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#760

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:58 am
Subject: Re: Woo hoo

Sadly I'm working 'til 5 - nuts.

However, I do look to come along to Anime... if I remember. ;)

Paul - as requested, I'll bring The Darkness to Anime as won't be able
to bring it to How Novel.

Deb - could you bring that copy of Meltdown to Anime, as I won't be
able to attend this weekend's How Novel?

Also, something to bend your brains:
http://idea-sandbox.com/blog/2008/07/what-is-burger-king-thinking/

Cheers all,

Alan :)

--- In how-novel@..., paul finch <sane242000@...> wrote:
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> Me and sis will.
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> --- On Mon, 18/8/08, Robinson Angela <angela.robinson@...> wrote:
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> > From: Robinson Angela <angela.robinson@...>
> > Subject: RE: [how-novel] Woo hoo
> > To: how-novel@...
> > Date: Monday, 18 August, 2008, 1:51 PM
> > Yep that's the one. Sorry about the link.
> >
> > Who's coming to How Novel this Saturday by the way?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Angela Robinson
> > Literacy Development Officer - Projects
> > Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
> > Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
> > Blackburn Central Library
> > Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
> > www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries
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> >  Subject: RE: [how-novel] Woo hoo
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> >  Not sure what you're referring to (the link's
> > drawing a blank),
> > but my attention's getting drawn to this:
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http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?ev
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<http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?e
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> >  > From: angela.robinson@...
> > <mailto:angela.robinson%40blackburn.gov.uk>
> >  > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:44:32 +0100
> >  > Subject: [how-novel] Woo hoo
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http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?ev
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<http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/martinharriscentre/mhceventspage.php?e
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> >  > I'm thinking maybe a group excursion???
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> >  > Regards
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> >  > Angela Robinson
> >  > Literacy Development Officer - Projects
> >  > Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
> >  > Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
> >  > Blackburn Central Library
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#761

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:08 pm
Subject: Next meeting

Hi all,

Next How Novel will be on September 6.

The library just got in Thor by Stracnzyki which I'm sure will be a
great read, considering his work on Spiderman.

Regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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#762

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 12:42 am
Subject: London MCM Expo

Hi all,

At the moment I'm working out plans for attending this year's London
MCM Expo (25-26 October), and was wondering if anyone else is interested?

http://www.londonexpo.com/

If anyone else wants to discuss plans, drop me a line at your earliest
convenience.

Alan :)

#763

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 11:14 am
Subject: VWoorp Vwoorp

Due to me hopefully attending 'Vwoorp vwoorp - Adventures in time and
space' on Saturday, October 18 (if there's still tickets) the meeting on
that date is cancelled.

http://www.thelass.co.uk/news.php - scroll down for details, its a
celebration of Dr Who in comic form including a possible appearance by
Steve Dillon.

Regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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#764

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 11:55 am
Subject: RE: London MCM Expo

Would love to but that thing called money always gets in the way.


Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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	 -----Original Message-----
	 From: how-novel@...
[mailto:how-novel@...] On Behalf Of Alan Aldred
	 Sent: 01 September 2008 01:43
	 To: how-novel@...
	 Subject: [how-novel] London MCM Expo



	 Hi all,

	 At the moment I'm working out plans for attending this year's
London
	 MCM Expo (25-26 October), and was wondering if anyone else is
interested?

	 http://www.londonexpo.com/ <http://www.londonexpo.com/>

	 If anyone else wants to discuss plans, drop me a line at your
earliest
	 convenience.

	 Alan :)







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#765

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 2:56 pm
Subject: Re: London MCM Expo

sane242000

how much have you sumed it up to so far?

