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Post by Celestial on May 27, 2008 4:18:21 GMT -5
Yes, he did say that.
The fifth one ended differently, though, when they did it. With them all being transported to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Trillian being there, and it all working out fine. Which was a bit of a cop-out, but I can understand them wanting to end it on a higher note.
I've not read the fifth one but I heard that Douglas Adams died before he could complete it.  |
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Post by Spoon on May 27, 2008 4:26:54 GMT -5
Yes, he did say that.
The fifth one ended differently, though, when they did it. With them all being transported to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Trillian being there, and it all working out fine. Which was a bit of a cop-out, but I can understand them wanting to end it on a higher note.
I've not read the fifth one but I heard that Douglas Adams died before he could complete it. It was the sixth that he died before completing - the Salmon of Doubt. The fifth was finished and published well before he died. The posthumously published version of Salmon was a Dirk Gently novel (well, half of one), but he had said in an interview that it was developing into a Hitchhiker novel. |
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Post by Mr. Meepit's Puppet on May 27, 2008 6:44:34 GMT -5
I think we can safely say that Douglas Adams is one of the most talented authors that ever existed. Wherever you are, sir, so long, and thanks for all the fish.
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Post by Celestial on May 27, 2008 8:19:38 GMT -5
I think we can safely say that Douglas Adams is one of the most talented authors that ever existed. Wherever you are, sir, so long, and thanks for all the fish. Seconded! He showed us where our towels are! For that I salute you Douglas Adams. Hope wherever you are now is even better than the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. *goes to ask if William McGonagall is a Vogon* >_> <_< |
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Post by Spoon on May 27, 2008 8:22:37 GMT -5
I think we can safely say that Douglas Adams is one of the most talented authors that ever existed. Wherever you are, sir, so long, and thanks for all the fish. Seconded! He showed us where our towels are! For that I salute you Douglas Adams. Hope wherever you are now is even better than the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. *goes to ask if William McGonagall is a Vogon* >_> <_< We will never sass a hoopier frood again, sadly. William McGonagall, we must assume, is a distant cousin of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings. (I shouldn't know that off the top of my head). |
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Post by Rikku on May 27, 2008 23:53:32 GMT -5
Ooh. I am very definitely joining this club. <3 I've read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and Life, The Universe And Everything ... and both of them are brilliant. And funny. And yeah.
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Post by Dice on May 28, 2008 4:47:49 GMT -5
Ooh, I would like to join this 
Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument isn't worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a fortune when he used it as the central argument in his book Well That About Wraps It Up For God.
Oh My Goodness, I love that quote  |
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Post by Mr. Meepit's Puppet on May 28, 2008 5:01:25 GMT -5
Oh, and don't forget:
The Book: It is important to note that suddenly, and against all probability, a Sperm Whale had been called into existence, several miles above the surface of an alien planet and since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity. This is what it thought, as it fell:
The Whale: Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Okay okay, calm down calm down get a grip now. Ooh, this is an interesting sensation. What is it? Its a sort of tingling in my... well I suppose I better start finding names for things. Lets call it a... tail! Yeah! Tail! And hey, what's this roaring sound, whooshing past what I'm suddenly gonna call my head? Wind! Is that a good name? It'll do. Yeah, this is really exciting. I'm dizzy with anticipation! Or is it the wind? There's an awful lot of that now isn't it? And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'! That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me? Hello Ground!
[dies]
The Book: Curiously the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias, as it fell, was, 'Oh no, not again.' Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly *why* the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
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Post by Tam on May 28, 2008 11:49:05 GMT -5
*joins*
*clears throat*
Oh freddled gruntbuggling...
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Post by Celestial on May 28, 2008 12:07:10 GMT -5
*joins* *clears throat* Oh freddled gruntbuggling...*becomes Tamia's intestine* *throttles her brain* >_> No more of that. |
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Post by laurensk90 on May 28, 2008 15:18:27 GMT -5
Ooh, I would like to join this
Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument isn't worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a fortune when he used it as the central argument in his book Well That About Wraps It Up For God.
Oh My Goodness, I love that quote Me too. I sometimes bring it up in conversation. By the way, I remember something about one quote of Douglas Adams that explained why it's impossible for life to exist in the universe, and it was pretty sensible too. Does anyone know which one that is? |
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Post by OG Loc on May 28, 2008 17:35:51 GMT -5
I will join! I've read up to half of Mostly Harmless. Never finished it for some reason...
I would actually have to say that the original Hitchhikers is the best book in the series.
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Post by Dice on May 29, 2008 4:38:42 GMT -5
My favorite book out of the three I've read was probably...hmm, it would be a very close tie between the original and Restaurant. I adore the talking meal <3
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Post by Jina on May 29, 2008 4:59:28 GMT -5
I reckon Restaurant is best. The cow who sells it's own rump rocks, and so does the whole Scrabble part at the end.
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Post by Mr. Meepit's Puppet on May 29, 2008 5:43:44 GMT -5
I've just started So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish.
'...two thousand years after a man had been nailed to a cross for trying to spread happiness...'
I loved that line!
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