Douglas Adams appreciation thread

[JitterbugPerfume]

I am re-reading The Hitchhikers Guide , and I aim to go straight through his work until I get to the last "the Salmon of Doubt" published after his death

[stop the bleeding]

1. great author

O8)

[A Simple Game]

2. I just finished rereading the five books in the

Hitchhikers Guide trilogy myself.

Well, a couple of months ago.

[cobalt1999]

14. He had a way of phrasing things that made me burst of laughing.

"they hung in the air in exactly the way that bricks don't" - priceless

[mac56]

3. "Last Chance To See" is an absolute must.

nm

[Gothmog]

5. The book on tape version is narrated by Adams

We used to have a book on tape version narrated by Adams himself. It was great.

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. I simply MUST

get the book on tape :woohoo:

[Richardo]

6. I second that.

:thumbsup:

[eggplant]

4. "The Wrong Frog Might Get In"

This has to be one of the funniest (and most relevent) bits in the series.

[Wickerman]

8. I had the honor of seeing Douglas read in 1982 or 1983

I don't recall what he read, but he was great. Bizarrely, he had a heckler. She was either drunk or mentally ill and he did a wonderful job handling her. Gentle, funny, and with respect he kept her from being center of attention yet allowed her to retain her dignity. It was a wonderful insight into the great human being behind some fantastic writing. I miss him.

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. wow

that HAD to be just fantastic

he was so insightful and smart

[CornField]

10. Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul

I had to stop reading because I was laughing so hard. In this one, sleuth Dirk Gently investigates a lawyer and an advertiser who possess the soul of the god Odin. The absurdities are rich and the storyline is magnificent.

On edit: for the record, not a part of the Hitchhiker's series but it is my favorite Adams work.

[Charlie Brown]

11. very funny, underappreciated author

In spite of the Hitchhiker's Guide fame, I always thought "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" was the best book he wrote. It's the most purely Adams book in his cannon, with some of his most ingenius concepts, like the Electronic Monk and the time-travelling College Don. I wish Adams had written more.

[hermetic]

12. You know he was a major environmentalist?

I have a picture of him dressed as a rhino as he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for Save the Rhino.

Thursday 23 March 2006, the Royal Geographic Society, London SW7
Save the Rhino International and the Environmental Investigation Agency are co-hosting the Fourth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture with a talk by Professor Robert Winston on 23 March 2006, the Royal Geographic Society, London SW7. In this talk, he will combine some of the apparently threatening aspects of technology and the trust, or lack of it, in science.

http://www.savetherhino.org/events/lectures__talks/

You can see the picture and read his account of the climb here: http://www.rhinoclimb2006.com

Enjoy.

[JitterbugPerfume]

13. I read about his environmental interests in

A Salmon of Doubt


I also learned how to make a propler cup of English tea

[Kiouni]

15. I actually am ashamed to

admit this but i had never heard of these books or radio shows before the movie being that i am kind of young and read them all before the movie and wow. thats about all i can say is wow and since then i have given quite a few novels as gifts.