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Here's the superb original video for And Another Thing by The Blizzards. The song was used as the theme tune for And Another Thing, the sixth installment in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.

The Blizzards perform "And Another Thing" on RTE's The Late Late Show.

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Puffin Books are running a competition on the Artemis Fowl site to launch the new range of electronic books on the Nintendo DS and DSi.

There's a signed copy of the Artemis Fowl FLIPS and a Nintendo DSi up for grabs for 1 lucky winner, plus a signed copy of the Artemis Fowl FLIPS for 4 runners up.

One of the first titles available in this new-fangled format is "Artemis Fowl" featuring all six books in the series. Foaly would be so proud! More details below.

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For those of you who don't know – Eoin Colfer, the author of the phenomenally popular Artemis Fowl series, just released his first book for adults, the much anticipated sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy saga (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; and So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish).

And guess what? Mr. Colfer will be HERE the week of November 9th! So if you have any questions or...

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Apple store, San Francisco, today 28th at 1pm- come for a hitchhiker chat with me in my spiritual home. Your answers questioned. #
Bonjour Vancouver- talk today in Chapters. Midday. All grade A material, promise. #




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Hitcher alert- I will be in Borders in Birmingham's Bulllring at 1.30 and then in Cheltenham this evening 7.15 in Inkpot-secrets revealed #
New blog post: And Another Thing – US Tour Schedule http://bit.ly/4phX4I #
New blog post: Eoin in Manchester – The Bookwitch Review http://bit.ly/rBSPc #
New blog post: Eoin Colfer Interview – RTE Radio http://bit.ly/axkSg #




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A terrific interview from SFX in which Eoin deals with all of the tough questions on And Another Thing…

SFX: Are you hoping to bring back Hitchhiker's for a new generation?

Colfer: I know Douglas said he was going to do a sixth book, so he had planned to bring it back. And that's what Jane, Douglas's widow, wants. It's already working! Sales apparently have gone back up already, and they released the radio show out to iTunes now. So Hitchhiker's has already been brought back a little bit by...

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Eoin's talks to Matthew Peterson for The Author Hour. The programme also features Sir Terry Pratchett, Jody Lynn Nye and Piers Anthony.

Author Hour Promo Video

Check out the Author Hour Site for the full interview which is also available to read as a transcript.

Direct link to interview (MP3 Format)

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"Author Eoin Colfer has picked up were Douglas Adams left off and has written the sixth book in the Hitchhikers series and joins Ryan Tubridy along with The Blizzards frontman Niall Breslin who has released a song called And Another Thing for the launch of the book which is also called And Another Thing (Penguin/Michael Joseph)"

from the Ryan Tubridy Show. RTE Radio 1. October 16, 2009.

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The wonderful Bookwitch has sent us this review of Eoin's reading and signing event in Manchester yesterday. Some great photos too and an appearance from interview maestro Charlie.

Read all of "He's Too Short and Too Prompt" courtesy of the Bookwitch

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Time Magazine's Lev Grossman reviews And Another Thing:

The Hitchhiker's books have always been a big deal to me. My siblings and I got them early — probably because I have family in England — so I was already deep into Douglas Adams when my friends didn't know who he was yet. It seemed like a big secret that we had all to ourselves, at least for a while.

Obviously I liked them because they were funny. But I also liked them because Arthur was so depressed all the time. I was a mopey child, and...

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