--- On Mon, 1/9/08, Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:

> From: Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> Subject: [how-novel] London MCM Expo
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Monday, 1 September, 2008, 1:42 AM
> Hi all,
>
> At the moment I'm working out plans for attending this
> year's London
> MCM Expo (25-26 October), and was wondering if anyone else
> is interested?
>
> http://www.londonexpo.com/
>
> If anyone else wants to discuss plans, drop me a line at
> your earliest
> convenience.
>
> Alan :)

#766

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 4:51 pm
Subject: Re: London MCM Expo

Well, there's transport (£50 for me with a railcard discount) and accomodation
(options currently being investigated) and tickets for the event which is about
a tenner, then whatever you need for food and drink, etc. Everything else is
spending money.

From: paul finch
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:56 PM
To: how-novel@...
Subject: Re: [how-novel] London MCM Expo

how much have you sumed it up to so far?

--- On Mon, 1/9/08, Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:

> From: Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> Subject: [how-novel] London MCM Expo
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Monday, 1 September, 2008, 1:42 AM
> Hi all,
>
> At the moment I'm working out plans for attending this
> year's London
> MCM Expo (25-26 October), and was wondering if anyone else
> is interested?
>
> http://www.londonexpo.com/
>
> If anyone else wants to discuss plans, drop me a line at
> your earliest
> convenience.
>
> Alan :)

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#767

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Wed Sep 3, 2008 1:26 pm
Subject: x-men 4

sane242000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifoEAaitQw

#768

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:07 am
Subject: Announcing a Tokyopop Recon

Hi all,

See the attached for news of the Tokyopop Recon, tell your friends!

Tickets will be on sale next week.

Regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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#769

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Thu Sep 4, 2008 9:42 am
Subject: RE: Announcing a Tokyopop Recon

Drat, no attachment.

Ok, its the really good Tokyopop Recon at:

Blackburn Central Library
Thursday, November 27
6 - 8pm

Tickets �1 (including refreshment)


Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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	 -----Original Message-----
	 From: how-novel@... [mailto:how-novel@...] On
Behalf Of Robinson Angela
	 Sent: 04 September 2008 10:07
	 To: Animeadv@...; how-novel@...
	 Subject: [how-novel] Announcing a Tokyopop Recon



	 Hi all,

	 See the attached for news of the Tokyopop Recon, tell your friends!

	 Tickets will be on sale next week.

	 Regards

	 Angela Robinson
	 Literacy Development Officer - Projects
	 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
	 Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
	 Blackburn Central Library
	 Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
	 www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries
<http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries> >
	 www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
	 angela.robinson@... <mailto:angela.robinson%40blackburn.gov.uk>
	 Tel: 01254 587244

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#770

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Tue Sep 9, 2008 5:15 pm
Subject: The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?

Hi all,

I can't believe I hadn't heard of this earlier:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Allen#The_Flash:_Rebirth

Oh, yes! :D

Thoughts?

Alan

#771

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:39 am
Subject: Re: The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?

sane242000

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17970

X Men Noir


--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:

> From: Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> Subject: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 6:15 PM
> Hi all,
>
> I can't believe I hadn't heard of this earlier:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Allen#The_Flash:_Rebirth
>
> Oh, yes! :D
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Alan

#772

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?

Read about that shortly after posting the link in the previous post - did you
see the teaser image of Doctor Doom wearing the Infinity Gauntlet? Where is
Nasar when you need him? ;)

From: paul finch
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:39 AM
To: how-novel@...
Subject: Re: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17970

X Men Noir

--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:

> From: Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> Subject: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 6:15 PM
> Hi all,
>
> I can't believe I hadn't heard of this earlier:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Allen#The_Flash:_Rebirth
>
> Oh, yes! :D
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Alan

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#773

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:36 pm
Subject: London MCM Expo

Hello again all,

As discussed recently with those who have expressed interest in coming
down, please note I have reserved accomodation at the Ibis London
Excel hotel (3 minutes walk from the venue).

If anyone is thinking of coming down, if you can get down to London
and afford the tickets for the event, (from �9 per day) then I can
provide accomodation at the hotel - there already three other people
confirmed (Bentley, Tiny Paul and Sarah) with a possible fourth coming
down.

