Comments on: Quick Roundup http://www.edrants.com/quick-roundup-3/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.edrants.com/quick-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-247782 Tim Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:13:28 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8733#comment-247782 I'm open to being corrected - or mocked if I've missed some joke - but I'm pretty sure that Kyril Bonfiglioli was a bloke. I’m open to being corrected – or mocked if I’ve missed some joke – but I’m pretty sure that Kyril Bonfiglioli was a bloke.

]]> By: Bill Peschel http://www.edrants.com/quick-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-247763 Bill Peschel Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:19:57 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8733#comment-247763 For some reason, the Douglas Adams story fills me with an unreasonable rage, even though I've read Colfer's work and liked it. Perhaps because, after the first two books, Douglas Adams wasn't Douglas Adams, and that the "series" really wasn't much of a series after all. If they really wanted to do this right (if it had to be done right at all), they would hold an open contest to let anybody write the book, then select the best bits and mash them up. That would be more in spirit with Adams' love of computers, the power of harnessing multiple minds via the Internet, and the sheer humorous chaos that would result. For some reason, the Douglas Adams story fills me with an unreasonable rage, even though I’ve read Colfer’s work and liked it. Perhaps because, after the first two books, Douglas Adams wasn’t Douglas Adams, and that the “series” really wasn’t much of a series after all.

If they really wanted to do this right (if it had to be done right at all), they would hold an open contest to let anybody write the book, then select the best bits and mash them up. That would be more in spirit with Adams’ love of computers, the power of harnessing multiple minds via the Internet, and the sheer humorous chaos that would result.

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