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   Welsh Dog to news@pointerstop.ca   
   Re: Books to read before you die   
   28 Sep 08 10:48:03   
   
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   From: welshdog@gmail.com   
      
   On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:38:20 -0300, Derek Broughton   
    wrote:   
   >Welsh Dog wrote:   
      
   >[ re: Hitchhiker's Guide ]   
      
   >> So you'll be glad to hear that Artemis Fowl is going to write a new   
   >> episode!!   
      
   >> How he's going to resurrect everyone killed in the final blast I don't   
   >> know... but was it not for the fact Dougie knocked original plot off   
   >> from someone else I'd bet he'd be slowly rotating in his gravy!! :)   
      
   >Adams would probably have loved the idea.  He changed the story line for   
   >every new incarnation - from radio, to books (and more books), to TV, to   
   >video game, to movie (I think that was the order), and a simple detail like   
   >all the characters previously being considered dead would hardly rate a   
   >moment's hesitation - and he'd be pulling in a royalty for something he   
   >didn't have to write.   
      
   >The only real problem is that Artemis Fowl should be a _character_ in HHGG   
   >not it's author.   
      
   Can't argue there... great name tho! :)   
      
   Welshdog   
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