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Well my personal favourite form of the Hitchhiker's Guide is the radio show scripts. So long as British humour is your thing you should enjoy the adaptions, though.So far as the origins of the Bible go, I like The Unauthorised Version by Robin Lane Fox and I especially recommend The Bible Unearthed by Finkelstein and Silberman for the archaeology.{Fixed 1 bolded title. Had been closed with a \b rather than the proper /b. - Adminnemooseus}This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 02-24-2005 12:54 AM

To add some bits.There is now a prequel trilogy to Cryptonomicon, "The Baroque Cycle".
I've read the first (Quicksilver) and enjoyed it more than Cryptonomicon.Oh, and on the SF side I recommend Alistair Reynolds - start with Revelation SpaceAnd Iain M. Banks fans ought to remember his mainstream (no 'M') fiction, too. My personal favourite of those is Espedair Street but others are good too (the TV adaption of The Crow Road wasn't bad either).This message has been edited by PaulK, 02-25-2005 09:08 AM

If you like Clarke you must check out his collection Tales from the White Hart. And have you read Childhood's End ?This message has been edited by PaulK, 02-25-2005 11:07 AM

Tales from the White Hart is a collection of (scientific or technological) tall tales told in a pub. The Amazon page has some sample text. hereThe first story starts
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I'm glad you're enjoying HHttG. I should warn you that the 4th (and IIRC 5th) book as well as Adams' other books are less funny and you might find them a bit of a disappointment (I'd rate the Dirk Gently books as the best of that bunch).If you're looking for a similar sense of humour you could try Terry Pratchett, especially the Discworld books (although they're fantasy).The Science of Discworld is a rather good popular science book with a Discworld story embedded in it.This message has been edited by PaulK, 02-28-2005 08:07 AM

...has already been suggested Message 23The fourth book is Absolution Gap.Turquoise Days and Diamond Dogs is a combined edition of two novellas previously published by (different) small presses.