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It was the anniversary of Douglas Adam's death yesterday. Author of the greatest trilogy of books ever written - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
May 12, 2019 9:41 AM
lunarProblemBeast
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It was the anniversary of Douglas Adam's death yesterday. Author of the greatest trilogy of books ever written - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
insidiousbookworm
I got to visit his gravesite a couple years back—he’s got a cup on the stone for fans to leave pens
Silieol
Half way through the first one I thought it read a lot like Dirk Gently. Then I realised its the same author. On #3 of the Guide right now.
Captain77
May the 25th is towel day.
BQZip
*upvotes 42 times*
zobPilot
Let’s not forget Dirk Gently
HobbitHouse
Love his Thor
Bigemedic
Let’s all raise our Pan-Galactic Gargleblasters in tribute.
HobbitHouse
“Oh no, not again”
bobGrimer
Many scientists speculate that if we knew why the bowl of petunia's had thought that, we'd know a lot more about the universe than we do now
Matixd83
The secret to flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss
thylm
That's a real frood.
brainstream
A hoopy frood indeed.
StrawberryPrincess92
A real hoopy frood who really knew where his towel was.
Jwdoke
* increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers trilogy #fify
daguq
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
poets
Many people think it was created by some sort of god.
bobGrimer
It is, however, not possible to understand this without the educational level of advanced god. However, since they are too busy trying to...
bobGrimer
...explain how it is that they came into existence six minutes after the universe was created rather than, as they had always claimed, two..
bobGrimer
...weeks before, none are available for comment at this time.
GhostTater
FrogBotherer
Hitchhiker's was one of the first books that really got me into reading when I was a kid.
Sturmdodo
“For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.”
Selerox
We apologise for the inconvenience.
dazedNconfuzed
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by."
DodderingCommandant97
TechnicallySpeakingImAWhatever
HypocriticalBastard
Hi GRRM
101Medic
- George RR Martin
GuacamoleMoleMolester
arocktrucker777
What is this from.
MinxyJinx
Thats the Pirates of the Caribbean. Not related to the author.
StrawberryPrincess92
unlike Douglas Adam's Uncle, Lawrence of Arabia.
AdmJota
I was on a waiting list at my local bookstore for _Salmon of Doubt_ since its original scheduled release date, years before he passed away.
RebelSkull
Ha! I love it.
mentallychallengeaccepted
*wosh*
RebelSkull
mentallychallengeaccepted
Did y... did you love it?..
RebelSkull
I did. In fact, I still do.
InsaneDeman
There are many reasons to +1, here...I chose the proper use of the word, "trilogy."
savagPieHero
“As a result of having 100 arms they are the only species in the galaxy that developed the underarm deodorant before the wheel”
PballQhead
Pedant alert! "The Jatravartids are small blue creatures with more than fifty arms each, who are therefore unique in being the only race 1/2
PballQhead
in history to have invented the aerosol deodorant before the wheel."
savagPieHero
Correction welcome. My memory needs refreshing. Going to re-read them!
rikm
I keep asking for Pan--Galactic Gargleblaster's at bars- once was told that since Earth was destroyed, ingredients were unavailable...lol...
Oggerschummer
Realborisboef
KOBE
kapitioctopus
What a very good man. We need more people like him in charge of things.
quelin
In large friendly letters: "Dont Panic"
Mejsel
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't"
macthelost
I have read many hundreds of books and this is still my favorite line ever.
skwint
"Thunder rolled. He rolled a six." is up there with it.
IAmTheBadW01f
I credit that man with a good portion of my sense of humor.
insongwhang
You're a fan of Terry Pratchett, too?
IAmTheBadW01f
I keep meaning to read stuff of his, haven't gotten around to it
insongwhang
They share really similar style of humor, I can highly recomment reading Pratchett.
MufinMcFlufin
He had a similar quote I love from another story. Something like "The light rushed in the dusty room like cops 'What's all this'ing about"
ContagiousOutrageous
Sounds Terry Pratchet-esque
bobGrimer
I think of them as two sides of the same coin. One Sci-Fi the other Fantasy. Both brilliant.
ContagiousOutrageous
Never thought of them like that but completely agree
MufinMcFlufin
I already knew I should read his works, but now I'm even more motivated to do so.
Killamari
Everyone should read 'Last Chance to See' - one of the best biology books ever written that Adams wrote while working on a BBC research trip
avastmehearty
There is a TV series too, with Stephen Fry!
UnholyMoses
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brusten0
I’m old, I remember the radio play that started it all.
Lordhartley
So am I, crying inside at the years
SirLyonhart
I'm not quite as old. I remember the BBC series that played on PBS.
jridley
The TV series is on Amazon Prime for y'all's info.
ActionJohnnie
That’s what got me started.
brusten0
TV or radio PBS? Radio was 78 originally in the UK, TV was 81.
SirLyonhart
TV, but apparently I was old enough for the radio series. I didn't listen to PBS radio.
SteveO
the tv series was classic, loved it
hippocampus
the TV marvin really nailed it.
StrawberryPrincess92
That tv miniseries is still my favourite video adaptation of the series. When I re-read the books, that's who the characters are.
SirLyonhart
Well, the books were written after the TV series, pretty much word for word from the radio series from what I've read.
drakeshayne
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 1/?
drakeshayne
million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. 2/2
gestun
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools”
avastmehearty
This is why his keynote speech at Java-One was the highlight of my brief career at Sun Microsystems
IAmTheBadW01f
Neat! My dad worked for them for a while, kinda accidentally, because the startup he was at (High Ground) was bought up by them
avastmehearty
I lasted 11.5 months or so...
IAmTheBadW01f
Oof, what ended it?
IAmTheBadW01f
That quote is one of my mottos, as an aspiring complete fool
bluey82d
A trilogy in 5 parts at that!
ChosenChaos
Six parts, if you count "And Another Thing..."
jennym123
No one counts that book.
Pumuchei
I did not like the fifth book at all.
Pheehelm
Douglas Adams: "For all sorts of personal reasons I don't want to go into, I just had a thoroughly miserable year, and I was trying (1/2)
Pheehelm
(2/2) to write a book against that background. And, guess what, it was a rather bleak book!"
Selerox
I read the fifth. Then promptly made a decision never to speak or think of it again.
myfriendthedoppelganger
I met Douglas 16 days before he died. Though he was an atheist, his funeral was held in a church and was very religious. He’d have hated it
TiroDvD
He's English. It's one of those obligatory things like the grubby little "sandwiches" at pubs.
myfriendthedoppelganger
Perhaps. But Adams’ writing was militantly Atheist and he viscously (and cleverly) mocked God throughout his books, especially H2G2.