Category Archives: Douglas Adams

Crime Fiction Alphabet: L is for Locked Room Mysteries

Posted on March 30, 2011 by bernadetteinoz

The mystery in which a crime (almost always a murder) takes place behind seemingly impenetrable doors where the culprit has to all appearances vanished into thin air is probably the most enduring staple of crime fiction. Having been around since … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Catherine Aird, Crime Fiction Alphabet, Douglas Adams, Jeffrey Deaver, John Dickson Carr, list | 10 Comments

It’s time to build the B Ark

Posted on May 9, 2010 by bernadetteinoz

In Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the people of the planet Golgafrinchan address an overcrowding problem by persuading a segment of their population that the planet is under threat from an enormous mutant star goat and that everyone … Continue reading →

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Homage or Heresy?

Posted on October 9, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

My favourite author of all time is Douglas Adams. Among other things he wrote a trilogy (in 5 parts) which started with the publication of The Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy in October 1979. Adams died suddenly in 2001 without … Continue reading →

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Weekly Geeks 2009-#10: Worst Movie Adaptations

Posted on March 15, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

This week’s Weekly Geeks question is difficult to answer: The recent release of Watchmen based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore got me thinking about what I thought were the worst movie adaptations of books. What book or books … Continue reading →

Posted in Douglas Adams, Elizabeth George, memes and challenges, silly nonsense, Stephen King, Umberto Eco | 7 Comments

Weekly Geeks 2009-05: Cover Story

Posted on February 8, 2009 by bernadetteinoz

This week’s Weekly Geeks task is a fun one Pick a book–any book, really–and search out multiple book cover images for that book. They could span a decade or two (or more)…Or they could span several countries. Which cover is … Continue reading →

Posted in Douglas Adams, memes and challenges | 17 Comments