[RadioAstronomer]

The Hitchhiker's books were just cashing in on the success of the radio play. I'm afraid the radio play sounds a bit dated now (I have it on tape) but in 1981, when no one knew where it was going week by week, it was astonishing.

Cool. I didn't know that. :-)

[js1138]

The reason it sounds dated is, like Shakespeare, it's full of cliches.