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Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams

Release: 2003 United Kingdom, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD + CD + CD + CD, Tracks: 117, Length: 5:49:11, Barcode: 9780754055631
Release type: Other

Contents

CD #1
1 Prologue: "Anything that happens, happens." / Chapter 1: "The history of the Galaxy has got a little muddled, ..." 3:08
2 Chapter 1 (continued): "Click, hum. The huge grey Grebulon reconnaissance ship moved silently through the black void." 2:57
3 Chapter 1 (continued): "This made the whole problem very simple to deal with." 2:58
4 Chapter 1 (continued): "Before it blanked out for good the ship would have to pass on those instructions, ..." / Chapter 2: "One of the extraordinary things about life is the sort of places it's prepared to put up with living." 2:55
5 Chapter 2 (continued): "Spring is over-rated." 2:54
6 Chapter 2 (continued): "The word was out that maybe, just maybe, a British accent would fit." 3:02
7 Chapter 2 (continued): "She sat on a chair in the lobby, under a kentia palm, and opened the little cellophane-windowed envelope." 2:59
8 Chapter 2 (continued): "Gail Andrews was a well groomed woman in her mid-forties." 2:58
9 Chapter 2 (continued): "They went through it all a couple more times till Tricia was certain that everything that possibly could be clear was as clear as it possibly could be." 3:29
10 Chapter 2 (continued): "As she was getting into the elevator Tricia, slightly preoccupied, realised she had left her bag in her room..." 2:45
11 Chapter 2 (continued): "Tricia felt as if she had been kicked in the back of the head. She blinked." 2:35
12 Chapter 2 (continued): "A tiny security camera up behind the bar had turned to follow her movement." 3:15
13 Chapter 2 (continued): "A member of the hotel staff was now going round the bar asking people if they were Mr Miller." 2:46
14 Chapter 2 (continued): "''Mr Martin? You mean Andy Martin at NBS?'" 2:52
15 Chapter 3: "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has, in what we laughingly call the past, had a great deal to say on the subject of parallel universes." 3:11
16 Chapter 3 (continued): "This neutrino struck an atom." / Chapter 4 : "Tricia began to feel that the world was conspiring against her." 3:16
17 Chapter 4 (continued): "'I see,' said Tricia." 3:03
18 Chapter 5: "She watched it coming in from over the Henley direction with mild curiosity at first, wondering what those lights were." 2:45
19 Chapter 5 (continued): "'We have been monitoring you.'" 2:42
20 Chapter 5 (continued): "All three of them stood, slightly awkwardly in her sitting room, ..." 3:17
21 Chapter 5 (continued): "'But I don't know anything about astrology.'" 2:37
22 Chapter 6: "Ford Prefect hit the ground running." 3:19
23 Chapter 6 (continued): "Within about thirty seconds a security robot the size of a small melon came flying down the corridor at about waist height, ..." 2:46
24 Chapter 6 (continued): "They checked their figures and realised that what they had actually discovered was 'boredom', ..." 2:26
CD #2
1 Chapter 6 (continued): "The robot rapidly reported back to its central control that everything was now for the best in this best of all possible worlds, ..." 2:58
2 Chapter 6 (continued): "'What's happened?' insisted Ford." 3:00
3 Chapter 6 (continued): "'Mr zil-Doggo is no longer with this organisation. His drinks trolley is, I imagine, helping to console him for this fact.'" 3:00
4 Chapter 6 (continued): "'And you want me to be its restaurant critic,' said Ford." 3:16
5 Chapter 6 (continued): "A remarkably good idea had just occurred to him." / Chapter 7: "Arthur Dent had been in some hell-holes in his life, ..." 3:03
6 Chapter 7 (continued): "The brochure described some of the history of the planet." 2:54
7 Chapter 7 (continued): "This, he realised, was about as close to home as he was likely to get." 3:24
8 Chapter 7 (continued): "A single boghog eyeball sat looking reproachfully at Arthur..." / Chapter 8: "Ford had his own code of ethics." 2:36
9 Chapter 8 (continued): "'InfiniDim Enterprises,' Ford snarled to himself..." 3:09
10 Chapter 8 (continued): "Ford even began to whistle, which was probably his mistake." 2:46
11 Chapter 8 (continued): "Meanwhile the order to disallow the researcher's expenses was relayed down..." 2:51
12 Chapter 8 (continued): "Before long, insofar as such terms had any meaning in this virtual universe, ..." 3:23
13 Chapter 8 (continued): "Five minutes later he was out of there." 2:27
14 Chapter 8 (continued): "No time for fancy routes now, there was obviously a major security alert in progress." / Chapter 9: "Arthur felt at a bit of a loss." 3:14
15 Chapter 9 (continued): "However it appeared that some sort of calamity had befallen this planet." 2:49
