Douglas Noel Adams is no longer with us :(

[az]

<TABLE BGCOLOR="#000000"><TR><TD><FONT FACE="verdana" COLOR="#CCCCCC" SIZE="2">The author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, inventor of the babelfish, died 49 years old of a heart attack.

<FONT SIZE="4">So long, and thanks for all the fish!</FONT>

AZ</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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[Chris B]

Man I loved his stuff!

Favorite Hitchhikers Guide quote:

"Time´s an illusion, lunchtime doubly so!"

[Grego]

Sad to hear it

Thanks for some great journeys.

[HollyBerri]

He will most definitely be missed.

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Holly

[Sasq]

I think I'm going to have to sit down and have a cup of abrownian motion.

I liked hitch hikers, but don't forget Dirk Gentlies holistic detective agency.

poor truck driver was also a rain god

Dan

[Taz]

He had an amazing sense of humour and will be greatly missed

Ford 'Prepare yourself Arthur, going into hyperspace is a bit like being drunk'
Arthur 'What's wrong with being drunk'
Ford 'Ask a glass of water'



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[KvHagedorn]

That sucks..

It's really the end of the universe then.. that wacky weird wonderful universe thought up in the mind of that wacky weird wonderful genius? There will be no more tales of Dirk Gently, or Ford Prefect, or any other wonderful Adamsian oddballs? It's too sad to even think about. This man plastered a goofy smile on my face from the first page to the last, made me think about all sorts of odd and interesting things, made the English language dance and cavort and endlessly entertain. If I were to be missed as much as he will be, I don't think I would leave in the first place. Be blessed wherever you go from here Doug Adams, for you have given the world great joy.

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Kind Regards,

KvH

[fredo5]

awww MAN!!!! that just BLOWS GOATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he was so cool. oh well, i guess all good thing(and people) must come to an end...

rest in peace

fredo

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[bacon]

'Now the world has gone to bed,
Darkness won't engulf my head,
I can see in infrared,
How I hate the night'


Marvin



A sad day.

[Wombat]

I really really liked Adams and his work. But I won't regret not having another story with Ford Prefect. HG2G was awesome, and the next few were nearly as good, but the end of the series was pretty bad. It lost a lot of the, ummm, "un-common sense" that moved the Universe in the first few. And the multi-dimensional H2G2 II and Prefect's daughter were all a reach.

[Drizzt]

Thanks for all the fish, Adams.

[Helevitia]

There are so many wonderful people on this earth. It's always sad to see them go...

HHG2G was inspiring to me as I grew up. Thanks for making another positive in my life!

Dave

[RichL]

I shall raise a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster or three in his memory.

[DentyCracker]

Dammit, the good ones die young don't they

[agallag]

He will certainly be missed. HHGTTG is probably my all-time favourite series of novels. I think it was definitely a finished work, but I would've liked some more Dirk Gently stories. Oh well, everyone has to go sometime. Rest in peace.

As for my two favourite quotes:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Arthur hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realised that there was a contradiction there and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.</font>

and

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">'How do you feel?' he asked him.
'Like a military academy,' said Arthur, 'bits of me keep passing out.'</font>

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