Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
Gracias, that's it... The whole point is that the answer can't be known at the same time as the question, as this would cause the universe to be destroyed or something.
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Well, the universe would disappear and be replaced by something stranger. Although of course, some people think this has already happened.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
Which is what I assumed happened at the end of Mostly Harmless. I say assumed, because recent re-readings seem to potentially negate that. It just seemed to me that bird HHGTTG could very well have brought destruction on the universe.LordRetard wrote:Gracias, that's it... The whole point is that the answer can't be known at the same time as the question, as this would cause the universe to be destroyed or something.
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I liked my page better.Thomas Aquinas wrote:
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You are free to do so. But you are wrong. My page is better. In fact, it's even quantifiably better - it has more words, and ergo must be better.
Quantity=quality
edit: actually, I went back and read your page, and that's weird - it differs from my version of the book (it's the same as Mountainmage's).Apparently the same book had different text in different editions? Though of course, mine is the correct one.
Quantity=quality
edit: actually, I went back and read your page, and that's weird - it differs from my version of the book (it's the same as Mountainmage's).Apparently the same book had different text in different editions? Though of course, mine is the correct one.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
I'm flying to Colorado in a month, I think my Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy book might have to join me on the flight.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
My guess would be British vs American versions. Usually when a book comes out in British it must be translated into American before it can be sold there.Thomas Aquinas wrote:You are free to do so. But you are wrong. My page is better. In fact, it's even quantifiably better - it has more words, and ergo must be better.
Quantity=quality
edit: actually, I went back and read your page, and that's weird - it differs from my version of the book (it's the same as Mountainmage's).Apparently the same book had different text in different editions? Though of course, mine is the correct one.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
I suppose that's possible. MIne's an American edition that combines the first four together along with a short story - it's collectively called "The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide" and I feel it is pretty authoritative. But the difference we found is reasonably substantial, not merely adapting to the different dialects, so I don't know.
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Different editions perhaps?
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
Sometimes localisation differences can be pretty hardcore; it's not just translating and rendering it in the correct dialect. Then again I'm not sure what these differences are yet (I can't even find that part in my own book, it's been so long since I've read them).
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Edit: Wow, disregard all that. Took me a while.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
The six by nine was shopping as well. It's an exact copy of my image a few posts up otherwise.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
You thought that was the same part, didn't you?Thomas Aquinas wrote:Edit: Wow, disregard all that. Took me a while.
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Re: Ideas for a book or movie that hasn't been made yet
Not quite. I didn't realize Kimra had photoshopped something.
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