Like all good stories, the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy kicks off with the careless destruction of the earth in what could be considered to be an act of death by bureaucracy.  This made a lot of people happy and has been widely considered to be a pretty sweet move.  Not least the BBC Radiophonic Workshop who had no end of fun working out just what that should sound like.  So we are at the beginning of a journey that will take several months as we work through the majority of Douglas Adams catalogue.  Don’t Panic.