1. Douglas Adams - Highgate Cemetery
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Douglas Adams is best-known as the author of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a quirky comedy charting the intergalactic travels of Arthur Dent following the unexpected demolition of Earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Beginning life as a drama for BBC Radio 4, it has since been transformed into internationally bestselling novels -- nonsensically called 'a trilogy in five parts'.
2. Meet Douglas Adams | Just English
Aug 14, 2012 · Douglas Adams and his imagination beyond and above limits. Meet him for a long talk, hear his voice and thoughts about parrots, monkeys and everything.
One of my most favourite authors, Douglas Adams and his imagination beyond and above limits. Meet him for a long talk, hear his voice and thoughts about parrots, monkeys and everything @ Fo…
3. Cool Stuff | Essays | Introductions | Remembering Douglas - Neil Gaiman
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from Hitchhiker by M.J. Simpson
4. Quote by Douglas Adams: “The waiter approached. 'Would you like to see ...
The waiter approached. 'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?' 'Huh?' said Ford. 'Huh?' said Arthur.
The waiter approached.'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?''Huh?' said Ford. 'Huh?' said Arthur....
5. Douglas Adams
"I met Douglas just once, at a crowded, noisy party. He said 'Pardon?' I said 'Sorry?' and the press of guests separated us. I wish they hadn't. When I ...
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6. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now 42 - NASA Spaceflight Forum
Mar 8, 2020 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the sci-fi comedy story by Douglas Adams, is now 42:
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7. Douglas Adams Tour: The Nerd Big Three - Yvette Keller
Jul 13, 2021 · This post is an outtake from my 2015 forty-two places Douglas Adams tour. I'm cutting a lot of 1st-person POV from the upcoming book, Forty-Two Places.
A rock under glass and a clock. Not part of my Forty-Two Places Douglas Adams Tour, but for sure two of The Nerd Big Three.
8. "Douglas Adams is a hack." | Ars OpenForum
Jun 19, 2006 · Adams is best appreciated in small chunks, a few chapters at a time. The best way is to read a book then give yourself a couple years before you tackle the ...
This line got me punched in the head Saturday.Let me say that I read through the first 2 books of the series, and about half way through the 3rd, said to myself, "Goddamn, this sucks." The lack of any real story or point just kept infuriating me, but I gave it the benefit of the doubt (mostly...
9. Douglas Adams | Bio | University Leadership
Douglas Adams. Executive Director, Institute of National Security Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Daniel F. Flowers Professor
10. Quote by Douglas Adams: “Your wife,” said Arthur, looking around ...
and meet your next favorite book! ... Your wife,” said Arthur, looking around, “mentioned some toothpicks.” He said it with a hunted look, as if he was worried ...
Your wife,” said Arthur, looking around, “mentioned some toothpicks.” He said it with a hunted look, as if he was worried that she might suddenly leap ou...
11. Douglas Adams's cow that wants to be eaten - Word Hoard
Jul 11, 2010 · Douglas Adams's cow that wants to be eaten. Last ... "Would you like to see the menu?" he said, "or would you like meet the Dish of the Day?
Last semester one of my intro to philosophy students reminded me, at a handful of points through the semester, of scenes from The Hitchhiker...
12. 9/13/1983 – 'Dinner with Douglas Adams – 1st met.'
Sep 13, 2012 · 9/13/1983 – 'Dinner with Douglas Adams – 1st met.' ... When Jim Henson had dinner with Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to The ...
When Jim Henson had dinner with Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, they must have had much to discuss. The idea of working together on a project was intriguing and in 1985, Adams got involved with some Henson projects. Their shared interest in technology brought the two men together, particularly as Jim explored the possibilities for computer animation (for the Labyrinth opening and Starboppers) and various computing tools.
13. Parrots, the Universe and Everything - Full Transcript
This is one of the last public appearances of Douglas Adams in which he talks about his book, Last Chance to See, coauthored with Mark Carwardine. The talk ...
Video and full transcript of Douglas Adams' talk about his book “Last Chance to See”. One of hist last public appearances, the talk was given at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and recorded about a month before his death.
14. Announcing Douglas Adams - Pushkin Industries
Sep 23, 2024 · 20 years after that fateful meeting, Arvind brought Douglas Adams famous detective Dirk Gently to a global audience as Executive Producer of ...
Announcing Douglas Adams: Explaining the World, an original audiobook written and presented by Douglas Adams’ one-time protégé and chart-topping Audible author Arvind Ethan David. Brought to you by Prodigal Entertainment and set to be distributed by Pushkin Industries, the project is being launched on Kickstarter here.
15. Douglas Adams talks. Part 4: Science fiction, comedy, re-writes and ...
Mar 8, 2018 · ... interested until I discovered this enormous sub-culture and met people and found I knew nothing about it whatsoever. I always used to…
After Parts One, Two and Three, the final part of my 1980 interview with Douglas Adams… JOHN: Are you actually interested in science fiction? DOUGLAS: Yes and no. I always thought I was inter…
16. Douglas Adams | The Digital Antiquarian
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17. Meet Douglas Adams | Farm Bureau Financial Services
Farm Bureau Financial Services Agent Douglas Adams is a local agent who will get to know you and offer customized auto, home, farm, business, ...
Farm Bureau Financial Services Agent Douglas Adams is a local agent who will get to know you and offer customized auto, home, farm, business, life and financial services solutions to fit you.
18. Douglas Adams - Pan Macmillan
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage ...
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19. Douglas Adams, a Man of Thirty Guitars - Life, DNA & H2G2
When Douglas Adams created “The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy”, he wanted it to look like more a rock album than a more classical radio series. He was in ...
Douglas Adams often said that to be able to write he had to eat an impressive amount of sandwiches and soak in a just as considerable a number of baths. “There’s also a lot of playing the guitar very loudly involved as well. This used only mildly to irritate the neighbors when I just had an acoustic guitar which i would practice intricate finger-picking styles on when suffering from writer’s block. However, since I bought a Fender Stratocaster a couple of years ago even a mild case of searching le mot juste can now cause pain and anger along most of Upper street ”
20. Tech has graduated from the Star Trek era to the Douglas Adams age
Feb 21, 2024 · We seem to be moving from technology inspired by Star Trek to tech straight out of books by Douglas Adams.
Posted on Wednesday 21 Feb 2024. 1,196 words, 13 links. By Matt Webb.
21. Douglas Adams | The Guardian
May 1, 2024 · Free thinker: Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. In brief: 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams; ...
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22. Douglas Adams | Official Publisher Page - Simon & Schuster
Douglas Adams, a legend of imaginative fiction, ushered in the advent of comedic science fiction with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Douglas Adams, a legend of imaginative fiction, ushered in the advent of comedic science fiction with The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The book developed into a hugely successful series of five novels. The Dirk Gently series—Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul—helped cement Adams as one of the most successful and beloved authors in science fiction.
