false 359 30 On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of <i>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy</i>, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy&#8212;which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfiction&#8212;Douglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters. <br><br>In a way that none of his previous books could, <i>The Salmon of Doubt</i> provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boy&#8217;s first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans can&#8217;t make a decent cup of tea; from lyrical tributes to the sublime pleasures found in music by Procol Harum, the Beatles, and Bach to the follies of his hopeless infatuation with technology; from fantastic, fictional forays into the private life of Genghis Khan to extended visits with Dirk Gently and Zaphod Beeblebrox: this is the vista from the elevated perch of one of the tallest, funniest, most brilliant, and most penetrating social critics and thinkers of our time.<br><br>Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 809325 2002 The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time total:3080|5:888|4:1101|3:875|2:190|1:26| 3080 11875 4300 169 5 8 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jul 04 11:24:24 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 12:08:36 -0700 2007 The Salmon of Doubt is not a single novel, but rather a collection of goods pulled from Adams' computer after his death--including a draft of the first few chapters of his next Dirk Gently story (also titled The Salmon of Doubt, thus the larger part of this collection's title). Also ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Jul 11 12:56:06 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 13:02:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jul 28 09:22:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 20 15:14:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Aug 15 10:47:30 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 13:08:37 -0700 2008
I'd really like a well-organized and indexed collection of all of Douglas Adams' short writings. Round up all the columns and editorials he wrote, the text he did for his websites, everything, and get it all tied up with a...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Feb 21 02:07:12 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 02:12:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:09:39 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 11:10:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 07:21:40 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 09:06:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 27 15:48:30 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 15:52:59 -0700 2009
I love Douglas Adams, and this book is filled with insights to his mind and thoughts over the years. His ability to point out the inane, such ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 22:25:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 09:38:51 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 22:25:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:34:30 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:41:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Aug 06 08:14:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:53:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 11:50:11 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 06:19:46 -0700 2008 1
The journalism on technology is remarkably prescient, as well as being warm and o...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 19:43:02 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 20:02:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 22 12:24:08 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 28 11:54:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Aug 12 17:14:32 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 17:14:35 -0700 2007 Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, the true last b...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 29 20:41:52 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 14:01:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 24 09:50:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 02 15:00:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 17 22:27:39 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 16 09:32:02 -0800 2009 3
Pulled from his many Mac hard drives, this book contains an assortment of essays, articles, random thoughts and anecdotes, as well as his unfinished work on The Salmon of Doubt, what was to be the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 12 11:00:02 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 11:02:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 12:10:39 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 14:14:27 -0700 2007 more...]]>