Douglas Adams’ animated history of the book, from rocks to e-readers

In the early 1990s , the Voyager Company look into creating “ Expanded Books , ” digital books that would offer an enhanced onscreen meter reading experience . Appropriately , one of the claim they converted into an exposit leger was a serial that revolve around a digital book The Hitchhiker ’s Guide to the Galaxy , and Douglas Adams put down a promo on the history of Word , hailing atomic number 99 - readers as the time to come of recital .

This audio , “ engender the Book forge Properly , ” commemorate in 1993 , comes off as prophetic now . That ’s why the Literary Platform has invited animators to provide their own accompaniments to Adams ’ words . Above it Gavin Edwards ’ charming entry , and below is the winning , golem - fuel television , make by Eleanor Stokes :

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