The more, the merrier!

Alan :)

#774

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:08 am
Subject: Re: The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?

sane242000

sides Barry Allen been coming back a couple of times

--- On Wed, 10/9/08, Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:

> From: Alan Aldred <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> Subject: Re: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Wednesday, 10 September, 2008, 5:16 PM
> Read about that shortly after posting the link in the
> previous post - did you see the teaser image of Doctor Doom
> wearing the Infinity Gauntlet? Where is Nasar when you need
> him? ;)
>
>
> From: paul finch
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 9:39 AM
> To: how-novel@...
> Subject: Re: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?
>
>
> http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17970
>
> X Men Noir
>
> --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Alan Aldred
> <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Alan Aldred
> <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
> > Subject: [how-novel] The Fastest Man Alive... Reborn?
> > To: how-novel@...
> > Date: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008, 6:15 PM
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I can't believe I hadn't heard of this
> earlier:
> >
> >
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Allen#The_Flash:_Rebirth
> >
> > Oh, yes! :D
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Alan
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

#775

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:24 am
Subject: FW: PENGUIN ANNOUNCEMENT - EOIN COLFER IS CHOSEN TO WRITE THE SIXTH

Ok I know this isn't graphic novel related, however, its very interesting news.


Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
angela.robinson@...
Tel: 01254 587244

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-----Original Message-----
From: Penguin Press [mailto:Penguin.Press@...]
Sent: 17 September 2008 09:25
Subject: PENGUIN ANNOUNCEMENT - EOIN COLFER IS CHOSEN TO WRITE THE SIXTH







Embargoed until 00:01 Wednesday 17th September 2008


NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR EOIN COLFER IS CHOSEN TO WRITE THE SIXTH 
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY


London, 17 September 2008...  Penguin announced today that it is to publish the
sixth novel in the ever-more increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy trilogy. Eight years after the tragically early death of its
creator, Douglas Adams, widow Jane Belson has sanctioned the project to be
written by the international number-one bestselling children's writer, Eoin
Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl novels. The new book is entitled "And Another
Thing..." and will be published in hardback by Penguin in October 2009.

Douglas Adams himself said in an interview: 'I suspect at some point in the
future I will write a sixth Hitchhiker book ... I would love to finish
Hitchhiker on a slightly more upbeat note. Five seems to be a wrong kind of
number, six is a better kind of number.' *

Jane Belson, the widow of Douglas Adams said, 'I am delighted that Eoin Colfer
has agreed to continue the Hitchhiker series. I love his books and could not
think of a better person to transport Arthur, Zaphod and Marvin to pastures new.
The project has my full support.'

Eoin Colfer has introduced a new generation of readers to the absurdities of
life, the universe and everything through his bestselling Artemis Fowl series,
in which a teenage criminal mastermind wreaks havoc in this world, the next and
any others that happen to be nearby. The Sunday Times has said, 'Colfer has the
ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the
inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour.'

Colfer has been a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays and 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. It is a gift from the
gods. So, thank you Thor and Odin.'

Penguin Managing Director, Helen Fraser commented, 'In 1992 I was lucky enough
to be involved in the publication of Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams's last
brilliant volume of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  He was an
extraordinary writer, with an ability to come at the reader from the most
unexpected angles, knock them off balance and make them laugh at the same time. 
Eoin Colfer is an inspired choice as Douglas's successor.  Eoin burst on the
world in 2001 with his incredibly popular Artemis Fowl series, which is beloved
by readers of all ages.  He is a huge talent and a fantastically funny writer,
and this new book will bring as many new young readers to Douglas Adams's work
as it will introduce adults to the brilliance of Eoin Colfer.'


- Ends -


For further information please contact:

Joanna Prior on 020 7010 3250 or 07770 380 557
Joanna.prior@...

