An Audio version of this long awaited sequel. And Another Thing, the 6th book in the Hitchhiker’s trilogy, or rather ‘double trilogy’ as it has now become, has been written by the brilliantly funny Eoin Colfer, international number-one bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl novels. Colfer is not unaccustomed to strange going-ons and far-fetched story-lines with his celebrated Artemis Fowl novels.
The widow of Douglas Adams, Jane Belson said of Eoin Colfer, “I
love his books and could not think of a better person to transport
Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new.”
Eoin Colfer has been a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays.
“I have decided to embark on a very different project. Something
unique that I hope will interest you as much as it does me. I have
written the official 6th book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series. Most of you have probably already read Douglas Adams’ insanely
brilliant space series. If you haven’t then you don’t know funny. Take
it from me, the Hitchhiker books are bar none the funniest sci-fi books
ever written. People have laughed so much reading Hitchhikers that they
have had to have organs removed. One guy in France popped an eyeball. I
kid you not.
So, what’s it all about, this Hitchhikers, I hear you cry.
Actually I don’t hear you, if I did I would be sitting outside in your
driveway, which would be a bit freaky and show how few friends I have.
What’s it all about, this Hitchhikers, I imagine you cry. It’s about
Arthur Dent, one of the last humans left alive after the Earth has been
destroyed by the remorseless Vogons. Arthur manages to hitch a ride on
a spaceship and go planet hopping with his friends Ford Prefect, the
Betelgeusean journalist. Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed president of
the galaxy, pirate and worst dressed man in the universe. And Marvin,
the paranoid android.
All this hitching and adventuring went on for five books and
then Douglas Adams passed away before he could write book six.
Hitchhiker has been heard on radio, seen on tv and enjoyed on the
cinema screen, there was even a musical version. But the story could
never end, until now. I am going to continue on where Douglas left off.
Unfortunately for me, he left off on rather a large cliffhanger.
Everyone was dead. Which means I have rather a large challenge ahead of
me, but it is one I am looking forward to.
It will be called And Another Thing. And I really hope you will board the spaceship with me so we can travel through Douglas Adams’ hilarious galaxy together.”
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And Another Thing ... will be the sixth novel in the now improbably named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the death of its creator, Douglas Adams, the author's widow, Jane Belson, has given her approval for the project to be continued by the international number one bestselling children's writer, Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels. Douglas Adams himself once said, 'I suspect at some point in the future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book. Five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better kind of number'. Belson said of Eoin Colfer, 'I love his books and could not think of a better person to transport Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new.' Colfer, a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays, said, 'Being given the chance to write this book is like suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice. For years I have been finishing this incredible story in my head and now I have the opportunity to do it in the real world.' Prepare to be amazed...
And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Fiction, Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Recommendations
And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three is available in Paperback, Hardback, CD-Audio
And Another Thing ... Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three was written by Eoin Colfer and published by Penguin Audiobooks an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
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