Neil Gaiman is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary comics writers and a bestselling novelist. His work includes the multi-award-winning Sandman graphic novel series, the television series Neverwhere and the novels Stardust, the New York Times bestseller and Hugo award-winner American Gods, and, most recently, Coraline. He is currently writing the screenplay for a movie adaptation of his graphic novel Death: The High Cost of Living, and has recently completed Sandman: Endless Nights, his first Sandman collection since the series ended in 1998.
Foreword
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Introduction
ix
0 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Europe
1
(2)
1 DNA
3
(6)
2 Cambridge and Other Recurrent Phenomena
9
(5)
3 The Wilderness Years
14
(5)
4 Gherkin-Swallowing, Walking Backwards and All That
19
(4)
5 When You Hitch Upon a Star
23
(8)
6 Radio, Radio
31
(10)
7 A Slightly Unreliable Producer
41
(5)
8 Have TARDIS, Will Travel
46
(6)
9 H2G2
52
(9)
10 All the Galaxy's a Stage
61
(6)
11 "Childish, Pointless, Codswalloping Drivel..."
67
(4)
12 Level 42
71
(4)
13 Of Mice, and Men, and Tired TV Producers
75
(24)
14 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
99
(4)
15 Invasion USA
103
(6)
16 Life, the Universe and Everything
109
(8)
17 Making Movies
117
(6)
18 Liff, and Other Places
123
(6)
19 SLATFAT Fish
129
(15)
20 Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?
144
(2)
21 Games with Computers
146
(9)
22 Letters to Douglas Adams
155
(10)
23 Dirk Gently and Time for Tea
165
(7)
24 Saving the World at No Extra Charge
172
(5)
25 Douglas and Other Animals
177
(6)
26 Anything That Happens, Happens
183
(5)
27 Guides to the Guide
188
(4)
28 The Movies That Don't Move
192
(5)
29 The dot.com That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong
197
(6)
30 A Sort of Après-Vie
203
(5)
Appendix I: Hitchhiker's - the Original Synopsis
208
(4)
Appendix II: The Variant Texts of Hitchhiker's: What Happens Where and Why
212
(6)
Appendix III: Who's Who in the Galaxy: Some Comments by Douglas Adams
218
(9)
Appendix IV: The Definitive 'How to Leave the Planet'
227
(4)
Appendix V: Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen: an Excerpt from the Film Treatment by Douglas Adams
231
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