Ruby Jones5d ago

#ScribesAndMakers⁩ 23 March: Do you consider yourself a frood who knows where their towel is?

I certainly do! As a teenager, I was a member of ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the official Hitch Hiker's fan club, and that connection to unabashedly geeky folks was a lifeline in mostly pre www times.

Last year I turned 42 and had a Douglas Adams-themed birthday party. It was really lovely. I dressed as Dirk Gently.

But I read the books too many times as a youth. I know all the jokes and they'll never be>

Show threadRuby Jones5d ago

>fresh to me again.

And there's, you know, the unexamined sexism etc of a 40~ year-old franchise. Not as bad as a lot of contemporary works, but it is what it is.

Show threadRuby Jones

I often wonder what Douglas Adams would have written now if he were still with us.

I like to think that the Netflix Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is very much a place he could have ended up. Yes, it's different to the books, but I really do think he would be overjoyed by it.

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Show threadWalter Thinman5d ago
@rubyjones they really did some great things with that show
Show threadRuby Jones5d ago
@saposcat Just wonderful. So many good things, with such good heart.
Show threadFlamekebab5d ago
@rubyjones I enjoyed that show so much. A very different take but so much fun.
I love the Rowdy 3.
Show threadRuby Jones5d ago
@Flamekebab Yes! And Bart! You never get to see a soman act like that on screen. Just fabulous. And all the play with gender and sexuality in the second season. Not to mention the flying purple people eater!