The Salmon of Doubt

Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

by Douglas Adams
 
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On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikerâ??s Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacyâ??which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfictionâ??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 boyâ??s first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans canâ??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.

Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams.


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  • Subtitle: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
  • Media: Mass Market Paperback Book, 336 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey (April 26, 2005)
  • ISBN-10: 0345455290
  • ISBN-13: 9780345455291
  • Dimensions: 3.8 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.3 lbs
  • Note: Some of this information came from Amazon.com

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