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    We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!

    Hyperion To Stand Still For New Director

    Whatever Happened To Hyperion, Vurt, Count Zero and Logan's Run?

    Dan Simmons' Hyperion Books Will Be Smooshed Together into One Movie
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    07/31/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    Continuing writing the books of dead authors usually ends poorly.

    Especially when the author kept trying to end the series...
    -Kle.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    The PGGBs I've had at various cons over the decades often go for Midori to get that unearthly green-ness.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee. Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    I'm very excited for the new book. HHG has seen changes in medium, in plot; an authorial change (approved by DNA's family) is a logical progression. I also think a collection of short stories (especially one by, say, Gaiman) would be great too.

    I may have to get a kindle so I can buy this in ebook format, to add to the different mediums I own HHG in - I've got audio cassettes of the original radio series, digital files of the new radio series, books, trading cards, DVDs, graphic novel...
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    Image of josh42042 josh42042
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    someone is writing a continuation to hitchhikers and i didn't know about it? THIS is why i read i09 every day.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment josh42042 was starred josh42042 was unstarred
    Image of lewie221 lewie221
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    Have you kids forgotten that HHGTTG was a radio show first?

    It was even better than the books. And, brilliantly, the plot was different. That, my friends, gives any subsequent contributors to the oeuvre complete license to do whatever the hell they want.

    In a twist that DA would have approved of, the BBC recently adapted the later books for radio. They're also rather good. Much better than I was expecting.

    All available on iTunes, for a hefty fee.
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment Edited by lewie221 at 07/30/09 2:55 PM lewie221 was starred lewie221 was unstarred
    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    It was a pleasure meeting you in person Charlie.
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    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    07/30/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: It was great to meet you too! Sorry I was running around like a headless chicken...
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    "basically it's vodka, lemonade and a bit of seltzer. Zaphod would have been sad." Well, he is an alien so he would react to the drink differently than humans.

    Don't you judge me.
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    Image of UrielHizee UrielHizee
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    A local pub has one,it's a mixture of 10 cl of different kinds of hard liquors and 10 cl of different sugar rich juices... It looks like the typical green-goo flowing out of an alien body, but tastes and goes down like sugar water.
    And believe me, if you drink more than two of those in one evening, the next morning will be ...very interesting : D

    P.S. people still look weird, when i walk down the street every may 25th
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment UrielHizee was starred UrielHizee was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @UrielHizee: Ah, sounds like it has too many moving parts and too much sugar always makes for a nasty hangover. Like a Long Island Iced Tea, bad choice.
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    07/31/09

    @Grey_Area:

    LI iced teas are awesome! They give you bad hangovers?

    Maybe just use higher-quality ingredients, like Grand Marnier instead of regular triple-sec?
    -Kle.
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    Image of Zombie Peach Zombie Peach
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    ...Eoin Colfer's continuation of Douglas Adams' classic series...

    Wait, what? Heresy!
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    alphanumeric1971 promoted this comment Zombie Peach was starred Zombie Peach was unstarred
    Image of alphanumeric1971 alphanumeric1971
    07/30/09

    @Crenshaw13: My thoughts exactly!

    Who is in charge of Adams' estate anyways?
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    Edited by alphanumeric1971 at 07/30/09 1:45 PM alphanumeric1971 was starred alphanumeric1971 was unstarred
    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/30/09

    @Crenshaw13: What? Sorry, I seem to be unable to read your comment. Weird.

    And now I'll go continue my wait for Firefly to be renewed, any day now!
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    Image of Corvus-Corax Corvus-Corax
    07/30/09

    @Crenshaw13:
    Adams' wife is in control of his estate.
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    Image of MrTim MrTim
    07/30/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: "Sorry, I seem to be unable to read your comment."

    Obviously it's Somebody Else's Problem.
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    RandomFrequentFlierDent promoted this comment MrTim was starred MrTim was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    One of the things I liked the most about the movie adaptation that everyone seemed to hate was the Guide segments. The minimalist subway map/airplane safety instructions style of visuals paired with the magnificently ridiculous material and soothing narrative were just perfect.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @Belabras: That was some very nice design and it's hard to go wrong with Stephen Fry's mellifluous voice.
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    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/30/09

    @Belabras: Those were the best parts of the entire film.
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment Dunny0 was starred Dunny0 was unstarred
    Image of Boas_MC Boas_MC
    07/30/09

    @Belabras: I actually really enjoyed those segments. So much better than going the live-action route. And I agree with Grey_Area that Stephen Fry's voice put them over the top.
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    Image of North Star North Star
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!

    Consider yourselves lucky that Colfer decided not to recite the poems of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    A few weeks ago Jason Henniger at tor.com came up with this far more intriguing recipe for the galactically fabled cocktail:

    Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
    1 ounce (or more) Absinthe, Pastis, or my fake stuff
    1 ounce brandy
    4 ounces chilled club soda
    1 teaspoon cardamom-infused honey

    Various oddities to garnish (see below)
    To make cardamom honey, warm 1/4 cup honey to near-simmer and remove from heat. Open two cardamom pods and add to the honey. Let it steep until the honey is room temperature. This makes enough cardamom honey for a few drinks.
    Mix alcohols and honey (careful not to add any seeds). Add club soda and stir gently.

