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The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

by: Douglas Adams

: The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780345455291
ISBN: 0345455290
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: April 26, 2005
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Sales Rank: 214664
Studio: Del Rey



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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.

Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams.


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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Original is still better than any book.
As a fellow fan of HHGG, allow me to share with you my copy of ALL 12 of the Original BBC series broadcasts ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - In Loving Memory of Douglas Noel Adams
The insight this book provides into the workings of the mind of Douglas Adams is at once deeply profound, moving, ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A mixed bag of goodies
An interesting little volume filled with Adams' musings about a wide-ranging array of topics. Some of the essays and ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - A mixed bag of goodies
An interesting little volume filled with Adams' musings about a wide-ranging array of topics. Some of the essays and ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Sorry, Douglas, I was disappointed...
Likely never intended for publication, but published anyway (as every famous writer's memoirs and journals are), this ... Read More

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