So that was the last ever radio episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
I’ve really enjoyed the adaptations of the final three books, but I was very surprised listening to the final installment. As the episode told its own slightly different version of the end of the final book (Mostly Harmless), there were still nine minutes to go. Why?
Because by adding a whole extra scene, they completely changed the ending of the episode, and therefore the series, and therefore the feel of the entire Hitchhiker’s saga.
Normally I’d be distraught at such a dramatic change from the source material – especially source material written by Douglas Adams, arguably one of the finest comedy writer to (reluctantly and eventually) put pen to paper.
But somehow it worked. No spoilers here, but it worked – at least for me. Go listen.
You wouldn’t happen to know of ways, legal or illegal, for a person who doesn’t receive BBC to get these final three books, do you?
Legally, the third series is available on Amazon.com here, but the others are only listed on the UK site at the moment – here and here – I don’t know what the delivery price is like to the US though…
talk to me, i will shortly have the entire series on mp3…
and i dont particularly hold with copyright law…