    The full post is here: http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=38068
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: Okay, I give up. How do we add links into our comments?
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: This is my only complaint about new comments. I've seen it done, but no matter what I do, I can't get it to work.

    /User error
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: i've apparently got nothing.
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    Edited by tetracycloide at 07/30/09 1:56 PM tetracycloide was starred tetracycloide was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: When you say "My fake stuff" are you implying that you make your own anise flavored liquor?

    And if so, I must point out it would be impolite not to share with the whole group.
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: ...and one cucumber, slightly bruised.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Okay here, but it's really Jason Henninger's formula for fake absinthe. None of my doing:

    To make imitation absinthe, get one liter of vodka, 10 star anise, two tablespoons fennel seeds and a few green Skittles (optional). Crush the spices and add them to the vodka. Use cheap vodka. No need to break out the Grey Goose for anything involving Skittles. Let it steep at least 2 days, throw in the Skittles and give the bottle a quick swirl. Strain with cheesecloth and, if you want to, pour into a bottle upon which you’ve written "Le Fée Faux" with a fat green crayon.

    Sounds repulsive to me, but actual absinthe is very...interesting.

    Mr. Henninger has semi-regular posts at the Tor blog of his recreations of Science fictional Cuisine. I've yet to try any out but they look tastier and more interesting than other fannish recipes.

    Here's the link for his Futurama post with instructions for homemade Slurm and Popplers!
    http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=26040
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    Image of Molesworth Molesworth
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: Could someone enlighten me as to why you would want to make imitation absinthe?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @Molesworth: For science?
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    Image of rotwang rotwang
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: Hmm - I thought it was standard HTML, but I can't seem to get it to work either :(
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    Edited by rotwang at 07/30/09 3:50 PM rotwang was starred rotwang was unstarred
    Image of Molesworth Molesworth
    07/31/09

    @MrTim: I wasn't aware it was ever illegal in the U.S.. Absinthe is certainly expensive here in the U.K., but it's not expensive enough to justify *that* recipe.

    @Grey_Area: Good luck with your experiments, I hope you have a strong stomach.
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    Image of quidsquid quidsquid
    07/30/09

    In reply to We Drank Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters, And Lived To Tell About It!
    am I the only person that enjoyed the film and wants them to make the next one?
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    Grey_Area promoted this comment quidsquid was starred quidsquid was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/30/09

    @quidsquid: I thought the film stands alone very well. At least once a month I start singing the dolphin's song and can't stop for at least a day.
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    07/30/09

    @quidsquid:
    Nope. I liked the film too.
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    Image of geesejuggler geesejuggler
    07/30/09

    @quidsquid: I love it. I constantly go around my house screaming "Mangrathea!" and calling people a "zarkin' frood". If they were ever do a second, I would see it.
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    Edited by geesejuggler at 07/30/09 1:13 PM geesejuggler was starred geesejuggler was unstarred
    Image of Dunny0 Dunny0
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: Damn you, now it's stuck in my head!
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/30/09

    @Grey_Area: Agreed; as a stand alone I did enjoy the movie. Of course, it couldn’t hold a candle to the book, but I think a big part of that is it left out the best parts of the narration (aka my favourite parts).

    And while the pan-galactic gargle blaster sounds cool, I think I’ll stick to my gin and tonics.
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    Image of janai janai
    07/30/09

    @quidsquid: On opening day, I went to see that film in a theater full of people who were, from the sound of it, enjoying themselves profusely, particularly the two teenage girls in bathrobes who ended up dancing in the aisle and singing along with the theme song.

    It's gleeful moments like that that remind me that the bitter nitpickers of the world are all too often missing the point.
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    Belabras promoted this comment janai was starred janai was unstarred
    Image of drthunderer drthunderer
    07/30/09

    @janai: I deliberately did not re-read the books before going to the movie, because I knew the adaptation was going to be a totally different animal. I really enjoyed the film, probably more than I would have if I went into it with fresh memory of the books.
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    Image of the_deliverator the_deliverator
    07/30/09

    @geesejuggler: I loved it too, but my favorite part was the almost throwaway line of Ford swearing "Belgium". Half the theater cracked up, and the rest were completely confused as why that was funny.
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    Belabras promoted this comment the_deliverator was starred the_deliverator was unstarred
    Image of TrueCrime TrueCrime
    01/30/09

    In reply to Hyperion To Stand Still For New Director
    Everything about this sounds bad. I'm willing to bet money that the first book will be summed up in a few crappy minute-long flashbacks for each character as they're hunted by the Shrike.
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    01/30/09

    In reply to Hyperion To Stand Still For New Director
    *kwatz*
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