“A fitting eulogy to the master of wacky words and even wackier tales . . . Salmon leaves no doubt as to Adams’s lasting legacy.”—Entertainment WeeklyWith an introduction to the introduction by Terry JonesDouglas Adams changed the face of science fiction with his cosmically comic novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its classic sequels. Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his … Sadly for his countless admirers, he hitched his own ride to the great beyond much too soon. Culled posthumously from Adams’s fleet of beloved Macintosh computers, this selection of essays, articles, anecdotes, and stories offers a fascinating and intimate portrait of the multifaceted artist and absurdist wordsmith.
Join Adams on an excursion to climb Kilimanjaro . . . dressed in a rhino costume; peek into the private life of Genghis Khan—warrior and world-class neurotic; root for the harried author’s efforts to get a Hitchhiker movie off the ground in Hollywood; thrill to the further exploits of private eye Dirk Gently and two-headed alien Zaphod Beeblebrox. Though Douglas Adams is gone, he’s left us something very special to remember him by. Without a doubt.
“Worth reading and even cherishing, if only because it’s the last we’ll hear from the master of comic science fiction.”—The Star-Ledger
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It was like reading a hitchhikers book, but about the authors life. It really made me appreciate just how much the humor in the books were a part of his personality. There was a lot of thought provoking and intriguing ideas as well.
It’s just fun to read more from Adams. Little excerpts from random bits of his life make you appreciate just how witty the man was.
Fun reading for a delightful background on the amazing Douglas Adams
This was published after Douglas Adams tragic and untimely death. It is not a novel. It is a journal/biography from his writings and notes. It reads very smoothly as if it is a conversation.
I have been a member of h2g2.com, h2g2.co.uk, and back again to h2g2.com since August 1999. I remember seeing Douglas in the online now, list and even …
My only regret is Douglas Adams did not live to finish it.
Did not meet my expectations.
I love Douglas Adams, and have enjoyed all his books. This book seems more like a compilation of articles he wrote over the course of his life. While I’ve found humor and fun in each article, they feel more like a slog, and I have given up on reading this book at least three times now. Having said that, I will try again, because it’s Douglas …
Nice learning more about DNA, some fun and/or funny bits.
So miss Douglas Adams. This was a delightful look into his creative mind and amazingly varied knowledge. I loved the bits and pieces of his unpublished stories and ideas.
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” was, and I don’t think I’m overstating things, a life-changing work for me. Humor and science fiction would never be the same for me after reading it and its sequels.
Tragically, we lost Douglas Adams much too young. This collection, released after his death, is a compilation of essays, interviews, and the …
Unfortunately, this is just a collection of random thoughts, essays, etc. I did not finish it because I was too bored. Adams was one of the better writers of stream-of-consciousness writing. Unfortunately, this book misses the mark.
Douglas Adams’ early death deprived us all of more whimsical and entertaining and even thought-provoking books. This book, put together from his files after his death, also contains work by his friends–and it rally brings that loss to the forefront. He is missed, and this book shows why.
A final great Douglass Adams read.
Put together after Adams’ death. Was not as good as I had hoped.
The Salmon of Doubt story, unfinished as it is, was fun and quite in the spirit of his genre–Adams’ lectures and the other filler was not.
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Of course it’s good. It’s Douglas Adams!,,,,,,,,,
It’s a collection of articles and an unfinished story.