Adele Minchin on 020 7010 3072 or 07714 227356
Adele.minchin@...


Further Information Attached:

1. Eoin Colfer biography
2. Photo of Eoin Colfer available at
http://www.puffin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000032832,00.html
3. Statement by Eoin Colfer on Hitchhiker
4. Hitchhiker Chronology


________________________________________

*From Salmon of Doubt, excerpt from an interview with Matt Newsome
Douglas Adams:
'There will come a point I suspect at some point in the future where I will
write a sixth Hitchhiker book. I kind of want to that in an odd kind of way
because people have said, quite rightly, that Mostly Harmless is a very bleak
book. And it was a bleak book. I would love to finish Hitchhiker on a slightly
more upbeat note, so five seems to be a wrong kind of number, six is a better
kind of number.' (p.185-186, Salmon of Doubt)













Eoin Colfer

EOIN (pronounced 'Owen') COLFER was a primary school teacher in Wexford, Ireland
up until he secured the largest ever advance for a children's novel by an
unknown author in October 2000. He cast a spell on the publishing and film
industries with his fantastically original novel, Artemis Fowl, and hasn't
looked back since. Miramax and Tribeca productions teamed up for a film option
before the book had even been auctioned at the Frankfurt Book Fair that year.
The film is now slated to go into production next year.

Total UK sales of Artemis Fowl titles now exceed a staggering 4.5 million copies
in the UK and Ireland and over 18 million worldwide. His work is published in 44
countries. He has achieved huge international critical acclaim in the media and
the book trade and is ranked alongside Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson and
Anthony Horowitz as one of the UK's most popular and best-selling children's
authors.

Eoin is also an extremely talented performer. Recipient of a Herald Angel Award
for Performance at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe (the first author to win such an
award), in April 2006 Eoin took his hilarious one man show, Fairies, Fiends and
Flatulence, an adrenaline-fuelled expos� of teenage criminal mastermind Artemis
Fowl to theatres nationwide. Following the sell-out success of his regional UK
tour, Eoin made his West End debut at the Trafalgar Theatre in October 2006
receiving wide acclaim:

'Brilliantly surreal . . . full of farting, gentle mockery and subversiveness' -
The Times

'Like Dave Allen for juniors' - Sunday Times

'The ex-teacher's lesson is the frothy tale of his childhood and his mischievous
siblings, illustrated by beautifully evocative photographs . . . our amiable,
pixie-like host is never dull' - Evening Standard, Four Stars

Artemis Fowl won the WHSmith 'People's Choice' Children's Book of the Year Award
2002, The Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and was
shortlisted for both the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year 2001 and The Blue
Peter Book Award 2002. Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident was shortlisted for the
Red House Children's Book Award 2002.

Colfer, who is 43, lives in Wexford, a seaside town in the south-east of
Ireland, with his wife Jackie and their sons Finn and Sean.
















Eoin Colfer on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

I first read the Hitchhiker's Guide in my late teens when Ted Roche, a libertine
friend of mine, pressed it into my sweaty palms and hissed at me with fanatical
intensity that I must read it or be ridiculed forever by the school literati.
Relax, dude, I remember saying with eighties' insouciance. Ridicule is nothing
to be scared of.

But I was scared. Petrified in fact. If one was not a sportsman, the only other
circle to belong to was the readers' circle. Places were limited and expulsions
were swift and ruthless. If one had not read the livre du jour then one would
not be offered book swapsies on Friday. If this happened, then a person might be
forced to turn to his own siblings for conversation.

So, in this spirit of  quasi-persecution I scuttled home after double chemistry
and found a quiet bathroom where I could settle down and read what I was certain
would be a thinly veiled version of Star Wars. Vogons destroy the Earth and a
single hero survives. Please. I could almost write the rest myself.

