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Post number 7661

Jongo — Mon, 14 May 2001 00:27:37 -0800

A Lament for Douglas Adams by his close friend, Richard Dawkins.

By: Lionfire

Lionfire — Mon, 14 May 2001 00:42:13 -0800

By: toddshot

toddshot — Mon, 14 May 2001 01:34:03 -0800

Beautiful. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Mon, 14 May 2001 04:28:29 -0800

Truly sad news. A touching letter to be certain. Thanks for the post. So long, thanks for all the books.

By: Aaaugh!

Aaaugh! — Mon, 14 May 2001 08:02:51 -0800

Neil Gaiman also had some very kind things to say about Mr. Adams.

By: Tubes

Tubes — Mon, 14 May 2001 08:55:38 -0800

I'm beside myself. D.A. was the froodiest. A re-read of H2G2 always picks me up when I'm down. Now there will never be a 6th episode in the famous trilogy. *sniff*

By: davehat

davehat — Mon, 14 May 2001 09:15:13 -0800

Firstly I am a huge fan. I devoured DNA's work in all media. I am deeply upset at his passing. I don't want this to descend into the "is he great or isn't he" debate of the previous thread on this sad news, but whether people liked the style of his work or not, its worth considering that the man who wrote this lament is the professor of the public understanding of science at Oxford. Therein, for me, lies the fundamental aspect of DNA's work. He helped non-scientists understand a great deal of deep mathematics and physics. And then laugh about it. Thank you DNA

By: john

john — Mon, 14 May 2001 10:22:25 -0800

Here's an old piece DNA wrote about the internet.

By: DiplomaticImmunity

DiplomaticImmunity — Mon, 14 May 2001 11:30:32 -0800

Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night. I named one of my research robots after doug for this. Not gonna do any infrared work today.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Mon, 14 May 2001 11:40:36 -0800

the two rules i live by are 1-Be Nice, and 2: Don't Panic. Good advice for any day...time to read the trilogy again. *sigh* & *damn* [thanks for the marvin poem DiplomaticImmunity]

By: feelinglistless

feelinglistless — Mon, 14 May 2001 12:35:05 -0800

I cried today when I read this.

By: miss-lapin

miss-lapin — Mon, 14 May 2001 14:49:43 -0800

I was loaned the H2G2 in high school by a boy who later become my first boyfriend. I always swore that if I got to teach high school english I would assign H2G2 instead of Watership Down or Yellow Raft in Blue Water.