{"id":189,"date":"2012-05-27T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/?p=189"},"modified":"2012-05-27T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T19:03:32","slug":"getting-the-book-invented-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/27\/getting-the-book-invented-properly\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting the Book Invented Properly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1992, Douglas Adams&#8217; <em>Complete Hitch Hiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> was one of the original three Voyager Expanded Books published. A big Mac fan, and a Voyager fan as well, Adams wrote and recorded a short promotional audio for the floppy-disk-based ebook series. 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