Never have I been so happy to be proven wrong.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was like nothing I had read before, or
since for that matter. If you have read it then you know exactly what I am
talking about. If you haven't then read it now, moron. The problem is the
hyperbole puts people off. If it's so popular then it must be middle of the
road, brimming with clich�s and easily digested on the sands of Ibiza.

All false assumptions. The Guide is a slice of satirical genius. A marvel of
quantum tomfoolery. A dissection of the absurdities of our human condition. A
space odyssey that forces us to face ourselves and collapse in hysterics.
Imagine if Messrs. Hawking and Fry were locked in a room with the entire cast of
Monty Python and forced to write a book which would subsequently be edited by
Pink Floyd, then the result would need a lot of work before it could be cut from
Douglas Adams' first draft.

For the next couple of decades I followed the exploits of Arthur Dent and his
intergalactic troupe as they stumbled through space and time befuddled and
bereft, drinking tea in the face of impossible odds and generally failing to
find enlightenment at every turn. It's like a quest for the holy grail where the
grail is neither holy nor grail-shaped. I travelled with Arthur Dent as he lost
his planet, learned to fly, found love, made sandwiches, got to know his
daughter, found his planet again briefly and finally got blown to atoms.

Blown to atoms! Surely not, but no need to panic, Douglas Adams would surely
reassemble Arthur somehow in the next book.

But as we all know, the next book never came and the legions of Hitchhiker fans
were left with their hearts beating a little too quickly for all eternity.

It became a whimsy of mine to finish the story, just for my own peace of mind. I
often wondered how Douglas Adams would have resurrected his beloved characters.
And now, almost quarter of a century after first reading Hitchhiker, I have been
given the incredible opportunity of writing the next chapter in the saga myself.
In an actual book rather than in my head.

My first reaction was semi-outrage that anyone should be allowed to tamper with
this incredible series. But on reflection I realised that this is a wonderful
opportunity to work with characters I have loved since childhood and give them
something of my own voice while holding onto the spirit of Douglas Adams and not
laying a single finger on his five books.

Once again I am terrified by a Hitchhiker book and this time it is my own. I
feel more pressure to perform now than I ever have with my own books, and that
is why I am bloody determined that this will be the best thing I have ever
written. And if it isn't then I will make sure that the cover is extremely
pretty.

For the first time in decades I feel the uncertainty that I last felt in my
teenage years. There are people out there that really want to like this book.
Ted Roche is one. I will track him down in eight months time, with a proof copy
in my sweaty grip, press it into his hands and tell him with fanatical intensity
that he really has to read this book. Then I will sit on the corner of his sofa
until he is finished and await the verdict.

�Eoin Colfer
Wexford, September 2008


















HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (H2G2) - a brief chronology

Douglas Adam's creation has been five radio series, a TV series, a comic, a
play, a film, a game and, of course, five books.

The origins of the idea apparently came to Douglas in a field outside Innsbruck
as far back as 1971 but the first radio series was broadcast by the BBC in 1978,
with a play and the first book appearing the following year.  The second book
(The Rest, at the End of the Universe) and radio series came in 1980, and in
1981 Hitchhiker was adapted for television.  In 1982 book three, (Life, The
Universe and Everything) was published.  Book four (So Long, and Thanks for all
the Fish) and a computer game came in 1984 and in 1992 book five, Mostly
Harmless.

Douglas Adams died of heart failure in May 2001, aged 49.  Since then there have
been more radio adaptations and the release of a Hitchhiker film.

Book six, And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer will be published in autumn 2009.

Approximately 16 million copies of Hitchhiker books have been sold worldwide and
have been translated into 35 languages.

For more interesting and amusing information on Douglas's life and work, go to
h2g2 ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3790659) the unconventional guide to life,
the universe and everything inspired by The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
itself.








































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From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:37 pm
Subject: FW: Random House Competition

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with the Observer and they would like to send out the leaflet to all
libraries. Here is the website to give you an idea of what the leaflet
will contain. It is A4, so it can be used as a poster too:

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/graphicnovels/competition.htm

If any libraries do not wish to receive the leaflets, can they please
let me know by 3rd Oct 2008.

