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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: A tribute to Douglas Adams (because so many people have expected it) | ||||
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| Arthur Dent | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 9:31 AM |    | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00  | First a couple of links so everyone can know what I'm talking about. A link to online copies of all the stories: Visit this Website A link to some great quotes from his works: Visit this Website So, why is HHGTTG so important to me? Well, for a long time growing up, I took life WAY to seriously. Everything was very important and nothing was funny. I couldn't stand sitcoms and all the stupid people in comedy movies. They just didn't make me laugh. Then a friend in school told me to read HHGTTG. That book taught me to laugh at even the most serious situations and to take life more easily. It opened the door to a much more enjoyable life. So, Douglas Adams will be sorely missed. I can just hope that the movie version of HHGTTG will now be made in his honor so everyone can understand what was so special about his work. quote: quote: quote:  'Anyone who is capable of being elected president should on no account be allowed to do the job' - The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Arthur smiled at him wanly and shrugged again. He turned and smiled wanly at the rest of the pub just in case any of them had heard what was going on. None of them had, and none of them could understand what he was smiling at them for. | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 10:06 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | I think I got one of the most valueble pieces of advise from Adams. It is the phrase on the cover of the book, written in big friendly letters: Don't Panic  | ||||
| mikeWOW | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 10:56 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | dent- froy already had a thread about adams "i hate people that dont get it!" | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 11:03 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Yeah Dick, I know. That's why I didn't do this on Monday. But so many people have been posting "Why didn't Dent do this?" "I expected Dent to say that." That I felt this thread was needed. 'Anyone who is capable of being elected president should on no account be allowed to do the job' - The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy Arthur smiled at him wanly and shrugged again. He turned and smiled wanly at the rest of the pub just in case any of them had heard what was going on. None of them had, and none of them could understand what he was smiling at them for. | ||||
| The Brain | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 1:07 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Thanks, Dent, for that nice tribute to one of the finest writers of our time. Once again, Douglas Adams' humor and style will be sorely missed. I'm with you, I hope they can make a film version of his works that lives up to the high standards he placed on himself. "ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I'M PONDERING?" | ||||
| O+A_Armyman | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 3:02 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | Yeah those books were funny. I'd like to thank you Dent, for turning me on to THGTTG "trilogy"  Proud grunt of the O+A army I know where my towel is. | ||||
| Cranky Ass | posted on 05-15-2001 @ 4:17 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | I can appreciate your appreciation for Douglas Adams but I never really understood it. The humor always seemed so forced and not really very funny to me. That being said, the guy was a great influence on a great number of people and thats what matters. ________________  Charcole brickette? Read My Column, Kickin Ass With FoundryMusicAntD on FoundryMusic.com , the most difficult site to navigate on the net. [INSERT CORNY SONG LYRICS OR WACK ZANY QUOTE HERE] | ||||
| IkeaBoy P.L.F. Portugese Liberation Front- Liberating Status' everywhere from the Tyranny of Portugal I will die a traitor's death | posted on 11-18-2001 @ 5:44 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Sep. 00 | i didnt' want to start a new thread but for you HH fans the 'final' book is going to be published next year. which is weird considering the ending of the previous final one but you know, anything can happen. Douglas Adams' Final 'Hitch Hiker's Guide' Found LONDON (Reuters) - The final unfinished novel by cult British author Douglas Adams is to be published next year on the anniversary of his death, his agent says. ``A Salmon of a Doubt,'' the final and sixth part of his classic ``The ``Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,'' has been edited from files found on Adams's computer after he died suddenly in May, Ed Victor told the Sunday Telegraph. ``We have pored over Douglas's hard drive. There were so many different versions of the novel. He would take it and then revise it repeatedly so there were many files,'' said Victor. ``As soon as he wrote anything he would say, 'Oh God, that's terrible'. He was a very, very self-critical author,'' he added. Adams died from a heart attack at his California home aged 49. His ``Hitch Hiker's Guide,'' about a group of galactic travelers who survive the demolition of Earth to build a space bypass, began life as a 1978 BBC Radio series. It was turned into a best-selling novel, a TV series, record album, computer game and adapted for stage. It made Adams a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. ``A Salmon of a Doubt'' will be published next May in a compendium of Adam's final works, including a film screenplay for the Hitch Hiker's Guide, Victor said.  | ||||
| The Brain | posted on 11-18-2001 @ 9:27 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Feb. 01 | Hmmm, as much as I hate to say it, I think they should leave the story untold. The person Ed Victor who the article quotes from said that Adams was "a very, very self-critical author". So would Adams really have wanted someone else to try and complete his book for him? And would they even be able (or would they even bother trying) to do it right, or would it just be an attempt to shill out an unfinished work for a few more dollars (or pounds) from his fans? I'll conquer the world long before Kingpin ever finds "Pinky" In Loving Memory of those who gave their lives needlessly, so that we could become truly UNITED IN SPIRIT... The tears that we shed for you all shall NOT be in vain. STAY STRONG, AMERICA This message was edited by The Brain on 11-18-01 @ 9:32 PM | ||||
| Spork | posted on 11-18-2001 @ 10:06 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jun. 01 | Did any of you guys ever see the BBC Hitchhiker's TV series? That was some whacked stuff - big time Douglas Adams meets cheesy Dr. Who like special effects. Pretty funny seeing how AWFUL Zaphod's second head looked!  Thank you to all the brave volunteers who brought us all together as a country, and thank you to those of you brave soldiers who will fight and have fought for our country. We are a free people because of your efforts. | ||||
| IAmMighty | posted on 11-18-2001 @ 11:14 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Sep. 00 | Come on Spork, you gotta love those zany British special effects. Just one step above "Lost in Space". | ||||
| Doc Smith I Love Anthony Zinni | posted on 11-19-2001 @ 4:15 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | quote:I thought that was the point, bad effects, campy acting...what more could you want? If Adams was so self-critical, how do you justify So Long And Thanks For All The Fish? It was god awful... --Edit-- Funny how Brain and I still have the same old sigs...have we reached perfection or are we just lazy? The price of freedom is eternal vigilance -Thomas Jefferson This message was edited by Doc Smith on 11-19-01 @ 4:19 AM | ||||
| Arthur Dent | posted on 11-19-2001 @ 10:13 AM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Nov. 00 | Douglas Adams = the Tupac Shakur of the literary world? I don't know about this. First, they should probably just let it rest. This isn't like Frank Herbert's son taking on Dune. This is someone grabbing a bunch of pieces and slapping them together into a story just to sell books. What I would find interesting is if they released ALL of the material they found and turned it into a "Hitchhiker's Guide to Writing a Book" type deal. Something to give to inspiring writers or use as a guide in a college writing class. | ||||
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