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  • L Lost User

    No, I haven't read it *yet* :-O That's why I wanted to ask, do you guys remember the promotion on microsoft.com about 6 months ago where you could download the free ebook? Well, I never managed to get that to work, and forgot about it until now... Does anyone have it/know where I could get it? I've tried all the resources I could think of, so now I'm trying here :-) TIA :-D Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
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    Gary R Wheeler
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    DON'T PANIC


    Software Zen: delete this;

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    • I Ian Darling

      Rick York wrote: A trilogy of five books. That's kind of funny. That's what happens when you release a trilogy of books, then add another book a couple of years later, and then another much later (subtitled "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named HHGG trilogy") :-)


      Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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      Rick York
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      George Thoroughood used to call his band the original five-man trio and they had four guys. That was pretty good too. ;) a two cent stamp short of going postal.

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      • L Lost User

        No, I haven't read it *yet* :-O That's why I wanted to ask, do you guys remember the promotion on microsoft.com about 6 months ago where you could download the free ebook? Well, I never managed to get that to work, and forgot about it until now... Does anyone have it/know where I could get it? I've tried all the resources I could think of, so now I'm trying here :-) TIA :-D Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
        Sonork: 100.33943

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        Corinna John
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        DON'T PANIC Get the paper version, and read it whereever you go! The eBook doesn't contain the real Hitchhiker's Guide by Megadodo Publishing Company, it's "only" the book _about_ the Hitchhiker's Guide. Microsoft doesn't even has a copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica... :laugh:

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        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

          If you don't find it, don't panic :rolleyes:. It's not very expensive. The one I bought cost me something like €20, and that was the hard cover edition. -- Futue te et ipsum caballum.

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          Lost User
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          I guess I can fork out the 20 for it :) Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
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          • C Christian Graus

            I have the books, I got the first two when I was in grade 4 ( i.e. about 10 years old ). I am now 35, and I am reading them again. I think you won't be disappointed if you shell out and buy them. Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder

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            Lost User
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            Christian Graus wrote: if you shell out and buy them I think I will do just that :) Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
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            • C Corinna John

              DON'T PANIC Get the paper version, and read it whereever you go! The eBook doesn't contain the real Hitchhiker's Guide by Megadodo Publishing Company, it's "only" the book _about_ the Hitchhiker's Guide. Microsoft doesn't even has a copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica... :laugh:

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              Lost User
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              :omg: I'll have to get the physical thing then... :) Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
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              • L Lost User

                No, I haven't read it *yet* :-O That's why I wanted to ask, do you guys remember the promotion on microsoft.com about 6 months ago where you could download the free ebook? Well, I never managed to get that to work, and forgot about it until now... Does anyone have it/know where I could get it? I've tried all the resources I could think of, so now I'm trying here :-) TIA :-D Paul ;) Homepage: pvdw.ath.cx
                Sonork: 100.33943

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                Ted Ferenc
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                I much prefer the original BBC radio series, available on CD. Don't accept any copies!


                "My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette

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                • I Ian Darling

                  Wjousts wrote: Actually there are six books. I had the one volume with the first five, but there is another book after that. IIRC it was called "So Long and Thanks for all the Fish" Nope, there's five - I've got each one separately: 1 The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy 2 The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe 3 Life, The Universe, And Everything 4 So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish 5 Mostly Harmless


                  Ian Darling "The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

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                  And then there is Starship Titanic, written by a friend of Douglas Adams, altough the story idea was conceived by Adams. I forgot the authors name, but on the back cover there is a photo of him - on a chair, naked with his laptop covering his parts. Apparantly he wrote the book in the nude.

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                  • T Ted Ferenc

                    I much prefer the original BBC radio series, available on CD. Don't accept any copies!


                    "My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette

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                    Corinna John
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                    The books are not a copy! When the radio series was complete, Douglas wanted to make something bigger out of the idea. And he did!

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                    • J James Pullicino

                      And then there is Starship Titanic, written by a friend of Douglas Adams, altough the story idea was conceived by Adams. I forgot the authors name, but on the back cover there is a photo of him - on a chair, naked with his laptop covering his parts. Apparantly he wrote the book in the nude.

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                      Colin Angus Mackay
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                      Terry Gillingham? (sp?) A former Monty Python.


                      "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar

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                      • C Colin Angus Mackay

                        Terry Gillingham? (sp?) A former Monty Python.


                        "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar

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                        I think so.

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                        • C Corinna John

                          The books are not a copy! When the radio series was complete, Douglas wanted to make something bigger out of the idea. And he did!

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                          Ted Ferenc
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                          I was trying to say there are at least two version of the CD/tape one the orgianl BBC series plus an obsure one. Personally I prefer the BBC radio series to the books and TV series, but there again there is no accounting for taste.


                          "My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real creeps without having to smell them." - Penn Jillette

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