@RUTGERS.ARPA:feldman%nexus.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (03/04/85)
From: feldman%nexus.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (Jim Feldman @KSB DTN 522-5351 NEXUS::FELDMAN) About 4 moons ago (and an unknown number of digests) someone mentioned that through a downlink TV reciever, they had seen half an interview with Douglas Adams. Well this Sunday I saw the Whole interview. The piece was done for the PBS show "NEW TECH TIMES". The segment was covering interactive fiction (beyond DUNGEON). He talked about the movie, which is going to be done by the people who did "Ghostbusters". He also talked about getting "hooked" on computers and how it lead him to doing the "Hitchhikers..." in that form. He also mentioned that the whole game would take about 5 days straight to play and that it was generally followed the book but not slavishly. BTW the person who saw the Adams half didn't miss much. Mort, the moderator from the NTT is not what I would call a great interviewer. If it hadn't been for his notes and the fact that I'm sure Adams had been well briefed beforehand it would of fallen on its face. ps Adams was in New York and NTT comes out of the U. of Wisconson...so much for the sat link. Jim Feldman aka Ron Post of TTR TTR is a trademark of Trans-Temporal Research: "When it ABSOLUTLY has to be there yesterday...TTR"