Ah, I do like me some Douglas Adams alright. I haven't read those books in years actually, I should get around to it again. And of course he's infinitely quotable...
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My main problem with Douglas Adams is the eternal "There's no God" point throughout his work but I've always felt it is him presenting his opinion as if it is fact because he says it.molesgallus said:
Douglas Adams wrote some hilariously witty and observant stuff. Also he was apparently friends with some members of Pink Floyd. Which can only make him more awesome. I think he's pretty great, especially since I don't mind his political/religious views at all.
WHY, oh why does every talk of the books above all else? Plenty of people I know try to lord over me because they read the first two books before I did, and I consider myself a big Adams fan. But then I get to remind them that I listened to the radio plays, the material the first two books are BASED on, before they had even heard of Adams. I even tried to introduce them to it... Most annoying of all is when some of them refuse to believe that anything could've come before the books. "The books are always the originals," they say. "Everything else is always an adaptation." Annoys me to no end.
I love the guy's writing. Haven't gotten around to reading Eoin Colfers sequel to the Hitchikers trilogy (in 5 parts).
My favourite character in all of the books is the Hooloovoo. It a hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue.
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"Now it is such a bizarrely impossible coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't though of that" and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."
My favourite character in all of the books is the Hooloovoo. It a hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue.
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I agree that he is presenting a biased point of view but I found some of his comments quite tongue-in-cheek and lighthearted. And it's never integral to the books, just random stuff he threw in everywhere. Like thismanythings said:
"Now it is such a bizarrely impossible coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't though of that" and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."
Douglas Adams' stuff can get a bit hard to follow at times, but if ever i try to read more than 1 discworld book at a time, i lose track of what im reading. They are a tad repetative, you have to admit.Simriel said:
Not exactly surprising, given that there is about 40 of them (not sure of exact number).
Anyway, I don't consider it necessarily a negative point that you have to take time to think about whats going on.
