The Salmon of Doubt


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63KB
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SmartSolutions
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Free
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Windows XP/2000/98
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4.5
License:
Freeware

Description - The Salmon of Doubt



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 non-fiction. 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 favourite 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.



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