On 8 Aug 2009 14:05:27 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:


>It's the only one he achieved ahead of schedule, sadly.  49 is too 
>early. :(
>

When the gods speak even authors listen.

>> It has been years since I've read anything by him.
>
>I listen to Hitchhiker's at least once a year.  I know the primary and 
>secondary phases well enough to recite along with the recordings.
>

I think that I prefered the Dirk Gently series. But that may be because HHGTTG
was so cult-ish ;)

>He had such a way with metaphors and the English language as a whole - 
>"they hung in the air in exactly the same way that bricks don't", for 
>example.
>

A bit like Pratchett IMO :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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