"A fitting eulogy to the master of wacky words and even wackier tales
. . . Salmon leaves no doubt as to Adams's lasting
legacy."--Entertainment Weekly
With an introduction to the introduction by Terry Jones
Douglas 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 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.
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"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**