"Every particle of the universe . . . affects every other particle, however faintly or obliquely. Everything interconnects with everything. The beating of a butterfly's wings in China can affect the c...
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The son of a theology teacher/management consultant and a nurse, Douglas Adams attended Cambridge University, studying English literature. While at school, he spent much of his time writing sketches f...
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With the publication of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1979, Douglas Adams both established a cult and became a cult figure. He continued his saga with four more novels--The Restaurant at th...
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Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews
If The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a work of genuine lunacy, and its sequel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe less inspired and considerably m...
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Critical Essay by Philip Howard
Hot Black Desiato has made so much money out of ear-shattering plutonium rock music that he is having to spend a year dead for tax reasons. Gargravarr is a man whose m...
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Critical Essay by Sally Emerson
Douglas Adams's latest space extravaganza this time starts life as a novel [Life, the Universe and Everything]. The first two novels of the series—The Hi...
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Question 1 of 12:Whose recent attempt to film ‘Don Quixote’ went disastrously wrong?a)
John
Cleese
(0)b)
Michael
Palin
(0)c)
Terry
Gilliam
(1)d)
Terry
Jones
(0)Question 2 of 12:W...
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Young
Clive
Clive
Anderson
was born in Middlesex in 1952. The son of a bank manager, he didn't grow up dreaming of a glittering career in comedy or television. Instead he followed an eminently...
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Vienna (dpa) - Austria's Euro 2008 host cities at a glance:
FACTBOX VIENNA
Inhabitants: 1.8 million
Major attractions: Schoenbrunn Palace, Prater Ferris Wheel, S...
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After the Academy Awards, Hollywood usually takes a little hiatus until summer, when the studios roll out a weekly parade of stadium-fillers. But in recent years, it's become difficult to pinpoint ...
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Douglas Adams
Douglas (Noel) Adams
Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews
Ex-Pythons: What Did Monty Do Next?
