#young zaphod plays it safe

[mystery-of-arkham-asylum]

A list of books I have read this year. Will reblog everytime I update as I read more. Doing this a a bit of fun and to hopefully motive myself to read a bit more like I used to.

(I would like to state that I do not share/approve of the views or opinions of a certain author on this list. I just enjoy the books and won't let some poor excuse of a human being ruin them for me.)

First time reading | Reread

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J.K.Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- J.K.Rowling

The Sheep-Pig - Dick King-Smith

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K.Rowling

Cirque Du Freak - Darren Shan

The Vampire's Assistant - Darren Shan

Tunnels of Blood - Darren Shan

The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin - Beatrix Potter

The Tailor of Gloucester - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Two Bad Mice - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher - Beatrix Potter

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit - Beatrix Potter

The Story of Miss Moppet - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Tom Kitten - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Mr. Tod - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Pigling Bland - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse - Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson - Beatrix Potter

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes - Beatrix Potter

Celily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes - Beatrix Potter

Winnie-the-Pooh and some Bees - A.A.Milne

Pooh Goes Visiting & Pooh and Piglet nearly catch a Woozle - A.A.Milne

Owl becomes and author - A.A.Milne

Eeyore has a birthday - A.A.Milne

Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest - A.A.Milne

An Expotition to the North Pole - A.A.Milne

Piglet is entirely surrounded by water - A.A.Milne

Christopher Robin gives a Party - A.A.Milne

Eeyore loses a tail - A.A.Milne

A House is Built at Pooh Corner - A.A.Milne

Tigger comes to the Forest - A.A.Milne

A Search is organdized - A.A.Milne

Tiggers don't climb trees - A.A.Milne

Rabbit has a busy day - A.A.Milne

Pooh invents a new game - A.A.Milne

Tigger is unbounced - A.A.Milne

Piglet does a very grand thing - A.A.Milne

Eeyore finds the Wolery - A.A.Milne

Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place - A.A.Milne

Pooh's Poems - A.A.Milne

Christopher Robin returns to the Forest - David Benedictus

The Spelling Bee - David Benedictus

Rabbit organises almost everything - David Benedictus

It Stops raining for ever - David Benedictus

Pooh goes in search of honey - David Benedictus

Owl becomes an author - David Benedictus

Everybody learns something - David Benedictus

The Game of Cricket - David Benedictus

Tigger Dreams of Africa - David Benedictus

The Harvest Festival - David Benedictus

Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

The Answer - Rebecca Sugar

Guide to the Crystal Gems - Rebecca Sugar

Keep Beach City Weird - Matt Burnett and Ben Levin

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe - Douglas Adams

Vampire Mountain - Darren Shan

Trials of Death - Darren Shan

The Vampire Prince - Darren Shan

#mysteryofarkhamasylum #books #reading #cirque du freak #the saga of darren shan #darren shan #the world of beatrix potter #beatrix potter #winnie-the-pooh #a.a. milne #david benedictus #harry potter #j.k. rowling #yellow submarine #the beatles #the answer #rebecca sugar #guide to the crystal gems #keep beach city weird #matt burnett and ben levin #young zaphod plays it safe #douglas adams #the sheep-pig #dick king-smith

[jaxitaxibolehlaf]

Just going to drop this "Young Zaphod" rendition here.

#wanted to post this for some time now.. but had to wait before I sended my uni application #I decided to illustrate (and translate) the Young Zaphod plays it safe book. this was apart of the front cover #or rather a slightly different variant #I'm still working on his design #this was the safest option #but be prepared for some 2005 inspired looks. cuz that black and yellow suit makes me gender envious #zaphod beeblebrox #Young Zaphod plays it safe #h2g2 #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #hitchhikers guide #digital art #I have no idea how I got better at drawing hands #and simultaneously gotten worse at drawing faces #while I try to avoid doing both while doodling away

[collgeruledzebra]

survey for hitchhikers guide readers. out of the following which have read, which have you heard of, which have you neither heard of or read (if any)

1. the original "trilogy" - the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, the restaurant at the end of the universe, life, the universe, and everything, so long and thanks for all the fish

2. mostly harmless (fifth book written some time after the first four)

3. and another thing (sixth book written posthumously by eoin colfer, loosely based on some of adams's ideas)

