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The "Babel fish" - an example of science fiction inspiring engineering
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title.
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title.
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' started as a radio show on BBC in 1978 and has later been converted into novels, a TV-show, movies, a record album and a computer game.
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' started as a radio show on BBC in 1978 and has later been converted into novels, a TV-show, movies, a record album and a computer game.
One character (or creature) is the namesake of Yahoo's automatic foreign-language translation service, http://bablefish.yahoo.com - originally from Altavista.
''Hitchhiker'' was followed by ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', ''Life, The Universe, and Everything'', ''So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish'', and ''Mostly Harmless''. He also wrote two books about a figure named Dirk Gently; ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' and ''Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul''.
''Hitchhiker'' was followed by ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', ''Life, The Universe, and Everything'', ''So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish'', and ''Mostly Harmless''. He also wrote two books about a figure named Dirk Gently; ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' and ''Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul''.