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# why not get it in the style of the new book
that is written by NOT DOUGLAS ADAMS

*kicks off*
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:35, archived)
# hahaha
Artemis Fowl?!?!? He can fuck right off :)

I will buy the new book, and read it with clenched teeth throughout no doubt. Still, the thought of it is depressing me greatly at the moment.

Also I know Stephen Fry was his great mate and everything but why produce a new book about endangered animals with the EXACT SAME TITLE AS THE OLD ONE? FFS!
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:38, archived)
# Watching that now
enjoying it in a sad kind of a way
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:43, archived)
# What book is this (are you talking about Last Chance to See?)
And why are you watching it?
*wikipedias* oh, I see. Is there a book of the TV series based on the book, then?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:46, archived)
# BBC2 at the mo
With a new book to follow.
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:56, archived)
# How can there be a new Book that is written by NOT DOUGLAS ADAMS
when Douglas Adams is dead?
Please no.
Please leave it alone :(
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:46, archived)
# I think you'll find that most books aren't written by Douglas Adams.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:48, archived)
# apart from
the ones written by Douglas Adams...

Most of those are.
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:53, archived)
# Most of them, yes.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:54, archived)
# out next month
www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/10041556/And-Another-Thing-/Product.html
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:51, archived)
# What is an Eoin Colfer?
He might be a great novelist but if that was the case then why resort to plagiarism?
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:58, archived)
# An Eoin Colfer
is an Irishman with a silly name who wrote books about a teenage criminal with a silly name. And plagiarism is a great gig if you're getting paid for it, I don't think I'd have turned it down knowing how many people would buy the book.

Which I strongly suspect I will, whether I actually want to or not.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:02, archived)
# ^ this
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:14, archived)
# True,
Plagiarism and being paid for it is called "Licensing" I suppose.
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:18, archived)
# That's the one :)
And when it's Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson doing it it's called "Raping Frank Herbert's corpse until it squeaks"
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:21, archived)
# Poor Frank's squeaky corpse.
:(
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:25, archived)
# poor frank
nsfw
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:31, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:34, archived)
# Eoin, n. a cherished piece of literature.
Colf, vb. to mangle, destroy or embarrass.

Mind you Mostly Harmless and The Salmon of Doubt were both a bit rubbish, so good luck to him, really.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:05, archived)
# hmmm
this might be a lot better than everyone's expecting. when he can leave off the heavy-handed ecological ranting colfer has a pretty easy, light style and a decent imagination and perhaps unlike a lot of people (or at least that they'll admit) i really enjoyed most of the artemis fowl books while i was lying around in hospital.

on the other hand, it might really, really suck. let's be honest, the last three of the hitch-hiker's books weren't themselves all that great cop either...
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:59, archived)
# Uh-oh.
Zaphod stepped out onto the surface of the planet, except he didn't because there was nothing there because the Vogons WHO ARE A METAPHOR FOR HUMANS had fucked it all up with bulldozers and heavy industry LIKE YOU HUMANS ALWAYS DO AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN AND NOT A DOLPHIN. (Free preview of the forthcoming book.)
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:19, archived)
# oh shit
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:22, archived)
# Hahaha
Also: Douglas wrote one really great book which breathed new life into a stale genre. The book spawned a large number of mostly inferior imitators, Douglas himself among them. LOL
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:33, archived)