4. young zaphod plays it safe (short story by adams written not long after the first four books)

#personally my dad had a collection of the first four books + young zaphod plays it safe so i read all of those when i was young #and had no idea there were other books until high school when i went to a book sale and found and another thing #(the beginning of which i was very confused by) #and then finally later that year or the next year i found mostly harmless in my teacher's book collection so i finally read them all #hitchhikers guide #hitchhikers guide to the galaxy #hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #h2g2 #hhgttg

[hollowslantern]

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe aka Zaphod Is Not Cool Even A Little Bit

[cleopatrachampagne]

i cannot help but have zero respect for slimy politicians, executives and their supporters who destroy the planet for profits while demanding we ‘think of the children!’ in their conservative rhetoric and contentedly erase the accomplishments of our ancestors while revising history to suit their biases only to claim they are ‘standing up for traditional values! make america great again!’ it reminds me of this one douglas adams quote from young zaphod plays it safe that has stuck with me since my tweenage years:

“they claimed it was for the sake of their grandparents and grandchildren, but it was of course for the sake of their grandparent’s grandchildren, and their grandchildren’s grandparents.”

i sincerely wonder if these authoritarian assholes know that the selfishness and greed beneath their surface statements has been utterly transparent to anyone with eyes since 1986.

#politics #political commentary #douglas adams #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #fuck capitalism #fuck trump #quotes #writing #books #bookblr #science fiction #1980’s #social justice #leftist

[popculturegenealogy]

Zaphod and the ghost of his grandfather

Recently, I was reading my handy The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, which brings together five novels and one story [1] by Douglas Adams. While going through the second book, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, I came across a scene where Zaphod Beeblebrox, the figurehead president of the galaxy, talks to one of his ancestors! The fandom page for the book mentions this in one line, saying "Luckily, an ancestor of Zaphod's, Zaphod Beeblebrox IV, saves them." There's a lot more going on than that one line in this story, which I'll explain in this post. I wish this scene had been in the movie, but alas, it is still great to have in the book.

Reprinted from my Genealogy in Popular Culture WordPress blog. Originally published on September 14, 2020.

As the Vogan fleet approaches the Heart of Gold, Zaphod makes a gamble and talks to his deceased relative, his great-grandfather. [2] He thinks that his ancestor can help him, and he begins trying to summon him, concentrating, even as his fellow crew members doubt this will work. It is finally successful, but his ancestor is pissed at him for not sending flowers and respecting him, saying he is disappointed in him. He pleads for his great granddad to help him, even as he is reprimanded for not caring about his ancestors and more about himself. He  drops all pleasantries and decides to confront his ghost-of-an-ancestor, who even slows downtime for him. He agrees to help them because he doesn't want him and his "modern friends" slouching around. However, he states that if he ever needs help again, he should not "hesitate to get lost." The ship speeds away through space, and, as shown at the beginning of the next chapter, the Vogans believe they have destroyed the Heart of Gold.

Reading this, there wasn't as much of a family history focus as I would have thought. I would like to mention the occasional family history themes in a Mexican-American animated series named Victor & Valentino and in Cleopatra in Space, specifically in the character of Medjed, whose ancestors were moved from Ancient Egypt to a faraway star. [3] I am excited for the next season of Carmen Sandiego, which will undoubtedly focus, at least in part, on Carmen trying to find her mom, engaging in a family history journey of sorts, building on what has happened in previous seasons. There are also some family history themes in R.O.D. the TV, although no one investigates the family roots of any of the characters. Otherwise, I have draft posts about The Godfather: Part II, Outlander, and characters in the comic book realm, which I'll try to write up sometime this year. As always, I look forward to your comments and suggestions about my next topics to write about.

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Notes

[1] The five novels are The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. The one-story is Young Zaphod Plays It Safe.

[2] See chapter 3, or pages 159-166 of The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide.

[3] There are also, as I've noted on this blog, family trees/diagrams in Futurama, Amphibia, The Simpsons, and Infinity Train, Gore Vidal lampooning genealogy, roots work in Little Fockers, and family history themes in Steven Universe and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. In a recent post, I noted the focus on families in The Owl House, 3Below, Mysticons, Twelve Forever, and Human Kind Of, with startling family discoveries in Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Sherwood, Adventure Time, OK K.O.: Let's Be Heroes!, Final Space, and Mr. Robot, and Cleopatra "Cleo" in Cleopatra in Space and "Jack" in Samurai Jack missing their families as they have both been flung far into the future. I also pointed to those who noted family trees in shows like Bewitched, Donald Duck, Lord of the Rings, and several other awful shows/franchises.

