As a teenager he devoured popular science fiction books like "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and "Ender's Game, " and always had a wild imagination.
And there is Mario Sepulveda, whose face has become familiar in front of the camera, as the guide to the men's underground home.
But the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has never had a problem with highly improbable events.
Fans of the emotional Sonny from I-Robot, or the depressed and bored Marvin from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, may be disappointed to hear that they are more likely to find a cockroach composing a symphony or writing a poem than a robot.
Mr. DAMON BROWN (Author, "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to the iPhone"): I think a lot of people who have seen that commercial assume that they'll be able to just glide from movie to Google Maps to searching for their favorite restaurant to calling them up for a reservation.
Before you dive in, however, we've introduced a few changes to the buyer's guide, so take a minute to prepare yourself for what's in store.
" Yet once again, the words of Agent Parker are the ultimate guide to what's really going on here, when she says that the people who flock to a serial killer reflect "the pathology of today's Internet-techno-bred minds" and "a new vacancy in our humanity.
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Frederick, a respected industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, writes monthly columns for Schwab's client newsletters and is the author of the book The Trader's Guide to Equity Spreads.
Deschanel, who's dabbled in jazz cabaret and sung on the occasional film soundtrack, has starred in such movies as Elf (you might remember her in-the-shower rendition of "Baby, It's Cold Outside") and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Last year, he joined a bipartisan group of business, law enforcement and religious leaders in signing the Indiana Compact, a set of principles to guide the state's immigration debate.
Lomborg, author of the book "Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming, " believes the cap-and-trade approach favored by Flannery and others is doomed to failure.
"Of course everyone is entitled to a peer group that they enjoy, " Burk, who is also the author of "Your Voice, Your Vote: The Savvy Woman's Guide to Power, Politics, and the Change We Need, " said.
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In honor of the anniversary, a team has been assembled to recreate a working version of the first website, a how-to guide hosted by the project's creators.
Politico's Guide to the General Election 2005 (Politico's), by Simon Henig and Lewis Baston, contains constituency profiles of the 200 most marginal constituencies.
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Alex Steffen is the executive editor of Worldchanging.com, which covers sustainable technology, design and innovation, and editor of the book Worldchanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century.
Several industries -- particularly the airline industry and the insurance industry -- have been hit hard by the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, and their progress will be watched closely as a guide to the overall U.S. economic and psychological recovery.
Outside of that, using foreign law as a guidepost or inspiration raises issues of both sovereignty and democracy by permitting jurists outside the U.S. system to guide the trajectory of our democracy.
If the company's fortunes are indeed a guide to those of many other big South Korean firms, the country's economy is in for a bumpy ride.
She published her own book, The Beginner's Guide to TV Interviews, as an e-book through her website.
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Anthony is the president of Innosight LLC, an innovation-strategy consulting firm, and the lead author of The Innovator's Guide to Growth.
Creating a digital guide to the world's highways and street addresses may be the cutting edge of technology, but it is also just long hours on the road.
"Most of these buildings are fun to see as they have their own distinct look, " says Kawabata Hiroya, author of a guide to the capital's structures, Architecture Map Tokyo.
Owen, a money manager, hedge fund investor and the author of The Prudent Investor's Guide to Hedge Funds (Wiley, 2000), attributes a large part of the problem to the cult of relative performance.
FiOS customers can apparently expect some improvements to the program guide as well, including the ability to browse by what's popular in their area, or by what was most popular in the same time slot last week.
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Ms Young's intrepid investigations have given her a clear grasp of the proper role of mankind in the web of life, and produced a delightful hitchhiker's guide to the planet.
The island's official tourism guide said her discovery had brought it to the "attention of the world's press".
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Sara Benson's "Mini guide to Las Vegas" from the BBC's Lonely Planet Magazine is a good primer.
To get started, here's a guide to the worthwhile Web tools that can help you fight sniffling, sneezing, and watery eyes.
Observers believe that the provincial vote will be a gauge of the country's political direction and a guide to how to the parliamentary elections will turn out this year.
Franks arrived to wrap up the innings, first denying Trescothick a well-deserved century as the left-hander's attempted guide down to third man ended in the hands of Ali Brown at a wide first slip, before Thomas edged to second slip and Willoughby was bowled.
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