You weren't the only one who was shocked. It took me a while
to get over that one! A real shame and right in the middle of
preparations for doing the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
Movie. From what I understand the project is now on the shelf.
Another book that you didn't mention is Last Chance Too See
which is non-fiction and about ecology but still has his wonderful
humour throughout.
Speaking of So Long And Thanks For All The Fish I loved the
part from the book where he describes his wait for a train where
he buys some biscuits and sits down to do the crossword. He
inadvertently steals someone else's biscuits while he thinks
someone else is stealing his.
hell wrote:
>
> Yes, Douglas Adams is correct. I was shocked to hear of his death - I was
> really hoping to see a few more books from him. For the record, there are 5
> books in the "Hitchhiker" series, the fifth one (Mostly Harmless)
> sub-titled: "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitch
> Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy".
>
> If you liked this series, you should also check out "Dirk Gently's Holistic
> Detective Agency" and "The Long, Dark Tea-time Of The Soul". Hilarious.
>
> I absolutely love his humour - he was incredibly witty. As well as the
> lines already quoted on-list, here are a couple of my favourites (both from
> "So long, and thanks for all the fish"):
>
> "You're not a friend of my brother's, are you?" "No." Her voice was the
> only part of her that didn't say "Good".
>
> ...also a bathroom which, Fenchurch explained, you could actually swing a
> cat in. "But," she added, "only if it was a reasonably patient cat and
> didn't mind a few nasty cracks about the head."
>
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