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The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker’s Guide
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by Simon Jones
Pocket Essentials, UK; paperback; April 2001
* The title on the front cover is A Completely and Utterly Unauthorised Guide to Hitchhiker’s Guide
* 75 signed, numbered ‘liff’ copies were available through the Hitchhiker‘s Guide Appreciation Society, bearing a large silver sticker which reads ‘This book could change your life’
The Pocket Essential Hitchhiker’s Guide
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by Simon Jones
Pocket Essentials, UK; paperback; October 2001
* This second edition includes an additional final chapter and a revision of the dedication from ‘In memory of Peter Jones’ to ‘In memory of Peter Jones and Douglas Adams’. It is otherwise identical to the first edition.
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Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by John Lloyd
Hodder & Stoughton, UK; hardback; March 2003
* Winner of the SFX Reader Award for Best Non-Fiction
* 30 signed, numbered copies were available through the Hitchhiker‘s Guide Appreciation Society, each including one page from the author’s notebook used during the research of this book
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by John Lloyd
Hodder & Stoughton, UK; trade paperback; March 2003
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by John Lloyd
Coronet, UK; paperback; February 2004
* Revised and updated
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Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Justin, Charles & Co, USA; hardback; November 2003
* Includes a new introduction and appendices explaining British personalities and television series referred to in the text
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Forthcoming:
Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
by MJ Simpson; with a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Justin, Charles & Co, USA; paperback; October 2004
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Elsa Lanchester: Bride of the Hunchback
by MJ Simpson
Tomahawk Press, UK; 2005
Books with contributions by MJ Simpson
Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Neil Gaiman; additional material by David K Dickson and MJ Simpson
Titan Books, UK; paperback; June 2002
* Originally published in 1987 (as Don’t Panic: the Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion); retitled edition in 1993 included four additional chapters by David K Dickson; this edition includes a further four additional chapters, plus revisions to existing text, by MJS. For contractual reasons Dickson and MJS are credited on the title page but not on the cover.
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Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Neil Gaiman; additional material by David K Dickson and MJ Simpson
Titan Books, USA; hardback; October 2003
* Includes a new introduction by Neil Gaiman
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Keine Panik!: mit Douglas Adams per Anhalter durch die Galaxis
by Neil Gaiman; additional material by David K Dickson and MJ Simpson
Heyne, Germany; paperback; October 2003
Nepropadejte panice: Douglas Adams a StopaÞÛv prÛvodce galaxií
by Neil Gaiman; additional material by David K Dickson and MJ Simpson
Argo, Czeck Republic; paperback; November 2003
* Due to a publisher’s error, David K Dickson and MJS are not credited
Pas de Panique!: Douglas Adams et le Guide Galactique
by Neil Gaiman; additional material by David K Dickson and MJ Simpson
Folio SF, France; paperback; April 2004
* Due to a publisher’s error, David K Dickson and MJS are not credited
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts (25th Anniversary Edition)
by Douglas Adams; with a foreword by Geoffrey Perkins
Pan Macmillan, UK; softback; 2003
* Republished at the instigation of MJS, including a previously unseen script discovered by MJS, and with additional notes by MJS
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Forthcoming:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
by Douglas Adams; with a foreword by Terry Jones
Harmony Books, USA; October 2004
* Includes an essay by MJS on the history of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Don’t Panic!: Essays on British TV Science Fiction
edited by John Cook and Peter Wright
IB Tauris, UK; 2004
* Includes an essay by MJS on the TV version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Popular Contemporary Writers
edited by Thomas McCarthy
Marshall Cavendish, USA; 2005
* Includes essays by MJS on Douglas Adams and Isaac Asimov
The Encyclopedia of Themes in Science Fiction and Fantasy
edited by Gary Westfahl
Greenwood Press, UK; 2005
* Includes essays by MJS on The Quatermass Experiment, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and The Incredible Shrinking Man
Other work by MJ Simpson
Magazine writing:
Book and Magazine Collector, Comedy Review, Computer Arts, Cult TV, Doctor Who Magazine, Elle, Fangoria, Hammer Horror, MonsterScene, Movie Collector, New Scientist, Psychotronic Video, Record Collector, Scriptwriter, SFX, SF-mag, Shivers, Starburst, The Sunday Times, Total Film, TV Zone, Video Watchdog
Television appearances:
The Big Breakfast, The Big Read, The Big Read: Battle of the Books, Central Weekend Live, Loose Lips, Reading the Decades, SF Scene, Style Challenge, 3001: A Sex Oddity, Top Ten TV, The Weakest Link
also:
Insiders (independent feature film)
Urusei Yatsura: ‘Phasers on Stun’ (music video)
Radio/television writing:
Captain Scarlet, Peter Dickson’s Nightcap, The Richard Blackwood Show, The Russ Abbott Show
Miscellaneous:
Biographical/filmographical on-screen notes for Artsmagic DVDs of:
A-LI-CE, Another Heaven, Battle Heater, The Bird People in China, Blue Remains, Blue Spring, Bullet Ballet, Evil Dead Trap, Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki, Fudoh: The New Generation, Full Metal Gokudo, Getting Any?, Goke: Bodysnatcher from Hell, Gonza the Spearman, Hiruko the Goblin, Junk, Kichiku dai Enkai, Ley Lines, Malice@Doll, Nine Souls, Rainy Dog, Roningai, Sabu, Shinjuku Triad Society, The Spiral, St John’s Wort, Sure Death, Sure Death: Revenge, Uzumaki, Village of Doom, Wild Zero, Young Thugs, Young Thugs 2
also:
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002 version) – DVD in-lay notes
Douglas Adams at the BBC – triple-CD conceived by MJS, researched and compiled with the assistance of MJS; amazon.co.uk