Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was one of the greatest British writers and satirists of all time. His views on religion, technology, evolution and life in general were always expressed with beautifully crafted leftfield humour.
He revealed the secret of life, the universe and everything. Then, far too soon, Douglas Adams was taken up to that great Vogon ship in the sky. Although, being an atheist, he'd ticked us off for such quasi-religious references. Sorry Douglas.
Okay, so maybe the recent film was, to some, a disappointment. But you must admit, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is profoundly witty. Douglas Adams (1952-2001) was one of the greatest British writers and satirists of all time. His views on religion, technology, evolution and life in general were always expressed with beautifully crafted leftfield humour.
Adams started publishing his work in school, and went on to meet other witty chaps like Griff Rhys Jones. After he got into St Johns, Cambridge with an essay on religious poetry that discussed the Beatles along with William Blake, Adams was initially rejected from Footlights. He went on to appear in Monty Python sketches and edited Doctor Who scripts.
According to Adams, the idea for the title The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy occurred to him while he lay drunk in a field in Austria. Despite there being original outlines, Adams was said to make up the stories as he wrote - a pretty impressive feat.
