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If you get a geeky science fiction tattoo, people will know what you’re into. If you get a really obscure reference tattooed into your skin, you’ll know that anyone who recognizes it is a serious fan and possibly a kindred spirit. Are you reading this in hopes of finding out what character this tattoo represents? [...]

Like Ford Prefect from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a lot of people just don’t pick up on sarcasm. People have proposed various solutions, such as a new punctuation mark. Another is the use of reversed italics — tilting text to the left instead of the right. Like this: There’s an online movement…well, a just [...]

Pop-up books traditionally only belong in the kid’s realm of the bookstore, but not all titles are so easily shelved away. WebUrbanist has an excellent collection of pop-up books with distinctly adult themes and subjects. From the Pop-Up Book of Phobias to Visionaire 55: Surprise to Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy, these delightful [...]

May 25th is Towel Day {wiki} in tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He wrote that a towel is “the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.” On Towel Day, all of Adams’ fans are encouraged to carry a towel around with them, or to at least know [...]

Marvin The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Knit Doll – $14.95 Attention Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy fans! Behold the adorable Marvin The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Knit Doll from the NeatoShop. Who knew that a depressed and paranoid robot doll could make you feel this darn happy? Even Marvin, with his vast intellect, would [...]

Technically, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy should probably be The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, as the book most certainly explores multiple galaxies, regardless of semantics though, the story is undoubtedly a worldwide phenomenon. As a book, it has been translated into 30 languages and was voted the fourth most loved book in all [...]