Douglas Adams - "Mostly Harmless"
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- A DISCUSSION WITH National Authors on Tour Episode #33 - 1993
Nationally-known Science Fiction author talks to Kay Drache of Hennepin County Library about his new book MOSTLY HARMLESS, part of the HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series. (28:30)
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there's something about being a nerd before nerds were cool and then discovering HHGTTG and seeing that seeing things differently was a feature not a flaw that was liberating … and I've always remembered to look up.
also, I have a theory; In the film "It's a Wonderful Life," there is a touchstone throughout about bells ringing indicating that an angel has been awarded their wings and becoming fully vested and certified. … there are 42 such bells.
I'm so glad I got introduced to his work through his audio books that he narrated that's always the best❤
Oh, to be able to sit down and chat with Douglas... what a joy. he's endlessly fascinating, intelligent and entertaining. I love how he just described a computer as 'a bucket of reconstituted sand' , so nonchalantly!
Douglas Adams. What a fascinating, insightful and nice man he was. Gone far too early.
Of course he would be first to argue with you about that.😄
While Kissinger, Trump, Cheney, Putin et al live for too many decades, Douglas left far too soon. Ironic that this reality backs up the contention DA made in HHGTTG, that God doesn't exist.
The man literally changed humor in writing. Great interview.
What a brilliant lively honest thought-provoking discussion . . . I wish it were 2 to 3 hours longer =-)
You've probably already seen it but just in case, "Parrots, The Universe, And Everything" is also well worth watching!
But not with that annoying ehm-ing and ah-ing interviewer. I always get the feeling that these types are merely making sounds to pretend they’re listening while in fact they’re waiting for an opening to pose their prepared questions.
Lost too soon. Absolute tragedy.
There were 41 likes when I found this! :P
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
ah, well, the best laid plans of mice.
"...one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth England suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.
So sad that effectively the World ended for poor Douglas just as he was beginning to understand it.
Isn't it obvious? The Vogons got him.
I'm just glad I'm 50 because I never wanted to die wondering what 42 would be like if it really held all the answers. I can now die knowing what 42 has to offer😄 but I won't spoil it.
"I didn't want to beat people around the head with that, because when you beat people around the head, they'll put their head somewhere else"
I borrowed HHGTTG from the school library 2 years after it was published.
This series, along with Monty Python from age 8, pretty much ensured I, and my sense of humor, would be as bent as have become.
I've loved his books since I was yay high but I've never seen Addams being interviewed before. He skirts the line between being fascinating and insufferable. Clearly he has the expansive mind one would expect but, just as clearly, this can't really be called a discussion - this was a lecture. He had stuff he was excited to share and didn't seem to notice there was a person sitting in front of him. Her talking points were more detail oriented, delivered softly and maybe they were uninteresting to him but I feel like I would have enjoyed this more if he'd bothered to weave her in.
I don't mean to speak ill of the dead and, as I say, I'm a big fan. My words aren't going to hurt him any now though and I dunno, I just expected more. Maybe that isn't fair but here we are
I admire his work and his mind but I think your observations are fair. Perhaps this was exacerbated by the limited interview time creating some time pressure to get out the things on Douglas' mind to the exclusion of other. She seemed to have a good and enthusiastic knowledge of his work and it would have been great if that could have driven the direction of the conversation more.
@@HVDonkeyPark A baby donkey was the cutest thing I've ever seen, just fyi
I’ve never seen a nerd so horned up
lol. She's a smooth one for sure. 😅
It is "mostly" harmless. Red Pill.
She should learn not to make a polite noise every five seconds, throughout the entire interview.