Best wishes,

Sandy

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#777

From: "Alan Aldred" <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:17 pm
Subject: Dates and stuff

Hi all,

As promised, here are the dates I won't be available due to work
commitments or other things:

  - Saturday 4th October (working)
  - Saturday 25th October (London MCM Expo)

If/when other dates are confirmed I shall let folks know.

Also, heard about the bad time for your operation, Angela - hope that
goes well, or can at least be rescheduled! ;)

Alan :)

PS: Could someone do me a favour and google "Jack", "Thompson" and
"disbarred" and see what comes up?

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#778

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:13 pm
Subject: RE: Dates and stuff

Hi all,

Anybody else not able to attend those 2 dates?

Regards


Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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	 Sent: 25 September 2008 22:18
	 To: how-novel@...
	 Subject: [how-novel] Dates and stuff



	 Hi all,

	 As promised, here are the dates I won't be available due to work
	 commitments or other things:

	 - Saturday 4th October (working)
	 - Saturday 25th October (London MCM Expo)

	 If/when other dates are confirmed I shall let folks know.

	 Also, heard about the bad time for your operation, Angela - hope
that
	 goes well, or can at least be rescheduled! ;)

	 Alan :)

	 PS: Could someone do me a favour and google "Jack", "Thompson"
and
	 "disbarred" and see what comes up?







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#779

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:42 am
Subject: RE: Dates and stuff

sane242000

can come to both. Good look


--- On Fri, 26/9/08, Robinson Angela <angela.robinson@...> wrote:

> From: Robinson Angela <angela.robinson@...>
> Subject: RE: [how-novel] Dates and stuff
> To: how-novel@...
> Date: Friday, 26 September, 2008, 3:13 PM
> Hi all,
>
> Anybody else not able to attend those 2 dates?
>
> Regards
>
>
> Angela Robinson
> Literacy Development Officer - Projects
> Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
> Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
> Blackburn Central Library
> Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
> www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries
> <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
> www.myspace.com/blackburnlibraryevents
> angela.robinson@...
> Tel: 01254 587244
>
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> privileged and confidential information.  If it has been
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>  From: how-novel@...
> [mailto:how-novel@...] On Behalf Of Alan
> Aldred
>  Sent: 25 September 2008 22:18
>  To: how-novel@...
>  Subject: [how-novel] Dates and stuff
>
>
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  As promised, here are the dates I won't be available
> due to work
>  commitments or other things:
>
>  - Saturday 4th October (working)
>  - Saturday 25th October (London MCM Expo)
>
>  If/when other dates are confirmed I shall let folks know.
>
>  Also, heard about the bad time for your operation, Angela
> - hope
> that
>  goes well, or can at least be rescheduled! ;)
>
>  Alan :)
>
>  PS: Could someone do me a favour and google
> "Jack", "Thompson"
> and
>  "disbarred" and see what comes up?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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#780

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2008 8:48 am
Subject: This Saturday

Hi all,

There is a meeting this Saturday. It's in the cr�che again. And good news
graphic novels are starting to come in stock again so yay.

regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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#781

From: <doeswhateveraspidercan85@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2008 6:19 pm
Subject: Re: This Saturday

Dammit, unfortunately I'm working - hope everyone has a fun time this Saturday,
catch you next meeting.

Alan :)

From: Robinson Angela
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:48 AM
To: how-novel@...
Subject: [how-novel] This Saturday

Hi all,

There is a meeting this Saturday. It's in the cr�che again. And good news
graphic novels are starting to come in stock again so yay.

regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries>
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angela.robinson@...
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#782

From: "Tim Perkins" <tim-perkins@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2008 6:35 pm
Subject: RE: This Saturday

wizardskeep2005

Hi Guys,

Anyone here off to the Birmingham International Comics Show?

