Penguin have just announced that they are releasing a strictly limited run of proofs of the first half of Eoin’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy sixth instalment And Another Thing … These proofs are special in that they’re printed in newspaper form, numbered and will almost certainly be collector’s items. They’ve given me a few copies to pass on, so all you need to do is send an email with your FULL POSTAL ADDRESS (we can only send copies to UK and Ireland addresses) in it and the first few people who do so will receive a sneak preview of Eoin’s latest novel – well, the first half anyway. (There’s a secret message for all Artemis Fowl fans in it, as well, Penguin are saying.)
UPDATE The giveaway is now closed. The improbability drive used to process the entries has tragically exploded. The lucky recipients should be receiving their proofs shortly.
No copies to the US? Too bad. I’m a big H2G2 geek.
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Hello Eoin.
That is such a wonderful giveaway.
I wish I could enter but I am in Canada – alack!
Looking forward to your Hitchhiker book.
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Ahh, I wish it were available in Canada & The US.
To whomever planned this idea,
Fantastic. I received my copy this morning (Copy 200/42, which I thought was a very nice touch), and I immediately was overjoyed. I loved the Vogon stamp, as well as the Newspaper format, and I think the writing quality is superb. It truly feels like a Hitchhikers Guide book, and I can’t wait to read more of it.
Also received my copy this morning via Vogon mail.. its wonderful. THANKYOU!
Though my issue is (blank) of 42 (ie, unnumbered!) Looking forward to my baby heading to bed so I can get some reading done!
thanks for the eleventy twelfth out of forty two edition. I am so pleased, but my daughter has nicked it already – I look forward to reading it later !
Hi. I too received one, thanks, but it was not numbered, i.e. blank/42.
I know I said this earlier, but I feel I have to say it again. This is fantastic Colfer. I’ve read every AF book, (Couldn’t ever get into Airman, but I did enjoy Wish List) and to be completely honest, I was a googol percent uncertain about anyone writing a new HHG book, especially as, and don’t take this the wrong way, your writing style was nothing like Adams’. Fowl may be good/great, but HHG was always fantastic/amazing.
I’d like to say again, that this is possibly (so far) my favourite HHG book written. It’s ridiculously funny, written extremely well (nailing the ‘Guide’ tone) and insanely clever. I was so pleased to see that you didn’t rehash the jokes from the earlier books and instead created new species, new planets, and new genuinely funny sections. So Well Done in that respect. I look forward to attending the thing in October, and let me just say again, Well Done. It can’t have been easy, especially as you yourself are reportedly a HHG fan, but I think that helped, because it reads so much like a Guide, it’s crazy.
Fantastic, thank you.
love it lovwe it love it!!!! eoin, this is fantastic and i can’t wait to read the second half! just busy now decoding the artemis fowl code at the top.