h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

And we still miss you
God Bless Douglas

I think he would have been proud of us..

I have so many new friends from around the world.

thank you, Douglas.

Has it been 2 years?

He passed away only a few months before I started reading the hitchhiker series. I found out about 4 months later that this great writer wasn't alive.

H2g2 has given me more than I thought a website could give. Thanks DNA

I remember I cried this day two years ago

...I'm sure he's looking down on us with pride

Thanks DNA, you have had more impact on my life than I could ever think possible from a great series of books.

We miss you, big man.

Thank you!

So long Douglas and thanks for all the

I will love you and your work forever. Rest in Peace
xx

I followed a link to his user page. And now suddenly I feel as if I was almost a friend of the great man. He's on many of the threads I'm on, and I can't help hoping that if he was alive I would've argued with him on many subjects.
No God Bless You, Douglas.

Douglas Adams was a one off. His humour, intelligence and disregard for pomposity came across in everything he wrote. Even the jacket notes of his books were funny. I've never read a bad book by him. As one of those who tried to get off the planet using his guidelines, the bloke had the right idea - if it makes you angry, take the piss. If it makes you laugh, write it. To Douglas (says this researcher, raising a glass of cabernet merlot and typing one handed), there's a frood who really knew where his towel was.

rest in peace and blessed be x

We sassed him. His view on the universe shown through the hero(ish) of Hitchhiker's Guide, Arthur, was brilliant, bewildering, depressing, and funny, all at the same time, and his Dirk Gently books were nothing short of spectacular. I feel I owe that man greatly for a part of my life, and my contribution to H2G2 is it.

I keep coming back to this page and for so long have been scared to post something. It always felt like looking at a tomb stone... except it is so much more than that. I've decided not to put it off any longer.

I remember since I was a kid my dad telling me about the Hitchhikers TV series, although he didn't know much about the man. It was only much later whilst browsing the internet that I found out who he was. I still hadn't found h2g2 yet.

Whilst I didn't necesarily agree with everything he said, I found I had a lot of respect for him. I found his website with the great hitchhikers text game on it, which I blame for getting me in to all this . That in turn lead me on a long trek to find a version I could play without the internet. I found it. Got it running. I was hooked. But I still haven't finished it.

I spent ages trying to work out the puzzles (and a few times I cheated). The man was genius. Then I don't think it was long after that, that I found out that he had died.

I remember them repeating the episodes of the TV series, but unfortunately I was on holiday for most of them, so only caught the last two. I'd never seen the series before. I felt the "What a beautiful world" was a Poignient end to the program.

Then I found the book. Well I should say four fifths of the book, and read it all in a few weeks. It has got to be the most inspiring book(s) I have ever read. I only caught up with Mostly Harmless a while after.

Then I found out about Starship Titanic. Like the hitchhikers game before it, the imagination and quality of puzzles that the man had put in to the game were astounding, plus the added bonus of being able to see and interact with the characters in the game. It is still my most revisited game.

Then, whilst browsing the BBC website, I came across the hitchhikers page. Not h2g2, but the page on the cult part of the website. It was a very interesting read. Then I clicked on the h2g2 symbol, saying that it had references to things about hitchhikers. But what I found was a list of articles about just-about anything you could think of.

I revisisted the site a few times, coming across this page, and generally looking around. And finally came to the decision to join this web-site (well it was either that or neo-pets, and we all know how tempting that can be ). And it has been an experience I wouldn't trade for the world.

Thank you Douglas Adams. Where ever you may be

I started reading the books and was hooked after he had already died. I read all the books and soon found out the author was dead

Then the person who introduced me to the books introduced me to h2g2. I now feel I lost a friend when DNA died, even though I didn't really know who he was when he was alive

Being able to go to his userpage - U42 for anyone who managed to get here some other way - just makes me feel how close I was to being able to actually talk with him.

A Great Man. Its strange reading what I'd put two years ago, because I'd kind of forgotten how I'd got in to Hitchhikers. Shame he didn't get to see his film made, but I'm pleased it was made. And personally I thought it was brilliant.

RIP Douglas Adams

Two has become five. A juxtaposition that I bet DNA would appreciate.

25 52 22 55
(dont read into that numbers)

I noticed that in a few days it will be since he passed the book, or as Earthlings are fond of saying, kicked it. (not to be confused with either kicking it 'old school' nor anything that involves notches or them being 'kicked up' at all).

He was farsighted, imaginative, and most of all fun. Thus I feel it is time to allow Mr Adams personal space to reflect his triumph and not his inevitable demise. I think his space should reflect the life and progression that is inherent in this devise he created!


!THANKS!

When I read the first book of the hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy
I got addictet.I devoured one volume after the next one. I was -and
still - am fascinat of the great humor and the deep thoughts of this
ingenious person.I was so chocked when I found out the he was still dead when I started reading the first book. But after going to a
reading,concerning the episodes of the hitch-hiker,made of two really funny guys,I heard about the guide to life,the universe and everything
so he is still alife in the guide and our work!!!
Thank you DNA for your legacy - the books and everything!°!!

I discovered The Hitchhikers Guide in my High School library quite randomly while wandering thru the shelves. That book had a huge impact on my life, and has always reminded me, 'Don't Panic'. Truth told, I didn't learn till some years later that there were more books of the series!

DNA certainly lives on in his written works, as well as in the Earth shattering (pardon the pun) foresight that has led to this website; a true Earth edition Guide.

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We have mourned DNA for five years on his personal space and I believe it is time to give it back to his 'Life, the Universe, and Everything'.

DNA should be held high on this site as the positive light that he has been for so many, not introduced as the dearly departed.

i'd like to know if you agree, as it is not my place to go it alone.