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Please download the February 2012 ZZ9 podcast from http://podcasts.owal.co.uk/zz9/ZZ9-2012-02.mp3
ZZ9's look at the latest Douglas Adams related news, a look back at February in Hitchhiker History, and what ZZ9 are up to in the near future.
In particular Dirk Maggs has recorded a description of what to expect at the Douglas Adams 60th Birthday Party.
Weblinks:
Latest Dirk Gently News:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/160212dirkgently.html
Douglas Adams The Party Virtual 60th (Sunday 11th March):
http://douglasadamstheparty.com
Hitchhiker Live Tour (June/July 2012): http://www.hitchhikerslive.com/
Simon Jones in Hay Fever:
http://www.guthrietheater.org/plays_events/plays/hay_fever
Doctor Who Magazine #444: https://www.facebook.com/doctorwhomagazine
Shada Novelisation (15th March): Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1849903271?ie=UTF8&tag=zz9pluralzalh-...
Gareth Roberts Shada Signing (14th March):
http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/03/14/gareth-roberts-signs-shada/
The Hitchhiker App: http://www.thenewhitchhikersguide.com/
The International Douglas Adams Animation Competition:
http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/getting-the-book-invented
Doctor on the Go DVD (Series 2): Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001E6Q0UI?ie=UTF8&tag=zz9pluralzalh-...
Douglas Adams on Desert Island Discs:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/1d016bb1
Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: This is
the cassette release of an expanded version of the BBC Radio 4
twentieth anniversary programme, the broadcast title was 'The Guide To
20 Years' Hitch-hiking'. ISBN: 0563552360. Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0563552360?ie=UTF8&tag=zz9pluralzalh-...
'Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion'
was the original title of Neil Gaiman's book about Hitchhiker's and
Douglas Adams. It was added to by David K Dickson, then M J Simpson
and most recently in 2009 by Guy Adams. In the UK the current edition
is called 'Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy'. ISBN: 9781848564961. Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848564961?ie=UTF8&tag=zz9pluralzalh-...
Cambridge Tour (Saturday 10th March) Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/143490415770468/
Captain's Cabin Fan Gathering (Saturday 10th March) Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/241077425977259/
Islington Tour (Sunday 11th March) Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/219672804795641/
Picocon (Saturday February 18th):
http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/scc/icsf/social/events/picocon/
Eastercon (Thursday 6th - Monday 9th April): http://olympus2012.org/