New Technology : The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Changing Stories Across Mediums

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“That’s not what happened in the books!” If previous seasons are any indication, a subset of Game of Thrones fans are going to be yelling this a lot at their TVs for the next few Sundays. They’ll probably tweet, and leave angry comments, about changes they don’t like. They shouldn’t. Mediums have different strengths and weaknesses, and adapting a text from one medium to another sometimes calls for substantial changes. Perhaps no one understood this better than legendary science fiction author Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Adaptations “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot...

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