Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[Craig Newman]

Is 42 an even number????

Will this be a LC stack that looks like the Guide? I think I can suggest a couple of words to put on the cover.

Craig

> On Jul 14, 2026, at 11:15 AM, David Bovill via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been quietly working away on a new project for the last couple of
> years - that I'd like to share here on my favourite list first - to sense
> the temperature, and guage if there is a will and interest to participate.
> 
> Long story short, through a set of improbable historical coincidences, we
> have inherited the rights to use the characters and story lines for
> Hitchhikers Guide - to build a real world working copy of the Guide itself.
> Our aim is to re-imagine what such a guide would look like given all
> the amazing tech we have now to build it with, and for some completely
> irrational reasons hand over the rights to all of this to whoever shows up
> and helps us build this thing.
> 
> This is my first post on this, it's not marketing, or hype - just a
> shout-out - or as we call it a Request for Guidance - to see if there are
> any good people out there interested in helping to build the Guide in
> Livecode, and in so doing reach out to a new generation of coders. We are
> looking to interest a new generation of coders experimenting with AI - but
> alos artists, and lovers of sci fi. We hope that this project could bring a
> new eneration of creators to Livecode and the beautiful language that we
> share  - and that Douglas Adam's was a big fan of - LiveTalk.
> 
> What do you think? Anyone interested?
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