Some things just cannot be explained with words alone…

In English…
image 1: SLAP!
image 2: This is not unfriendly towards women. On the contrary! It is the continuation of ancient rites which confirm the mystical bond between men and women.
image 3: Yeah sure!

Some time ago I read my first book by the authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, “Good Omens”. I was so impressed by this book that subconsciously knew what was going to happen next…

A strong drive to read more that will only end when I have read all the books available by the same author. I had the same need with the books by Ronald Giphart, Dan Brown, Scott Adams, J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, and a few others.

In America I bought the book “The Color of Magic” and entered into a discussion with the sales person about the Good Omens book. Later I had a few discussions with an artist in San Fransisco about “The Color of Magic” and the possibility that there is indeed more then dark and light (or good and bad) in relation to magic… now I’m starting with my second discworld book, “The Light Fantastic”.

Yesterday I (finally) finished Good Omens… and the book left me impressed. The moral of the story was that there will always be good and evil and there will always be a balance between the two. Good cannot exist without bad and bad cannot exist without good.

A few years ago I purchased an ebook by Scott Adams, ‘God’s Debris’. It was my first and for now last ebook. The reason I bought this book was because I wanted to try the ebook concept and see it is really useful, and I like books from Scott Adams. The first thing I did was try and see if I could hack the ebook format, and get the text in an editable form and this was actually pretty easy. With the text I made a nice little book, and this paper version I used to read the story.

But this post is not about the ebook format, it is about the contents. A content that is very similar to the Good Omens book. At least in my head. The style of writing of both authors is very different, and both stories don’t even resemble, but still I sense there is a connection. It is a strange sensation that the discovery of some kind of relation between these books makes me feel somehow special.

Weird…

It just cannot be true, and if it is really true, is it legal? And if it’s not legal, does that really matter? Well, here it is: Douglas Adams – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Audio Book. The book of books read by the author himself.

Update: Hmm, the audio book was only available a short short while, and is already part of history. For the fans I still have a copy. Send me an email if you are interested.