▲ 160 ▼ What book that hasn't been adapted into a TV show or movie do you think deserves an adaptation? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 292 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) And it should be of the first three books, not just the first book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The BBC series does up to them being on >!prehistoric hairdresser and middle management earth!< Iirc Which I'm pretty sure is the third book. But I haven't read it in a loooooong time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Wha… really? I’ve seen the BBC HHGTTG, but I’ve never even heard they did the sequels! Book 2 was Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and book 3 was Life, the Universe, and Everything. Two books followed… So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless constituted Books 4 & 5, but were detached from the main characters and plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Ah, ok. The [Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series) does the first two books. Not the third. Because I remember them going to the restaurant and then meeting the hairdressers and telephone sanitizers and the mess they get the main characters into, but forgot about the Krikket/wikket people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) The BBC series does up to them being on >!prehistoric hairdresser and middle management earth!< Iirc Which I'm pretty sure is the third book. But I haven't read it in a loooooong time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Wha… really? I’ve seen the BBC HHGTTG, but I’ve never even heard they did the sequels! Book 2 was Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and book 3 was Life, the Universe, and Everything. Two books followed… So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless constituted Books 4 & 5, but were detached from the main characters and plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Ah, ok. The [Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series) does the first two books. Not the third. Because I remember them going to the restaurant and then meeting the hairdressers and telephone sanitizers and the mess they get the main characters into, but forgot about the Krikket/wikket people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child) Wha… really? I’ve seen the BBC HHGTTG, but I’ve never even heard they did the sequels! Book 2 was Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and book 3 was Life, the Universe, and Everything. Two books followed… So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless constituted Books 4 & 5, but were detached from the main characters and plot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Ah, ok. The [Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series) does the first two books. Not the third. Because I remember them going to the restaurant and then meeting the hairdressers and telephone sanitizers and the mess they get the main characters into, but forgot about the Krikket/wikket people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aredditimmigrant@feddit.nl 1 point 2 years ago Ah, ok. The [Show](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series) does the first two books. Not the third. Because I remember them going to the restaurant and then meeting the hairdressers and telephone sanitizers and the mess they get the main characters into, but forgot about the Krikket/wikket people. permalink fedilink source parent