geoff (06/07/82)
[ This probably belongs in net.humour or net.books,
but I don't think they exist. ]
>From the July Starlog:
MORE ``HITCH-HIKER'S'' ON THE WAY
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During his recent publicity tour to
promote the U.S. release of Restaurant at the End of the Universe
(Crown Publishers), Douglas Adams stopped to chat and tell STARLOG what
the future holds for fans of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Althougn (sic) fans have hoped that someone would import the six-part
BBC-TV series, Adams announced that ABC-TV will be re-making the series
with an American cast. ``All things going well,'' Adams reported, ``it
should start going out in the fall. I met the guy who's directing it,
and as far as it's possible to tell, I thought he seemed to be very,
very much in tune with it-actually more in tune with it than the TV
director we had in England. There are a lot of good people involved.
The guy who's doing the design is Ron Cobb who did the famous bar scene
in Star Wars. He's a cartoonist as well, so he'll have a sense of
humor. I hadn't heard of him before, but everyone in the business
says, `Oh, great! Terrific! You're onto a winner there.' ''
Adams is currently finishing off the third Hitch-Hiker's book, entitled
Life, the Universe and Everything, which will be released first in
England this August.
``Probably the next major thing I'd work on will be a
non-science-fiction humorous book, but in the meantime, I'm doing one
or two other bits and pieces. Curiously enough, I'm going to go and do
a magazine feature on the Coral Reefs in the Red Sea for The Observer
and the Royal Wildlife Fund, which I'm looking forward to doing. I'm
also probably going to be doing a serious reference book with John
Lloyd, the producer of Not the 9 O'Clock News.''