If so, maybe catch you there.

If not, have fun here!!!

Best,
Tim...

Website: www.wizards-keep,com


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   Dammit, unfortunately I'm working - hope everyone has a fun time this
Saturday, catch you next meeting.

   Alan :)

   From: Robinson Angela
   Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:48 AM
   To: how-novel@...
   Subject: [how-novel] This Saturday

   Hi all,

   There is a meeting this Saturday. It's in the cr�che again. And good news
graphic novels are starting to come in stock again so yay.

   regards

   Angela Robinson
   Literacy Development Officer - Projects
   Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
   Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
   Blackburn Central Library
   Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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#783

From: paul finch <sane242000@...>
Date: Sat Oct 4, 2008 8:38 am
Subject: RE: This Saturday

sane242000

Hi Tim
whens that happening?

have a good weekend

--- On Thu, 2/10/08, Tim Perkins <tim-perkins@...> wrote:

From: Tim Perkins <tim-perkins@...>
Subject: RE: [how-novel] This Saturday
To: how-novel@...
Date: Thursday, 2 October, 2008, 7:35 PM

Hi Guys,

Anyone here off to the Birmingham International Comics Show?

If so, maybe catch you there.

If not, have fun here!!!

Best,
Tim...

Website: www.wizards- keep,com

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Sent: 02 October 2008 19:20
To: how-novel@yahoogrou ps.co.uk
Subject: Re: [how-novel] This Saturday

Dammit, unfortunately I'm working - hope everyone has a fun time this
Saturday, catch you next meeting.

Alan :)

From: Robinson Angela
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:48 AM
To: how-novel@yahoogrou ps.co.uk
Subject: [how-novel] This Saturday

Hi all,

There is a meeting this Saturday. It's in the crèche again. And good news
graphic novels are starting to come in stock again so yay.

regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
www.blackburn. gov.uk/libraries <http://www.blackbur n.gov.uk/ libraries>
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#784

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Thu Oct 16, 2008 3:59 pm
Subject: Saturday

Hi all,

There will be no How Novel on Saturday due to me going to 'VWoorp!
Vwoorp!' a celebration of Dr Who in comics. Interesting guest list
including: Paul Cornell, Tony Lee, Adrian Salmon and many more. It's
only in Manchester.

Normal services will resume in 2 weeks time.

Regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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#785

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:10 pm
Subject: Saturday

Hi all,

There's a meeting on Saturday in the cr�che.

Regards

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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#786

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Tue Nov 4, 2008 1:01 pm
Subject: Its so quiet

Well, this discussion list has gone quiet.

So just to liven things up here's a few of the titles that might appear
at the next meeting:

Green Arrow: Road to Jericho  (personally, I'm excited about this one
with it being the last in that particular run of Green Arrow, it doesn't
seem like 9 volumes does it)
Alice in Sunderland -  it's very shiny, definitely one to recommend to
non-graphic novel readers
Wolverine:First Class - The Rookie - This looks interesting, going back
to the early days at the X-men academy, plus it has the very first
appearance of Wolverine in the Incredible Hulk - I wonder if it is how
Nas has described it.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 4 - ok we've missed out 3, but
I'm sure we'll be able to make sense of it.
Batman:Going Sane - Joker goes sane could be interesting
Buffy Omnibus 5 - well, these are always a good read
Freddy vs Jason vs Ash - why do I have a bad feeling about this?
Indiana Jones Adventures - hmmm
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull adaptation- double hmmm

So thoughts anyone?

Angela Robinson
Literacy Development Officer - Projects
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Department of Culture, Leisure and Sport
Blackburn Central Library
Town Hall Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 1AG
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#787

From: "Robinson Angela" <angela.robinson@...>
Date: Tue Nov 4, 2008 1:03 pm
Subject: Its so quiet