number 42.

	E-mail them to me and I'll summarise once a week, and eventually
	we can show precisely what's going on....
-- 
      /~~~) /   / /~~~) /   /  
     (___/ (___/ /     (___/   These mind-expanding drugs have given me so much
        /                      imagination, I'm hallucinating grey vividly....
   (___/ mei172@cch.cov.ac.uk                       Victor Lewis-Smith
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From: mcodogno@nyx.cs.du.edu (Maurizio Codogno)
Subject: Re: Green Smiling Planet
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 09:31:37 GMT

In article <1992Oct14.205212.16399@husc3.harvard.edu> mduhan@husc10.harvard.edu (Matthew Duhan) writes:
>
>   Does anyone know where the green smiling planet originated from and why?

well, I have all four books in English paperback version and there is
no smiley at all. Even in the repackaging Pan book made a couple of
years ago (all covers are divided in 4 parts which create a larger
metacover when put one aside the other in a 2*2 fashion) no planet
at all
 
Indeed I just saw it when I bought the Bible-like _More than complete 
HHG_ (this book became a Liff after MH, of course...) from the States...
 
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From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk (R Clement)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless - POTENTIAL SPOILER thread (?)
Date: 15 Oct 92 18:36:49 GMT
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
Originator: ross-c@csparc2
Zippy-sez: Be bop a lula

In article <martin.719071841@marsh> martin@cs.curtin.edu.au (Martin Dougiamas) writes:
>uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu (Eric D. Shepherd) writes:
>
>>SPOILERS -- PROCEED AT OWN RISK!
>>
>
>EVEN MORE MAJOR SPOILERS... THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING!
>

NOT SO MAJOR SPOILERS, BUT SPOILERS ANYHOW.

 
>Yes, the Vogons destroy it... but not directly... The Vogons take over the
>Guide and develop (ie temporal reverse engineer) the Guide Mark II to
>solve all their problems (including the "irritating" presence of the 
>guide itself).  The Guide Mark II then arranges everything to end in
>the final climax of the book, which is where the confused Leader of
>the Grebulons orders the "great grey turrets" (ie the guns) to 
>swivel towards Earth and blast it away.  

What I thought of recently is that the loss of knowledge in the Grebulon
ship might not have been due to a meteor. It might have been a "mental
block" as already existed in the computers of the HHGTTG before Ford got
there. 

Another thing, remember the legend that if anyone ever finds out what the
universe is, and what it's actually there for, it will disappear and be
replaced by something even more bizarrely inexplicable. Could the cracks
um, "between universes" be a foreshock of this happening, since the answer
to the ultimate question could possibly still be encoded in Arthur's 
brainwave patterns. Perhaps this is why there is so much effort to
destroy the last survivors of Earth. I think the major evidence for this
is that the Guide mark II is no longer possible once the earth is destroyed.
There's a lot more to that than just a planet being blown up.

>>Actually, looking it over again, it's possible that Arthur & Co. managed
>>to get off first, I suppose -- DNA doesn't actually say they die, although
>>that's what I took the "He knew that at last, for once and forever, it was
>>all now, finally, over" bit to mean.  But I _suppose_ that could just
>>refer to the whole bit about knowing he wasn't going to die until visiting
>>the restaurant.

One small point here. Is there the possibility of Dentrassi cooks being on
the Vogon ship? Remember how much they love to annoy Vogons. Given all the
ENORMOUS effort the Vogons went to to destroy Arthur et al, what is the
number one most annoying thing that a Dentrassi could have done at that
point to annoy the Vogons?

Cheers,

Ross-c
From: gallenba@igd.fhg.de (Jens Gallenbacher)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Mostly Harmless : ISBN
Date: 14 Oct 92 10:23:07 GMT
Organization: Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, 6100 Darmstadt, Germany


Sorry, if I ask for something also written in the FAQ, but I
didn't get one for weeks.

Could someone post the ISBN of the Book "Mostly Harmless".
I wasn't able to find it on any international lists of our 
local bookstores. Thanks in advance.

