MJ Posted November 13, 2008 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.
neon_git Posted November 13, 2008 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
MJ Posted November 13, 2008 Author 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.
The Tingler Posted November 13, 2008 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!
neon_git Posted November 13, 2008 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.
Thrik Posted November 13, 2008 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!
The Tingler Posted November 13, 2008 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.
MJ Posted November 13, 2008 Author Posted November 13, 2008 Tingler, can you upload it to http://www.mediafire.com for me?
The Tingler Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 Hope this works! http://www.mediafire.com/?4j0izzqa4m2
MJ Posted November 14, 2008 Author 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?
The Tingler Posted November 14, 2008 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.
neon_git Posted November 14, 2008 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.
ThunderPeel2001 Posted November 14, 2008 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?)
neon_git Posted November 15, 2008 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.
Jake Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 I was just watching a talk Adams gave at a university about Last Chance to See here
neon_git Posted November 16, 2008 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.
MJ Posted November 16, 2008 Author Posted November 16, 2008 Read it, you git It really is his best book.
MJ Posted December 12, 2008 Author Posted December 12, 2008 The Tingler, can you get the new episode please?
V_Ben Posted December 16, 2008 Posted December 16, 2008 good grief, i didnt even know i could find this! thanks a bunch!
The Tingler Posted December 16, 2008 Posted December 16, 2008 I'll upload it as soon as my computer stops trying to kill itself. Hopefully tomorrow.
The Tingler Posted December 17, 2008 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.
MJ Posted December 17, 2008 Author 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...
The Tingler Posted January 18, 2009 Posted January 18, 2009 Before you ask, my personal favourite animal ever, the Kakapo.
MJ Posted January 19, 2009 Author 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!
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