The salmon of doubt : hitchhiking the galaxy one last time / Douglas Adams.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harmony Books, c2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxvi, 299 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 1400045088
- 1400045088 (hc)
- 9780345459350
- 823/.914 21
- PR6051.D3352 S25 2002
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Editor's note / Peter Guzzardi -- Prologue / Nicholas Wroe -- Introduction / Christopher Cerf -- Life -- The universe -- And everything -- Epilogue / Richard Dawkins.
"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." "The Salmon of Doubt provides 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 Procul 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."--BOOK JACKET.
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