Jens.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: AGRANHOLM@finabo.abo.fi (Alexander Granholm Is)
Subject: Re: Last Chance to See
Organization: Abo Akademi University, Finland
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:13:43 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.23

In <janzen.718650979@husc10> janzen@husc10.harvard.edu writes:

> According to several recent posts, DA read from this on his "Mostly
> Harmless" tour.  What is "Last Chance to See" about and why have I not
> heard of it before?

Last Chance to see is about endangered species on Earth, and has nothing 
to do with any other books by Douglas Adams. Anyway, while not as funny
as the Hitchhiker books, it still has its higlights and is well recommended
for any Douglas Adams fan.

--
Alexander Granholm
Abo Akademi University, Finland
From: David_Woodsworth@mindlink.bc.ca (David Woodsworth)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: RE: Mostly Harmless Canadian info
Date: 8 Oct 92 04:44:58 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

> HDKD writes:
>
> Addemdum to this... Myself, I'm in Montreal, and I just got off the
> phone with one of the big bookstore in town (Cole's) and I was told
> that it is on order and APPROXIMATE (sp?) arrival is th 15th NOV.,
> but to give a call at the end of the month, the arrive often earlier.

Are we talking about the hard cover, or paperback?

David

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From: gmkoenig@acsu.buffalo.edu (Gerson V Koenig)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless - DON'T BUY IT !
Date: 15 Oct 92 05:06:15 GMT
Organization: UB

I believe he said on one talk show or another he did it to please his 
publishers who were a little edgy over the idea of Last Chance, so they would
only let him do this iffy book if he agreed to do a semi-guaranteed hitchhikers
book.

Gerson
From: ensalada@cats.ucsc.edu (Kevin Charles Rubio)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Remembering all letters in Scrabble
Keywords: Scrabble, letters, Arthur, what do you get when you multiply six by
Date: 9 Oct 92 23:51:16 GMT
Reply-To: keeper@deeptht.armory.com
Organization: University of California; Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: si.ucsc.edu


In article <1992Oct7.003431.9236@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> hymowitz@whatever.cs.jhu.edu (Hymie!) writes:
>it was a home-made version of scrabble.  i don't believe that one could
>actually find an 'official' selchow-righter version 2 million years ago,
>unless arthur had one in the pocket of his bathrobe.

Well now, that's very interesting, because there is this little scene
that takes place before the arrival on prehistoric Earth, when Our Heroes
are on the Haggunenon ship wondering what to do.

Arthur:  I've got a pocket Scrabble set.
Zaphod:  Go play with a nut.

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From: millernw@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Neal Miller)
Subject: Mostly Harmless - Side Comment
Organization: Clarkson University
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:43:55 GMT

	I just purchased "Mostly Harmless" in Potsdam NY, a small, 
uncharted town in the northernmost backwaters of New York State.  I'm
on page 87 now, and I just read the phrase "bottomless hurtling hooping
funts", which I now believe to be the nicest four words I've heard since
the start of my college years.

	Thank you D.N.A.!

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From: apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt)
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 10:36:21 GMT
Subject: Book signings
Organization: Hewlett-Packard ISG-SBU-PWD, UK.
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams

Don't forget, if you see DA at a signing, to call him "Mr. Vonnegut".
Following on from the reported experiences of a poster a few months back,
this may give DA the idea for a new book (or possibly a nervous breakdown on
the part of Mr. Adams).

Andrew
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: etxjlar@eua.ericsson.se (Jorgen Larsson)
Subject: The TV series in Sweden
Reply-To: etxjlar@eua.ericsson.se
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 07:46:40 GMT

Is there anyone in Sweden (preferably in Stockholm, Gteborg or in Vrmland)
that has the HHGG TV series recorded, for copying? 
Or is there anyone that knows someplace from where it can be bought in Sweden?

Jrgen Larsson (etxjlar@eua.ericsson.se)
Ericsson Telecom
Karlstad
The World (Tellus)
The Milky way
Universe
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: u906789@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (Mark Julian Turner)
Subject: Re: Scrabble and Book Signings
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 05:17:13 GMT

bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton) writes:
>And taken to another level of considering the making of the pieces...
> 
>Arthur was last gen. matrix of the computer program, and he made the 
>pieces.  It could easily have been from that influence a set was formed 
>such that when the appropriate letters were randomly picked out, the 
>letters previously properly created in accordance to the program's 
>influence were then properly ordered in same fashion. 

