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Douglas Adams: The Ends of the EarthEpisodes Available now
Closing Credits
A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.
A Final Aside: Some Biographical Coincidences
Arvind reflects on some strange similarities with his subject.
Appendix: On Adapting Douglas Adams
What's an adapter to do when there’s nothing to cut?
Chapter 9: The Alternative Adams-verse
If Douglas were still with us, where would we be?
Aside the Fifth: A Metaphor About Metaphors
Douglas Adams was an undisputed master of metaphor and simile.
Chapter 8: The Ultimate Questions
Where does the idea of God come from?
Aside the Fourth: A Letter to Disney
A letter that Douglas Adams wrote to the Walt Disney Company.
Chapter 7: Dirk Gently’s Rules of Governance
Has Adams’ depictions of alien excess become real life?
Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Galactic Economy
‘If we could, for a moment, move on to the subject of fiscal policy…’
Chapter 5: Politics: People Are the Problem
Was Douglas Adams a political prognosticator?