#grandfathers #hitchhikers guide #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #cleopatra in space #victor and valentino #carmen sandiego #zaphod beeblebrox #r.o.d. the tv #read or die #the godfather #outlander

[kerloncollector]

The utterly utterly merry comic relief christmas book

THE UTTERLY UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK SERIES

THE UTTERLY UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK TV

MEMBER: Cambridge Footlights Club, which also produced Monthy Python's John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Graham Chapman.ĪWARDS, HONORS: Best Books for Young Adults List, American Library Association (ALA), 1980, for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

THE UTTERLY UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK SERIES

Hobbies and other interests: Purchasing equipment for recreations he would like to take up, playing acoustic guitar, scuba diving, fiddling with computers.ĬAREER: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London, producer and scriptwriter for "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" radio and television series, beginning 1978, script editor for television series "Doctor Who," 1978-80 writer, 1978-2001. Douglas Adams complained that, as a result, considerably less money was raised for famine relief.ĭouglas Adams, Rowan Atkinson, Glen Baxter, Michael Bywater, Graham Chapman, Nobby Clarke, Ron Cobb, Richard Curtis, Angus Deayton, Adrian Edmonson, Michael Fishwick, Michael Foreman, Stephen Fry, Kim Fuller, George Harrison, Michael Heath, Lenny Henry, Ian Hislop, Caroline Holden, Richard Ingrams, Antony Jay, Guy Jenkin, Gray Jolliffe, Terry Jones, Trevor Leighton, John Lloyd, Jonathan Lynn, Thomas Mann, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer, Michael Palin, Geoffrey Perkins, Stephen Pile, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Griff Rhys Jones, Posy Simmonds, Mel Smith, The Spitting Image Workshop, Sue Townsend, Bill Tidy, John Wells.PERSONAL: Born March 11, 1952, in Cambridge, England died of an apparent heart attack, May 11, 2001, in Santa Barbara, CA son of Christopher Douglas (a management consultant) and Janet (a nurse maiden name, Donovan, present surname, Thrift) Adams married Jane Elizabeth Belson, 1991 children: Polly Jane Rocket. Collins held the rights to print certain versions of the Bible and it was threatened that these would be withdrawn. Eventually they prevented the book from being reprinted by applying pressure on the publisher, Collins. They picketed bookshops and threatened to sue for blasphemy. Christian groups took offence, and attempted to get the book withdrawn. Nicholas Winterton MP led a campaign to ask W.H. Jesus' Birthday in which Jesus is portrayed as a grumpy and mischievous child in a modern household.The Young Ones' Nativity Play in which the characters from The Young Ones act out the nativity story in typically irreverent style.This tells the story of the nativity night from the point of view of a sheep that gets eaten as part of the celebrations, and therefore has a slightly jaundiced view of the whole affair. The Gospel According to a Sheep by Richard Curtis with additions by Douglas Adams.In line with its Christmas theme the book contained several pieces based on the Christian nativity story, including: The book has never been reprinted following its initial print run, as a result of religious censorship. The book promised that profits would be distributed "80% to SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND and OXFAM for famine relief and 20% to Charity Projects to support young people faced with the problems of drug abuse, homelessness and disability here in Britain."

THE UTTERLY UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK TV

Tie-ins to popular TV comedies of the day including Yes Minister, The Young Ones and Spitting Image.A New Decade of Heroic Failures, an exclusive addition to Stephen Pile's Book of Heroic Failures.Adrian Mole's Christmas, an addition to Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series (later included in The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole).Besides the novella Young Zaphod Plays it Safe and the short story " The Private Life of Genghis Khan", which have since appeared in The Salmon of Doubt, the book also contains Adams' short story "A Christmas Fairly Story" (written in collaboration with Terry Jones) and three supplements to The Meaning of Liff. The book is of particular interest to fans of Douglas Adams' work as it contains several items written by him which are hard to find or exclusive to the collection.