>But that brings up another point....
> 
>A hell of a lot of missing letters!  I would expect at least one of each 
>letter, then more made when deemed necessary.  
> 
>Oh well, 
> 
>to semiquote, I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with 
>the Universe!

Arthur had made more letters but some were eaten, buried or thrown away by
the "cavemen". Also Ford threw away the 'Q'.


>--
>James Elkinton (bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org)
From: mcramm@dct.ac.uk (McRamm)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless - POTENTIAL SPOILER thread (?)
Date: 9 Oct 92 09:22:30 +0100
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <VAUGHANM.92Oct8161648@n8i.cs.man.ac.uk>, vaughanm@cs.man.ac.uk (Vaughan Marks) writes:
> In article <1992Oct8.123319.522@dct.ac.uk> mcramm@dct.ac.uk (McRamm) writes:
> 
>    Well, I picked up my copy of MH yesterday, and was disappointed. IMHO
>    it lacks something of the flavour of the originals. I got the distinct
>    impression that DNA is bored with the whole HHG scene and just wants to
>    kill it off somehow. The characters from the originals just didn't feel
>    right, there was something weird about attitudes and behaviour.
> 
> Absoultely! The characters lack their usual flair and witt. MH seems to deal
> far more with descriptions and events rather than conversation/ human 
> interaction... I'd say MH was mundane, the inside cover was about the best
> bit! IHMO the 'trilogy' should have been left well alone. It is a classic,
> and any more HH books will only serve to distract from the flair of the
> originals.
Oh dear, I was hoping that someone would disagree with me so strongly that
I'd be convinced I was wrong. However...........

Anyway, the chances of a 6th book look pretty slim don't they?
(Unless we get to read Marvin's abridged autobiog - now that _would_ be a good
sequel 8-)  )

>    \ \\_\\ \\ _\_\\_\\ \ \\ \ \   \  Vaughan Marks: vaughanm@cs.man.ac.uk \
 Angus M. Marshall, MCRAMM@UK.AC.DCT,amarshal@uk.ac.dund.mcs, (+44 382) 308600
From: janzen@husc10.harvard.edu (Paul Janzen)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Last Chance to See
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:16:19 GMT

According to several recent posts, DA read from this on his "Mostly
Harmless" tour.  What is "Last Chance to See" about and why have I not
heard of it before?
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: phaedrus@camelot.bradley.edu (James Halley)
Subject: TEST!  Please do not read.
Organization: Bradley University
Date: 14 Oct 92 18:02:35 GMT

This is only a test.  I apologize for taking up band space.  Life is like a
grapefruit.
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Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: ross-c@scs.leeds.ac.uk (R Clement)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: MOSTLY HARMLESS
Date: 8 Oct 92 20:02:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Leeds, School of Computer Studies
Originator: ross-c@csparc12

In article <BvrMrI.6G9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> csedlack@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Christopher Sedlack) writes:
>Where specifically????? I must know!!!!!!
>

Well, if you're prepared to cross the Atlantic for a copy... Oh, I forgot! The
books in the US are NTSC books and over here they're PAL and unreadable for
you......

Anyway, I've just returned from Waterstones, Leeds.


******SPOILER ALERT********** (for those attending signings, maybe)

Douglas Adams read, quite humourously, from several of his books, including
Mostly Harmless. I've bought two copies. Sounds good from what I heard. He
also read from "Last chance to see" (Australian snakeologist & Chinese
condom), and "Restaurant at the End of the Universe". 

He does good impersonations of the radio show voices of the characters,
especially Marvin. Sometimes he slipped back into his own voice a bit. I
don't know if this is because he's still developing his impersonations
(they were close enough to be so) or if he's a bit bored of doing so.

