The Anthology At The End Of The Universe Leading Science Fiction Authors On Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
by Yeffeth, GlennFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-03-11
Publisher(s): Smart Pop
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Summary
Every aspect of the science fiction classic 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' is analysed in a variety of quirky ways in this collection of essays. Topics include the logistics of the restaurant at the end of the universe, how the Internet is creating the real Hitchhiker's Guide, an assessment of Vogon poetry, and an analysis of computing. The essays are written by both science fiction greats, such as Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Stephen Baxter, Jacqueline Carey, and Alastair Reynolds, and up-and-coming writers.
Author Biography
Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of Seven Seasons of Buffy and Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix. He lives in Dallas, Texas.
Table of Contents
| Beware of the Leopard | p. 1 |
| That About Wraps it Up for Oolon Colluphid | p. 11 |
| Wikipedia: A Genuine H2G2-Minus the Editors | p. 25 |
| The Secret Symbiosis: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Its Impact on Real Computer Science | p. 35 |
| 42 | p. 47 |
| A Consideration of Certain Aspects of Vogon Poetry | p. 65 |
| The Holy Trilogy | p. 73 |
| The Zen of 42 | p. 83 |
| Loop-Surface Security: The Image of the Towel in a Vagabond Universe-A Semiotic (Semi-Odd) Excursion | p. 97 |
| Yes, I Got It | p. 105 |
| You Can't Go Home Again, Damn It! Even If Your Planet Hasn't Been Blown Up by Vogons | p. 111 |
| The Subversive Dismal Scientist: Douglas Adams and the Rule of Unreason | p. 117 |
| Lunching at the Eschaton: Douglas Adams and the End of the Universe in Science Fiction | p. 125 |
| Digital Watches May Be a Pretty Neat Idea, But Peanuts and Beer Are What Get You Through the Apocalypse | p. 133 |
| The Only Sane Man in the Universe | p. 145 |
| Douglas Adams and the Wisdom of Madness | p. 157 |
| A Talk with Douglas Adams | p. 169 |
| Another Fine Mess | p. 179 |
| Words to Live By | p. 187 |
| "Goodnight, Marvin" | p. 197 |
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