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Re: 1949 Ford Prefect

To: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
Subject: Re: 1949 Ford Prefect
From: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 20:03:47 -0600
Well, there are 5 books to the trilogy. The last one was just to do it, 
wasn't as good.

And 2 Dirk Gentry books, that I rather liked.

All of them are pretty quick reads.

David Councill wrote:
> Well I for one would like to see some digital pictures if you have them 
> just to see what a Ford Prefect looks like.
> 
> And to the list, on a related note, the Ford Prefect did come up a month 
> or two ago, in reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. What 
> can I say - this list is a wealth of knowledge on many things besides 
> MGs.  So I picked the book up based on the list conversations, along 
> with a few others, for my flights to and from London a few weeks ago. 
> Needless to say, I read the book on the way back from London and it was 
> quite good and appropriate. Early on in the book, the reference to 
> coffee and milk was a dead giveaway that this was a British author. 
> (funny too, I've gotten in this habit of adding milk to my tea and 
> coffee). The only fault with the book was that it was a quick read - I 
> started and finished it long before the plane landed in DC.
> 
> David
> 67 BGT
> 72 B





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