Another set of book recommendations, along with related goodies handpicked from the internet.

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[I] TOWEL DAY SPECIAL:- CELEBRATING DOUGLAS NOEL ADAMS (1953-2001)

“Towel Day is celebrated on 25th May every year since 2001 as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.”

Unfortunately, the planned Bibliotherapy Read-a-thon to mark this year's Towel Day had to be cancelled, but here's a glimpse at the infinite wisdom Douglas left for humanity.

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Opening lines of the greatest book in the galaxy...

Click below to read /reread /re-reread (and so forth) the first fifteen chapters as a Kindle preview...

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Trilogy in Five Parts (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 6)

Shared via Kindle. Description: A phenomenon across all formats, this 42nd anniversary paperback omnibus contains the complete Hitchhiker's Guide trilogy in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space and time. Share and enjoy. Col...

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[MUST-LISTEN] Peppered with snippets from the original radio show, this aural feast is the only podcast I could find on Spotify starring Douglas Adams himself...

Travel back to 2015 London and treat yourself to the hoopy Neil Gaiman talking about Immortality and Douglas Adams for over 90 minutes...

Also, a bit of rare feel-good news from May 2021- The arrival of the Illustrated H2G2 edition by Chris Riddell. Watch him and Mr Gaiman in conversation on Forbidden Planet TV this Towel Day...

For links to 42+ more such bits of froodiness, including the final public appearance by Douglas Adams, check out...

The Bibliophile's Guide to H2G2

Greetings, fellow inhabitants of the Universe.

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[II] NEIL GAIMAN:- 'STARDUST' (1997)

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Post-reading treat - Watch the movie adaptation on Netflix here.

[III] SIDDHARTHA VAIDYANATHAN:- 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, KARTHIK?' (2020)

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Read an excerpt from Siddhartha's debut novel below...

This novel is set in a Bengaluru school for high achievers, who include an India cricket captain

An excerpt from ‘What’s Wrong With You, Karthik’ by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan.

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Also, for your reading pleasure... two of the many gems from his illustrious career as a cricket writer...

1. From December 2012 - a long time ago...

Growing up with Sachin

How Tendulkar helped a generation of Indians make sense of their lives

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2. From January 2021 - a long, long, looooooooooong time ago...

That momentous feeling...

By Siddhartha Vaidyanathan Two years ago, I revisited the Chennai Test between India and Pakistan in 1999. To mark the 20th anniversary of that momentous match, I spoke to some of the players who had taken part, some journalists who covered it, and some fans who were at the stadium on that dramatic final day. …

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Also, highly recommended for cricket fans, Siddhartha's podcast named after one of the more tragic losses faced by Team India back in 1997. This episode, however, is about...

ADD TO LIBRARY

[I] TOWEL DAY SPECIAL
a. Douglas Adams:- 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Trilogy in Five' (1979-92)
B. DOUGLAS adams & chris riddell:- 'the illustrated h2g2 book one' (2021)
c. Jem Roberts:- 'The Frood: the Authorized and Very Official History of douglas adams and h2g2' (2014)
d. neil gaiman:- 'don't panic: the h2g2 companion' (1988) [read for free on kindle unlimited]

[II] NEIL GAIMAN:- 'STARDUST' (1997)

[III] SIDDHARTHA VAIDYANATHAN:- 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, KARTHIK?' (2020)

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