The first time I heard about it was when a local radio station played the radio series, I guess it would have been 1981, so I was still a kid. It was late in the evening and I was sleepy, so I went to bed early with the radio on. I heard this Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thing, and almost immediately heard some comments about God which I found, and find, offensive. So I turned it off then and there.
About a year later, I got a bunch of talking books from CNIB. One of them was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I remember the feel of the tape, the way it was labeled, and so on. It was a rerecording of Dennis Bateman's reading of the book, this was back when NLS was still selling books to us. I started it that evening, and went to sleep. The next day we had a series of family gatherings.I brought along my tape recorder and some headphones, and by the time the day was done, had read through the book, and I was hooked. The reality is that I never did send that tape back. I'm guessing CNIB must've written it off by now.
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Date: 2008-03-25 07:15 pm (UTC)About a year later, I got a bunch of talking books from CNIB. One of them was The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I remember the feel of the tape, the way it was labeled, and so on. It was a rerecording of Dennis Bateman's reading of the book, this was back when NLS was still selling books to us. I started it that evening, and went to sleep. The next day we had a series of family gatherings.I brought along my tape recorder and some headphones, and by the time the day was done, had read through the book, and I was hooked. The reality is that I never did send that tape back. I'm guessing CNIB must've written it off by now.