16 Chapter 9 (continued): "The village of oracles wasn't much better." 3:08
17 Chapter 9 (continued): "Unsteadily, Arthur got to his feet and brushed himself down with a fistful of dried grass." 3:00
18 Chapter 9 (continued): "'Yes,' said Arthur. 'That sort of thing. Bit of a problem I sometimes find if I'm being perfectly honest.'" 2:59
19 Chapter 9 (continued): "Arthur realised just in time what she intended. Together they tossed the contents of the tin into the gully." 2:24
20 Chapter 9 (continued): "At the top of the third pole Arthur stopped for a breather." 4:05
CD #3
1 Chapter 9 (continued): "Oddly, the man's face was now only a couple of feet away." 3:03
2 Chapter 9 (continued): "Arthur looked at him doubtfully. 'Can I get that at the spaceport, too?' he said." / Chapter 10: "Ford hurled himself at the door of the editor-in-chief's office, ..." 2:57
3 Chapter 10 (continued): "He had a nagging suspicion that this was not a business meeting, though." / Chapter 11: "The first thing Arthur Dent had to do, he realised resignedly, was to get himself a life." 3:12
4 Chapter 11 (continued): "Arthur looked nervously through some grubby and damp pieces of paper." 2:44
5 Chapter 11 (continued): "Arthur moved to Bartledan and, using some money he had made by selling some toenail clippings and spit to a DNA bank, ..." 3:01
6 Chapter 11 (continued): "He preferred not to think about it." 2:43
7 Chapter 11 (continued): "Arthur Dent, because of the sheer boredom of endless interstellar flight, was the only one on board who had actually familiarised himself with the ship's safety procedures..." / Chapter 12: "Ford tumbled through the open air..." 3:28
8 Chapter 12 (continued): "Sixteenth floor. Sub-editors. Bastards." 2:44
9 Chapter 12 (continued): "The towel was slung over Colin." 3:00
10 Chapter 12 (continued): "The armoured slug had hoisted the rocket launcher up on to its shoulder." 3:06
11 Chapter 12 (continued): "Yes, given the infinite sideways extension of probability there was, of course, an almost infinite multiplicity of planets Earth, ..." 3:00
12 Chapter 12 (continued): "He pulled his newly acquired credit card from his pocket, ..." 2:53
13 Chapter 12 (continued): "Major heat waves started to coincide, with almost magical precision, with major failures of the Breathe-o-Smart systems." 3:05
14 Chapter 12 (continued): "The room, like every other room in this building now, was done out in some appallingly tasteful grey." / Chapter 13: "The ship dropped quietly to land on the edge of the wide clearing, ..." 2:57
15 Chapter 13 (continued): "It hummed for a bit and then stopped." 2:58
16 Chapter 13 (continued): "Almost immediately a different ramp folded itself out on the other side of the craft..." 2:47
17 Chapter 13 (continued): "There was also the geometry of the slice to be refined." 3:13
18 Chapter 13 (continued): "And so the Sandwich Maker sang as he worked." 2:53
19 Chapter 13 (continued): "They asked him why not and he said that it was not for them to know the will of Almighty Bob, ..." 3:00
20 Chapter 13 (continued): "'What's the meat in it?' asked Trillian." 2:55
21 Chapter 13 (continued): "'We have access to virtually every kind of information. I found your name on the passenger list of the ship that crashed.'" / Chapter 14: "As the Guide folded itself back into a smooth, dark disk, ..." 2:56
22 Chapter 14 (continued): "Did he dare just post the thing to himself?" / Chapter 15: "The first month, getting to know each other, was a little difficult." 2:57
23 Chapter 15 (continued): "Random, on the other hand, thought she was trapped in a recurring nightmare." 3:17
24 Chapter 15 (continued): "He supposed that there was no point in pretending not to be hopeless." 2:45
CD #4
1 Chapter 15 (continued): "'What's this?'; He suddenly realised she had been talking to him and he hadn't noticed." 2:55
2 Chapter 15 (continued): "She brought up the display on her wrist panel, ..." 2:59
3 Chapter 15 (continued): "Arthur suggested they went for a walk." 3:10
4 Chapter 15 (continued): "Random cradled the watch in her hands, ..." 2:59
5 Chapter 15 (continued): "Suddenly she turned and faced him, her face dark with anger." 2:53
6 Chapter 15 (continued): "In the pool of light thrown by a Lamuellan lantern lay Arthur's watch." 2:50
7 Chapter 15 (continued): "The next appearance of the Perfectly Normal Beasts was imminent, ..." / Chapter 16: "Arthur wasn't quite certain which he noticed as being missing first." 3:11
8 Chapter 16 (continued): "At last he'd had to go over to the forge to talk with Strinder about the knives, ..." 3:07
9 Chapter 16 (continued): "Suddenly, something fell out of a tree in front of her." 2:44
10 Chapter 16 (continued): "She felt almost hypnotised by the strangeness of the thing and its tiny glinting eyes." 3:19
