Douglas Adams
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All the clouds knew ... was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him and to water him.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.
He's not famed for his characterisation – there's no character arc ... It's about ideas. He had a totally different take. Maybe it comes from being very large? [Adams was 6ft 5in] He's the only novelist who can make ideas into page-turners and make philosophy funny. For example, he says every civilisation goes through three phases: survival ('how can we eat?'), inquiry ('why do we eat?') and sophistication ('where shall we have lunch?').More quotes »
Around the web
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Progression of Paper Books to eBooks – Animated – as told by Douglas Adams
Well, I think the title covers it. But watch and love: Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Get every new post delivered to your Inbox. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Email check failed, please try again Sorry, your blog from State of the Fourth Estate Read more »
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BBC axes Dirky Gently
BBC has axed Dirk Gently, its star Stephen Mangan has revealed. He broke the news that the comedy-drama, based on the Douglas Adams novels, will not be returning to BBC Four on Twitter. He wrote: ‘It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to report that the BBC have from Chortle UK Read more »
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Tony Blair doesn't let Leveson inquiry protests cloud his mood
is a character in the Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series called Rob McKenna, who is a haulage driver and also, though he doesn't know it, a Rain God. Whatever the weather is doing anywhere else, McKenna's every move is trailed by black from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
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Dirk Gently Cancelled
has Tweeted this afternoon that the BBC 4 show, which was adapted by Misfits creator Howard Overman from the novels by Douglas Adams, has been cancelled. “It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to report that the BBC have decided not to make any more,” he posted from SFX Read more »
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Getting the Book Invented Properly
before we actually had e-readers, Douglas Adams recorded the audio portion of this video in 1993 for his publisher, Voyager Expanded Books. Now there’s a competition underway challenging animators to illustrate Adams’ prophetic essay, and this entry by Gavin from Neatorama Read more »
