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Thirty years of 'Hitchhiker's Guide'

March 8, 2008 7:17 AM PST – Posted by Jonathan Skillings

Three decades ago, Douglas Adams' sci-fi phenomenon The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy got its start as a serial on BBC Radio. In a story on BBC News on Friday, author Mark Vernon delves into some of the enduring themes and mysteries of Adams' cosmological saga.

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Jonathan Skillings is managing editor of CNET News, based in the Boston bureau. He's been with CNET since 2000, after a decade in tech journalism at the IDG News Service, PC Week, and an AS/400 magazine. He's also been a soldier and a schoolteacher. E-mail Jon.
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by gracion March 8, 2008 9:33 AM PST
Check out the real-life Guide, created with the cooperation and blessing of Adams himself, and still going strong. Sample recent entries: "Hadrian's Wall: A Journey Along the Edge of the Empire," "Coin Flipping - Conflict Resolution on the Cheap," and "Hats in Doctor Who." it's a sometimes strange and strangely useful collection of information, divided neatly into Life, The Universe, and Everything (else)!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/
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by raggy1222 March 10, 2008 11:24 AM PDT
To bad Mr. Douglas Adams died before he became a Christian. I guess he now knows if there is a God or not...
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by ElmoKajaky March 11, 2008 12:52 AM PDT
Douglas Adams was much too smart for that. Good on him.
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