On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy—which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfiction—Douglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was res...
On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy—which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfiction—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.
In a way that none of his previous books could, The Salmon of Doubt provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boy’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’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.
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy? A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in ...
2013-02-18 19:29
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy?
A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in the history of human species, we will find some beaver genes creeping in there somewhere. It's the only explanaion that makes sense.
Q: Have you ever been there?
A: I haven't been to the Yangtse since construction started. I never want to see the thing.引自 Interview With Virgin Airlines
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy? A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in ...
2013-02-18 19:29
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy?
A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in the history of human species, we will find some beaver genes creeping in there somewhere. It's the only explanaion that makes sense.
Q: Have you ever been there?
A: I haven't been to the Yangtse since construction started. I never want to see the thing.引自 Interview With Virgin Airlines
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy? A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in ...
2013-02-18 19:29
Q: What do you consider the most interesting man-made structure in the galaxy?
A: The dam they are building at the Three Gorges on the Yangtse. Though perhaps "baffling" would be a better word. Dams almost never do what they were intended to do, but creat devastation beyond belief. And yet we keep on building them, and I can't help but wonder why. I'm convinced that if we go back far enough in the history of human species, we will find some beaver genes creeping in there somewhere. It's the only explanaion that makes sense.
Q: Have you ever been there?
A: I haven't been to the Yangtse since construction started. I never want to see the thing.引自 Interview With Virgin Airlines
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