Douglas Adams is dead

Hobbes · 12-05-2001 2:53pm #1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1326000/1326657.stm

*sniffle*

Victor · 12-05-2001 9:20pm

Now we can have the "Hitchhiker's Guide to Voyager"

Changing call sign to SIERRA PAPA OSCAR OSCAR FOXTROT.

Trojan · 12-05-2001 10:05pm

Sad to hear, great writer and great wit. Pity he didn't write more.

Al.

Evil Phil · 13-05-2001 12:01am

It's sad alright, and he has a 6 year old daughter. I'd say he was a great father.

[IAR]Nevermind · 13-05-2001 1:07am

ah no , he was a bloody great writer. didnt know bout his daughter

Paladin · 13-05-2001 4:14pm

Aye. Only 49 years old

Megatron · 14-05-2001 11:30am

well to say it was a shock to see the tile to this thread ....
I am indeed sad to hear such news.

May our prayers comfort his Family.

There goes another great writer altogether.

No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands.
P.S. Avator fromerly know as Gamblor !!

SHADOW · 14-05-2001 4:04pm

yah that is an awful shame....the mans sence of humor was unparalleled imho...

A great loss...

Yo Mamma · 14-05-2001 4:18pm

thats some bad mews right there

WhiteWashMan · 15-05-2001 12:59am

an absolute tragedy

sceptre · 15-05-2001 11:44pm

Richard Dawkins wrote a great piece on him in Monday's Guardian - professional and personal, well worth reading.

Evil Phil · 16-05-2001 1:49pm

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"Oh Douglas -- your friends don't know what to think or say. You've left the party far, far too early. All those who knew you -- and that includes millions who never met you -- loved you. I can't think of anything more to write. Love Stephen"

-- Stephen Fry

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Executive Steve · 16-05-2001 4:04pm

not only was he an absolute comic genius, but he was an extremely intelligent man, and if you reread his work from a certain point of view, theres a surprising [for a sci fi comedian] depth of thought at play. he was working on the online hitchhikers guide, a sort of open source encyclopedia afaik. anyone seen it or know a link to it?

theCzar · 16-05-2001 9:30pm

i was really looking forward to "the sixth in the increasingly inaccurately named trilogy"

49 is tragic, he kicks Pratchett's ass when it comes to satire if not spam...

/me weeps openly

"The post you have just read is true... and by true, I mean false, it's all lies... but they're entertaining lies, and in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer... is no..."

darthmise · 18-05-2001 12:35am

He made me laugh no end...

Douglas Adams is dead

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