Answered some questions, described his meeting with the guy who owns the
movie rights to HHGTTG, etc. Apparantly the BBC are releasing *something*
on video, which he is not at all pleased with. DA claims his agent put 
a whole lot of stuff on his desk which he signed, not realising one of
them was the contract for the video.

He said the next book would probably be a Dirk Gently, working title "One
Spoon Short" or something like that.

etc, etc, etc.

I got signed copies of Mostly Harmless (* 2), THHGTTG - The four parts in
one book, and The Meaning of Liff (not signed - I figured two signed books
for myself was enough).

DA looks a bit like Bill Murray from a distance.

Cheers,

Ross-c
From: jsdykow@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Jens Dykow)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re-release of the Radio Scripts?
Summary: Is there a rerelease of "The Original Hitchhiker's Radio Scripts"?
Keywords: Hitchhikers Guide Radio Scripts
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:14:56 GMT
Organization: CSD., University of Erlangen


My recent try to order the "Complete Hitchhiker's Radio Scripts" came
back to my lokal bookstore with a note that there is nothing left they
could sell me. But it also said that there will be a reprint and that
it will be within the next months.

Has anyone better information about that? Can someone support my hope
to get a copy someday?

Jens

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From: chrisbr@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Chris Brew)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Mostly Harmless
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:00:54 GMT
Organization: Centre for Cognitive Science, Edinburgh, UK

jseaver@bigwpi.WPI.EDU (Jason John Seaver) writes:
>	I thought this was perhaps one of the better HHGTTG books, myself.  It
>was certainly better than So Long and quite probably Life, The Universe, and
>Everything.  And is it just me, or is this the first time that Adams has had
>a coherent plot in a book?  A great job.

	One of my favourite aspects the first three HHGTTG books was
the way the burgeoning overflow of material from the radio series got
rehashed to produce a _semblance_ of a coherent plot. It's a bit of a
shock to find that DNA is actually _starting off_ with a plot, rather
than fudging one in response to deadlines, but he seems to do better
than OK even when Not  Panicking (TM). Incidentally, how do people
think I ought to have spelt panic-ing? Just curious.
From: lindq@etek.chalmers.se (Johan Lindqvist)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Re: Is there a Douglas Adams FAQ list?
Date: 12 Oct 92 21:16:25 GMT
Reply-To: lindq@etek.chalmers.se (Johan Lindqvist)
Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, SWEDEN

About the subject....

YES THERE IS.

But does anybody know where ? I've seem to have lost my copy.


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From: v122kzkw@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (A FROOD WHO SURE KNOWS WHERE HIS TOWEL IS)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
Subject: Where to find solutions
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:44:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

Greetings.
It's me again.
Ok, I really think some mention of this should be included in the FAQ, as it
is one of the more Frequently Asked Questions.
Where to find, and how to get the answers for our favorite text Adventure.
First off, you have to know that there are other newsgroups for the proper
discussion of games.
If you seek answers for a game(s) one place to look, is at anonymous FTP site:
risc.us.edu
in the directory
/pub/games/solutions
Now the hard part - getting there.
Hopefully your system has FTP capabilities.
type in
	ftp risc.ua.edu
You'll see a message (eventually) saying that it needs your name to login.
At the cursor, type in
	anonymous
for your name. Then it will ask you for a password. Your password is your
username. In my case (and only my case - it will not work if you put in my
username) I would type
	v122kzkw
You'll see prompt that will either be an asterik "*" or "ftp>" (it doesn't
matter). At that prompt, type in
	cd pub/games/solutions
When you get the prompt again, type in
	dir
This will give you a list of games on that site. When you see a solution set
that you want (for instance, sol.hhgttg), type in
	get sol.hhgttg
At the prompt, type 
	bye
It's that simple.
T. 

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From: alex@biostat.washington.edu (Alex MacKenzie)
Subject: Mostly Harmless
Organization: Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Univ. of Wash.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:46:23 GMT

I've never posted before so I hope this Mostly
Works.

Mostly Harmless is in the University Bookstore in
Seattle (marked down to $15).  DNA is scheduled 
to speak on campus on Nov. 4, in Kane Hall 120 
at 7:00 p.m. (free).