Douglas Adams, you are sorely missed. RIP

[hidetheelephants]

Thanks to google for the reminder.

[JREwing]

The author of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy?
Am I missing something or didn't he die some years ago?

[hidetheelephants]

Duh; it's the anniversary of his untimely demise.

Do you know where your towel is?

Edited by hidetheelephants on Monday 11th March 02:14

[Digger]

JREwing said:

The author of Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy?
Am I missing something or didn't he die some years ago?

It's a google doodle on google.co.uk

[mark387mw]

hidetheelephants said:

Duh; it's the anniversary of his untimely demise.

Do you know where your towel is?

It's for his birthday, March 11, 1952

[Pints]

I hate to ruin it for the rest of you, but the answer is 42.
You can stop searching now.

[clonmult]

I always know where my towel is. No sensible intergalactic traveller is seen without a towel.

The guy was a genius, whilst sorely missed his legacy will outlive most of us - the novels, radio show, tv series and .... THE TOURING RADIO SHOW!!!

For those that didn't know, the original radio show cast toured last year, it was rather good. As soon as they announced dates for it this year, tickets ordered for the Reading and Basingstoke shows. The mention of the Basingstoke roundabout went down rather well here in Basingstoke.

[hidetheelephants]

mark387mw said:

hidetheelephants said:

Duh; it's the anniversary of his untimely demise.

Do you know where your towel is?

It's for his birthday, March 11, 1952

That'll teach me not to post a) in the small hours b) without factchecking first.

[singlecoil]

Pints said:

I hate to ruin it for the rest of you, but the answer is 42.
You can stop searching now.

Sounds like the question was wrong.

[GadgeS3C]

So long and thanks for all the fish.

RIP

[Grenoble]

Indeed.

I was lucky enough to attend a couple of book signings and here him read his work and take questions. I treasure my signed first editions.

I was then was lucky enough to exchange a few emails with him whilst at Uni on whether computers aided or hindered the writing process and a mutual love of all things Apple (in about 1999 when it was a niche)

RIP.

[HowMuchLonger]

Reminds me of a joke: how do you know if someone has an apple product.....they tell you.

[Grenoble]

HowMuchLonger said:

Reminds me of a joke: how do you know if someone has an apple product.....they tell you.

Where's the punchline?

Sent from my iPad

[LordGrover]

Have you clicked the doodle?

[CarCluster]

wish he'd written more - what do people read who were fans of Douglas Adams?
I like Robert Rankin, and tom Holt is OK. I can't get on with Terry Pratchett disc world, though which is often a suggestion from any similar author type of tools online. any Suggestions?

[themanalive]

CarCluster said:

wish he'd written more - what do people read who were fans of Douglas Adams?
I like Robert Rankin, and tom Holt is OK. I can't get on with Terry Pratchett disc world, though which is often a suggestion from any similar author type of tools online. any Suggestions?

I loved Rankin's early books. The first 4 of the Brentford Trilogy and the Armegeddon trilogy were absolutely brilliant. But after that I just stopped getting him. I kept buying them until the mid-2000s but havent bothered in recent years. Such a shame.

I recently read Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese which I really enjoyed and its a series. A little Rankinesque.

[Dr Jekyll]

CarCluster said:

wish he'd written more - what do people read who were fans of Douglas Adams?
I like Robert Rankin, and tom Holt is OK. I can't get on with Terry Pratchett disc world, though which is often a suggestion from any similar author type of tools online. any Suggestions?

Try Jasper Fforde. Not quite the same kind of thing but still combines surreal imagination with relentless logic and most DNA fans I know like his stuff.

[CarCluster]

Dr Jekyll said:

CarCluster said:

wish he'd written more - what do people read who were fans of Douglas Adams?
I like Robert Rankin, and tom Holt is OK. I can't get on with Terry Pratchett disc world, though which is often a suggestion from any similar author type of tools online. any Suggestions?

Try Jasper Fforde. Not quite the same kind of thing but still combines surreal imagination with relentless logic and most DNA fans I know like his stuff.

Yes - correct - I have read all of his, good call (the shades Of Grey novel I found a little below par, though)