Last year my dad told me he tried to find CJ Cherryh novels on audiobooks (because he is disabled and has trouble reading) and none of her titles were available.
So he wrote her and asked why, and she wrote back that the format didn't work for her, and he wrote back that he was disappointed and had been a big fan but couldn't read them anymore
He didn't hear anything else
But now her books out on audio and he bought them 
I found that out last night
I told him to write her and thank her
but tell her she was right
they misprounounced all the names etc.
Eg Chanur should rhyme with manure
and the kif should sound like Larry the Cable Guy "Imma gon cut his headoff and put it onna stick, nobl' hanny Cap'n"
The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.