#The utterly utterly merry comic relief christmas book

[anxieteaspooks]

shout out to my sibling who drove like 4 hours and paid like 60 dollars in gas to get me a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (full collection + bonus story of Young Zaphod Plays It Safe) all in one copy

JUST for me to read to chaoter 10 and have to stop before i get over whelemd by cosmic horror and my fears of death and immortality

no joke though its such a good book so far

[leona-florianova]

Zaphod from that one story where he still worked at The Beeblebrox Salvage and Really Wild Stuff Corporation.. had both of his brains still intact..got into unfortunately gory situation...and where he also learned the actual reason why Earth has to be destroyed. 

#zaphod beeblebrox #h2g2 #Young Zaphod Plays It Safe #hitchhikers guide #sketches #anyway this is after he switched the suit beacuse all of the gore and everything #rip zaphod #the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy #douglas adams #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

[hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy]

He flung himself back on the pilot couch, opened a couple of beers–one for himself and the other also for himself–stuck his feet on the console, and said ‘Hey, baby,’ through the ultra-glass at a passing fish.

Douglas Adams, Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

#quote #zaphod beeblebrox #douglas adams #how I spend my time these days #young zaphod plays it safe

[bibliophile-with-tea]

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

Author: Douglas Adams Series: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [0.5] Published: 1986 October Genre: Humor, Science Fiction

#Douglas Adams #Young Zaphod Plays It Safe #H2G2 #yzpis #passing out #to do #Zaphod Beeblebrox #booklr #book excerpt #Humor #Science Fiction #book #reading #bibliophile #1986 #Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #first read #2020-03-24 #2020-03 #2020 #OBD reads #OBD post

[wewererogue]

What do you think I am, completely without any moral whatsits, what are they called, those moral things?

Douglas Adams, Young Zaphod Plays It Safe 

#Scruples? #Scruples - thank you - whatsoever? (34)

#Douglas Adams #Young Zaphod Plays It Safe #rogues in fiction #the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #heroes and villains

[baking-accident]

important things:

1. zaphod’s cool devil-may-care space hero stuff is 100% performative and he freaks the hell out when confronted with an actual problem

2. douglas adams’ super dry and british description of a room covered in eviscerated alien guts

3. zaphod passing out from fear and then pretending to pass out again for attention

4. the pressure suits that walk by themselves exploring a ruined ship are genuinely really cool and creepy? it’s like a doctor who episode but instead of the doctor there’s a dramatic and worthless adventurer/future politician

#@ me read another book i'm begging you #also apparently the dangerous lab experiment who escapes to earth in this story is implied to be ronald reagan????? #bc he's an evil and charismatic being who seems harmless and can easily get into a position of power #and they mention a 'shining city on a hill' which was one of his famous campaign phrases????? #h2g2 #young zaphod plays it safe #emetophobia / #gore /

[cookinary]

Cleaner and slightly colored Zaphod with some more doodles!

I love this dude but I still wonder wtf he was up to at the end of the serie

Yeah, I finished the whole thing :D

#zaphod beeblebrox #The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy #furry #silvatus #Galactic furry time babyyyy #woohooo #president of the galaxy #also the bottom right doodle is from Young Zaphod Plays it Safe #hence why he only has 2 arms #I hope I'm correct #any fan wanna tell me if I'm right? pretty sure he didn't have the 3rd arm in the short story #also if any of you have suggestions on what i could change in his design just tell me #this was after all only a doodle made in class based on the limited descriptions from the book #anyway #toodles

[incorrectpersona-cianthemighty]

What do you think I am, completely without any moral whatsits, what are they called, those moral things?

Akechi, probably

#Persona #Persona 5 #Phantom Thieves #Incorrect Quotes #Incorrect Persona #Incorrect Persona 5 #Incorrect P5 #Goro Akechi #Crow (Persona) #Source: Young Zaphod Plays It Safe by Douglas Adams #cianthemighty

[readerwithalotofplans]

Doing a little reading marathon today. 😄

#erich maria remarque #im westen nichts neues #all quiet on the western front #narrative of the life of frederick douglass an american slave #stephen hawking #a brief history of time #douglas adams #the ultimate hitchhikers guide #the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy #the restaurant at the end of the universe #life the universe and everything #so long and thanks for all the fish #mostly harmless #young zaphod plays it safe