The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and me
When the Lord of the Rings movies came out many of my friends went on a literary journey to Meca to worship the books that shaped their young reading lives. I was not one of them. I never read the books and to this day I am not particularly inspired to. The movies are good, and when I eventually saw them on DVD I enjoyed them, but I was not shaped by them.
Tonight I will be going on a literary journey to Meca to worship the books that shaped my young reading life. For me, this is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. My only wish would be that Douglas Adams would be alive to see it finally happen.
