MJ Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 *UPDATE* Download episodes of Douglas Adam's 'Last Chance to See' The Aye-Aye The Amazon Manatee The Yangtzee River Dolphin The Rodriguez Fruitbat The Kakapo The Southern Fur Seal Many thanks to The Tingler for making these available! ****** Can someone from the UK go here Douglas Adam's Last Chance to See download the latest episode (DownloadHelper is useful if you're using Firefox) and e-mail it to me... please. The website just started region blocking, and I'm in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon_git Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Were you able to download the audio before? As far as I can make out it's an encrypted MP3 stream - I can listen to it but I can't save a copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have a firefox addon called 'DownloadHelper', and it let me save the encrypted mp3 stream. There's ways around things like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 YESSS! Thank you MJ, I have been looking for this series forever and am utterly flandabbidoozled that the BBC haven't released it on even cassette, let alone CD. I was thinking about this series all today coincidentally. I'm recording it, and if it comes in less than 10 Mb I'll email you it. It won't be perfect quality, but it should be acceptable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon_git Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Alas it appears the bbc must've done something to prevent your add on working when they implemented the region blocking. I can't get hold of that MP3 at all On a somewhat related note, if you're interested in last chance to see you should head over to Stephen Fry's website. He's replacing Douglas Adams on the new series and he posts all sorts of things on his site as he travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrik Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 That's a pretty obscure thing to be coincidentally thinking about. Unless there's more to the story, I'm calling MYTH CONFIRMED on psychics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Douglas Adams is by far and away my favourite writer, and I was just listening to the radio adaptation of Dirk Gently - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul which I just bought on CD. I was thinking about how great the Last Chance To See book is (not only is it very passionate about the topic of endangered species, but it's also arguably Adams' funniest work). I wondered why the BBC hadn't released the radio series when they've paid Dirk Maggs to adapt and complete The Salmon of Doubt instead. Hopefully the BBC will release them on CD or for proper download after they've got them all up - or for the release of the new TV series in late 2009. Stephen Fry continuing Douglas Adams... can't think of a better choice. Unfortunately that recording is 20Mb so I can't email it via Hotmail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 Tingler, can you upload it to http://www.mediafire.com for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Hope this works! http://www.mediafire.com/?4j0izzqa4m2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted November 14, 2008 Author Share Posted November 14, 2008 Tingler, you're a legend. Thankyou so much. You do realise I'll be pestering you in a few week's time when the next episode goes up, don't you? Last Chance to See is brilliant. I loved the book, and I can't believe the BBC don't put it out on CD, because so far this radio series has been great. It broke my heart when they limited the region! Did I tell you guys I met Douglas Adams back in 2001? I even got him to sign my book (only one of two signatures he gave out at that thing!) Should I edit the first post and put the link up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 You swine. I am bitterly regretful that I never managed to meet Douglas Adams. I've met Stephen King, Rob Grant and Steven Moffat (several of my other favourite writers) but not him. Rats. I'll be "taping" all of the episodes from now on, so it's no problem to stick them up on MediaFire. Just put a reminder in this thread in case I forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon_git Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Did I tell you guys I met Douglas Adams back in 2001? I'm not normally very big on getting autographs or "meeting" famous people, but that is very, very cool. What was the event and how did it all go down? Douglas Adams is one of the few people that really inspired me as a kid, not that he's ever particularly stopped inspiring me. I think one of the saddest things in the world is that Douglas never got to play with an iPhone. I know it sounds kind of trivial but it upsets me on a fairly regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Ditto to all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 I wish he'd finished his last book... and that I'd emailed him when I had the chance *sob* (He always kept his email address public -- did you know that?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon_git Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I wish he'd finished his last book... and that I'd emailed him when I had the chance *sob* (He always kept his email address public -- did you know that?) You could say you missed your Last Chance to Write. You know, because of the book and the ... with the animals ... and the email ... yeah. I'll get my coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I was just watching a talk Adams gave at a university about Last Chance to See here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neon_git Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thanks for the link Jake, that's a really good talk. I'm ashamed to say I'm one those people that's only read Douglas' fiction. For some reason I thought Last Chance would be a dull read that I wouldn't be able to get into. I'm not sure where I got that impression now that I think about it, I must have picked it up as a child I guess, but it's certainly been challenged now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Read it, you git It really is his best book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 The Tingler, can you get the new episode please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V_Ben Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 good grief, i didnt even know i could find this! thanks a bunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I'll upload it as soon as my computer stops trying to kill itself. Hopefully tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 UPDATE: Here you go all you non-UK Douglas Adams loving people! The Rodriguez Fruitbat! Next month it's my personal favourite animal ever - the Kakapo, a short fat parrot with a look so innocent you just want to give it a cuddle and tell it everything will be all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 Thankyou muchly, Tingler. I got them before the site was locked, but if you're willing, I'm sure people missed the first two episodes... And I can't wait for the Kakapos either! I'm just across the road from New Zealand (being an Aussie) and I'd love to go and visit them one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tingler Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Before you ask, my personal favourite animal ever, the Kakapo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 My hero. Thanks. Can't wait to hear this one! The next one is Search for Southern Fur Seals... you know, I'll really have to read this book again, probably before the Stephen Fry show starts would be a good time to do that. I went to my friend's house last week and saw that he had a first edition hard cover of the book. Very jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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