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Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams 2004062729
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p. cm. in 2005. BookPublishing FirstpublishedinGreatBritainbyHeadline Includesbibliographical references andindex. ISBN0-345-4765 1-4
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Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams has his own day. May 25 is Towel Day, and his fans celebrate his works by carrying a towel. If you have to ask, "Why a towel?" then you are not a hoopy frood. If you don't experience a brief glow of joy whenever the number 42 arises somehow during your day, then your knowledge of the universe is sorely lacking. And if you are reading this and seriously have no idea what I'm talking about, then where the hell have you been?
I'm talking, of course, about the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A trilogy that happens to be five books long. Which makes perfect sense, because had he called it the Hitchhiker's Dekology and only written five books, folks would have called him a quitter. But, hey, that guy who wrote a five volume trilogy? Now there's a real go-getter.
The first entry in the series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, exists as a book, a radio play, a television series, a movie, and computer game. Adams had a hand in the creation of all of them. If somehow it could have been made edible, there would have a line of Hitchhiker's Guide frozen dinners. Though it's not true, it really does seem as if Adams spent his entire life writing and rewriting one story. This might make him look like a workaholic, but don't believ