Re: End of an era...

From: Holger Baer <holger.baer_at_science-computing.de>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:11:50 +0200
Message-ID: <de2fgn$1d2$1@news.BelWue.DE>

hpuxrac wrote:

> Mark Townsend wrote:
> 

>>Jeroen van den Broek wrote:
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>>>Mark Bole wrote:
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>>>
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>>>>Not sure about the "thanks for the fish" reference, though...
>>>
>>>
>>>"So long, and thanks for all the fish" is the fourth book in Douglas Adams'
>>>famous Hitch-Hiker Trilogy...
>>>
>>
>>The book was in turn named after the last thing the dolphins said when
>>they left the earth just before it's destruction in the first book of
>>the trilogy.

> 
> 
> Is this the same author as the Harry Potter stuff?
> 

No. Sadly enough, there won't be any new books by Douglas Adams, because he followed the dolphins and left our planet by way of a heart attack in 2001.

Although he's mostly renowned by the Hitchhiker trilogy (all in all 5 volumes, btw), I favour 'Last chance to see' above all his other work. It's the most funniest and yet 'it makes you think' book I've ever read.

Also, you learn how to buy condoms in Shanghai.

Cheers,
Holger Received on Thu Aug 18 2005 - 12:11:50 CDT