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Hitchhiker's Guide, Salmon of Doubt

Posted by michael on from the thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

ReadParse writes "There was a previous story about "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" being released on DVD in January. This turned out to be a Region 2 DVD, but the Region 1 DVD was released on or about April 30th. There are two discs, the first of which is the BBC Miniseries, which was adapted from the BBC radio play. It suddenly occurs to me to submit this story, because mine was just delivered within the past hour. Right now it's the 12th most popular DVD on Amazon." Several people also noted that Adams' final (I guess) book, The Salmon of Doubt, is now hitting the shelves.

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  1. Salmon of Doubt by finny · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let me start off with the fact the I really, really want to read this book. However, are the descriptions of it's origin leaving a bad taste in anybody's mouth but me?

    From the BBC :

    "The publication will reportedly be edited but remain unfinished following its recovery from files on the novelist's computer. ... We have pored over Douglas's hard drive. There were so many different versions of the novel. "

    Sounds like Adams felt this novel wasn't ready for publication but people close to him believed otherwise after his death. What could be their motivation?

    Here I am, brain the size of a planet and I'm worrying about what a deceased author would think of me reading his book.