11 Chapter 16 (continued): "The flash of lethal light passed straight through Random and, about two seconds later, so did the man who had shot it." 2:31
12 Chapter 16 (continued): "After she had moved two or three hundred yards from the edge of the crater..." / Chapter 17: "For a long period of time there was much speculation and controversy about the so-called 'missing matter'" 3:25
13 Chapter 17 (continued): "There was also something very odd about it, which Random couldn't immediately make out." 2:44
14 Chapter 17 (continued): "'No,' Said Random." 2:58
15 Chapter 17 (continued): "'I'm doing exactly the same thing, but with ultra-violet light. You can't see it.'" 3:11
16 Chapter 17 (continued): "Something very strange and wonderful now swam into view in the rain." 3:04
17 Chapter 17 (continued): "A slow smile spread over Random's face." 2:55
18 Chapter 17 (continued): "She was also extremely nervous." 3:15
19 Chapter 18: "Arthur leapt to his feet with a start of fear." 2:32
20 Chapter 18 (continued): "Ford stopped rubbing his head." 3:09
21 Chapter 18 (continued): "'I am, probably was, the sandwich maker for a small tribe. It was a bit embarrassing really. ...'" 3:14
22 Chapter 18 (continued): "Ford narrowed his eyes. 'This is that thing you call sarcasm, isn't it?'" 2:39
23 Chapter 18 (continued): "'No, I didn't,' said Ford." 3:00
24 Chapter 18 (continued): "Unfiltered Perception means it perceives everything." / Chapter 19: "It was a sight that Arthur never quite got used to, or tired of." 2:48
25 Chapter 19 (continued): "The great thunderous herd of thousand upon thousand of Perfectly Normal Beasts was sweeping in magnificent array across the Anhondo Plain." 1:28
CD #5
1 Chapter 19 (continued): "The noise of the pounding of the hooves was so intense that it was hard to hear anything else above it." / Chapter 20: "Leaping on to the back of a one-and-a-half-ton Perfectly Normal Beast..." 3:00
2 Chapter 20 (continued): "They couldn't even catch the attention of a single animal." 2:57
3 Chapter 20 (continued): "He slowly stood up from his crouched position and started to brush himself down." 3:04
4 Chapter 20 (continued): "With strange sort of sweeping movements of his arms Old Thrashbarg kept the pikka bird in front of the Beast, ..." 3:05
5 Chapter 20 (continued): "'Go!' shouted Thrashbarg. 'Go and meet your destiny, Sandwich Maker!'" / Chapter 21: "Misty grey buildings loomed and flickered. They bounced up and down in a highly embarrassing way." 2:52
6 Chapter 21 (continued): "She was sitting in a small editing suite at a video production company in Soho." 3:04
7 Chapter 21 (continued): "So what she had on tape, essentially, was a bunch of slightly thin and discoloured people sitting around watching televisions..." 3:06
8 Chapter 21 (continued): "None of the Grebulons had names, largely because they couldn't think of any." 3:05
9 Chapter 21 (continued): "Tricia had nodded tremendously slowly at this point." 2:42
10 Chapter 21 (continued): "She was very, very sick." 2:58
11 Chapter 21 (continued): "Obviously what happened next was that Tricia quickly set the video camera up on its tripod to capture the whole scene." 2:58
12 Chapter 21 (continued): "How could she prove any of this?" 2:57
13 Chapter 22: "Daylight exploded around them. Hot, heavy sun." 3:05
14 Chapter 22 (continued): "'Gonna buy that spaceship,' said Ford quietly." 2:47
15 Chapter 22 (continued): "'He's giving it to us for free,' said Ford, taking a gnaw at his roll." 3:14
16 Chapter 22 (continued): "Ford motioned Arthur to shout a little less loudly." 3:03
17 Chapter 22 (continued): "He signed with a flourish and handed it back to the barman." / Chapter 23: "The news networks don't like this kind of thing." 3:08
18 Chapter 23 (continued): "They checked into a large two-bedroomed suite at the Langham." 3:07
19 Chapter 24: "Away in the inky depths of space invisible movements were being made." 2:43
20 Chapter 24 (continued): "Because all of the Grebulon surveillance equipment was focused on the planet Earth, ..." 3:15
21 Chapter 24 (continued): "Another was a small bunch of people who continually refused to be where they were supposed to be when they were supposed to be there." / Chapter 25: "'Just there, number forty-two,' shouted Ford Prefect to the taxi-driver." 2:40
22 Chapter 25 (continued): "A thin, ill-looking man wearing something baggy and Italian was walking up the stairs past them, ..." 2:56
23 Chapter 25 (continued): "'Random,' said Trillian quietly from up on the stairs." 2:59
24 Chapter 25 (continued): "Random threw the gun down and fell to her knees, sobbing." 3:34

Other Releases in Group (3)

Official

  1. Mostly Harmless, United States (01 May 2002), CD + CD + CD + CD + CD (English)
  2. Mostly Harmless, United Kingdom (11 Nov 2002), CD + CD + CD + CD + CD (English)