[Heccubus]

Well, it's not a Hitchhiker book. The Dirk Gently books were more of a mystery spoof than a sci-fi spoof.

[SimeSublime]

I saw the BBC tv show DVD at the ABC store the other day, but didn't want to fork out $50 for it just now. So I spent $40 on Red Dwarf IV instead.

[Zerahsedai]

I think there was only two...the one that I mentioned and "Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul".  I've also been trying to find a copy of "The Meaning Of Liff" to no avail.

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A friend keeps recommending The Meaning of Liff and I keep forgetting to look for it when I'm in the bookstore. Do you know, is it out of print or something?

[civilian_number_two]

It was nearly out of print the day it was made. I knew a guy who had a copy: it's just one f those fake dictionaries, full of words for things there aren't words for. try eBay; someone may be trying to get rid of it.

[Heccubus]

Ah, the elusive "Liff" books. I've been trying to track them down for ages, it seems. You'd think that with the sudden resurgence of Adams' popularity, they'd put them back into print.

[Chefelf]

Somehow I have a copy of "Teatime". I gave it to Jen in an exhibit of selflessness a couple of years ago, an act that loses its impact now that we live together.

[Rhubarb]

The 'Liff' book is hard to find? I used to have two copies. I think one was a slightly updated version or something. Dunno what happened to them, I think they were in the book box that somehow missing in storage during my sharehousing days, along with loads of other possessions. Fucking unreliable family. They kept my goddamned printer on the dirt floor in a doorless outside shed, didn't wrap it up or nothin'.

And yeah, it's a fake dictionary, except all the words are actual names of towns from around the world (although most of them are English towns). They have definitions like, "the roll of flesh that bulges over a woman's brassiere that is slightly too small". My favourite one had the definition, '"Oh god, I don't know. Some sort of bird, possibly".

I have the Teatime book somewhere, but it's kinda boring. My favouritest Adams book ever is 'Last Chance To See', some travel journal of his. It's hilariously awesome. It doesn't rely on his imagination, so he just totally runs rampant with anecdotes and documentation. Great stuff. There's also this one bird that he totally rips into... just picks on like it called him names in a pub or something. He does nothing but list its habits and call it stupid for like three pages.

[s(AINT)]

I have to say that Hitchikers was one of the best book series i have ever read, and i HATE the new movie with every little particle of my being!

[barend]

i whole heartedly agree...

it could have been great, it really could have...
they screwed up every joke, skipped important material, jumped to unwarrented punch lines, screwed up the character relationships, and threw in the line about the resteraunt at the end of the universe being on the other end, i'm sure, just to annoy anyone who was a pre-existing fan of the series....