The alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ

The alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ

Version 2.09. Last updated 8th April 1998. Most recent changes made by Owen Cameron, Greg Pacek and Stuart Bruce.

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The questions

A. Introduction & general mish-mash

A.1.1. FAQ history

A.2. Where can I find more information about Douglas Adams?

A.2.1. What's "Don't Panic" by Neil Gaiman?

A.2.2. Information from ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

A.3. The Ultra-Complete Indices

B. About Douglas Adams

B.1. Introduction

B.1.1. Full name, birth & family

B.1.2. Why is he sometimes called Bop Ad?

B.2. Douglas Adams and computers

B.2.1. Computer game: Starship Titanic
B.2.2. Computer game: The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

B.2.2.1. Will the Hitch Hiker's game be republished?

B.2.2.2. Where can I find the Hitch Hiker's game on the Web?

B.2.3. Computer game: Bureaucracy
B.2.4. Computer game: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

B.3. Contacting Douglas Adams

B.3.1. What's Douglas Adams' e-mail address?
B.3.2. Where can I write to Douglas Adams by post?
B.3.3. Does Douglas Adams have a web site?
B.3.4. Does Douglas Adams read the alt.fan.douglas-adams newsgroup?

B.4. Douglas Adams and Doctor Who

B.5. What Douglas Adams has written

C. Current goings-on

C.1. Starship Titanic

C.1.1. Dark Ship Titanic

C.2. The Digital Village

C.2.1. What's the Digital Village's URL?

C.3. The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

C.3.1. Online
C.3.2. The books
C.3.3. The movie

C.4. The Salmon Of Doubt

E. Explanations

E.1. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

E.1.1. The ending

E.2. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

E.2.1. The Illustrated Guide picture puzzle
E.2.2. The disappearing 7th TV episode
E.2.3. Marvin singing Pink Floyd
E.2.4. Ford's name
E.2.5. Paul Neil Milne Johnstone / Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings
E.2.6. Why monkeys and why Hamlet?

E.3. Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

E.4. Life, the Universe and Everything

E.4.1. Differences between the UK and US editions

L. Lyrics

L.1. Marvin the Paranoid Android

M. Merchandising

M.1. BBC merchandise

M.2. German merchandise

M.3. ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha merchandise

M.4. Where can I find Douglas Adams-related...

M.4.1. T-shirts
M.4.2. Videos
M.4.3. Audio tapes / CDs
M.4.4. Albums
M.4.5. CD-ROMs
M.4.6. Towels

O. The Order of Everything

R. Recommended

X. Miscellaneous

X.1. Short stories

X.1.1. Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
X.1.2. The Private Life of Genghis Kahn
X.1.3. A Christmas Fairly Story

X.2. Where did the phrase Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul come from?

X.3. Is the Islington telephone number for real?

X.4. Dire Straits...?

X.5. Names in real life?

X.6. Printing inconsistencies

X.6.1. More Than Complete Typographical Errors

X.7. How much does Milliways really cost?

X.8. What's the theme music from The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy called and where can I get it?

X.9. Why towels?

X.10. The Cosmic Cutie (the little green guy)

X.11. Monty Python's Meaning of Life / Liff?

X.12. Pink Floyd's Division Bell

X.13. The Real Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

X.14. Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster recipes

X.15. Marvin the Paranoid Rock Star

X.16. Where could I find a book report on Hitch Hiker's Guide...?

X.42. Number games

Y. The Probably Incomprehensible, Definitely Incomplete, and Utterly Over-Titled Douglas Adams Bibliography

(This section has its own index).

Z. ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha

Comments, suggestions and additions to this FAQ are always welcomed. Please e-mail Stuart Bruce with your typed words.

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