A little piece of trivia...

DanaC · 02-03-2009, 07:19 AM

I've just been reading an article about spiritual autobiography: 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners' and came across something that caught my attention. Referring to the books Bunyan's wife is known to have brought with her, and suggested as a possible link to the style of work Bunyan later produced, I found this:

Arthur Dent's The Plaine Mans Path-way to Heaven

I had no idea that The Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy was such an outstanding pun!

Undertoad · 02-03-2009, 07:58 AM

re-parse

DanaC was reading an article about a book written in the 1600s by imprisoned preacher John Bunyan, called 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners'. The article mentions some books that Bunyan's wife had, one of which was called

Arthur Dent's The Plaine Mans Path-way to Heaven

It turns out that Arthur Dent was a real person: an early Puritan author. DanaC was struck by how the absolute genius of how The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the central character is named Arthur Dent, is actually an outstanding pun on this earlier tome.

Me too. Douglas Adams is my hero.

Sundae · 02-03-2009, 10:08 AM

Why the re-parse?

Anyway, wow!
I had no idea either. I love it when things fall into place

Now, find me a similar piece of trivia about Slartibastfast.

monster · 02-03-2009, 10:22 AM

'cause it was a little .....scattered? caffeinated, maybe? It took beest and I a couple of readings but yes, cool find

Sundae · 02-03-2009, 10:47 AM

I think I think too much like Dana sometimes...

Flint · 02-03-2009, 11:38 AM

Awesome.

nowhereman · 02-03-2009, 11:39 AM

42

Pie · 02-03-2009, 12:06 PM

I was reading The Salmon of Doubt this morning.

I miss Douglas.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNA

The following morning the weather was so foul it hardly deserved the name, and Dirk decided to call it Stanley instead. Stanley wasn’t a good downpour. Nothing wrong with a good downpour for clearing the air. Stanley was the sort of thing you needed a good downpour to clear the air of. Stanley was muggy, close, and oppressive, like some one large and sweaty pressed up against you in a tube train. Stanley didn’t rain, but every so often he dribbled on you. Dirk stood outside in the Stanley.

Cicero · 02-04-2009, 04:08 PM

Well I did very much needed the re-parse. Interesting.

02-03-2009, 07:19 AM	#1
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	A little piece of trivia... I've just been reading an article about spiritual autobiography: 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners' and came across something that caught my attention. Referring to the books Bunyan's wife is known to have brought with her, and suggested as a possible link to the style of work Bunyan later produced, I found this: Arthur Dent's The Plaine Mans Path-way to Heaven I had no idea that The Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy was such an outstanding pun!

02-03-2009, 10:22 AM	#4
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	'cause it was a little .....scattered? caffeinated, maybe? It took beest and I a couple of readings but yes, cool find __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-03-2009, 11:38 AM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Awesome. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-04-2009, 04:08 PM	#9
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Well I did very much needed the re-parse. Interesting. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

02-03-2009, 07:58 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	re-parse DanaC was reading an article about a book written in the 1600s by imprisoned preacher John Bunyan, called 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners'. The article mentions some books that Bunyan's wife had, one of which was called Arthur Dent's The Plaine Mans Path-way to Heaven It turns out that Arthur Dent was a real person: an early Puritan author. DanaC was struck by how the absolute genius of how The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the central character is named Arthur Dent, is actually an outstanding pun on this earlier tome. Me too. Douglas Adams is my hero.

02-03-2009, 10:08 AM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Why the re-parse? Anyway, wow! I had no idea either. I love it when things fall into place Now, find me a similar piece of trivia about Slartibastfast.

02-03-2009, 10:47 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I think I think too much like Dana sometimes...

02-03-2009, 11:39 AM	#7
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	42

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