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1979 Interview With Douglas Adams

Posted by kdawson on from the six-by-nine dept.

An anonymous reader points out the inaugural issue of the online sci-fi mag Darker Matter, which start off with a bang by publishing an interview with the late Douglas Adams that has not seen the light of day in 28 years, except for brief excerpts published in the magazine that commissioned the interview. The first two parts are now online with the last part coming next month.

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  1. Best. Analogy. Evar. by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't."

    There's a special, reserved place in heaven for anybody who can turn a phrase like that.

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  2. Re:A Tragedy by westlake · · Score: 2, Insightful
    One of my favorites: "... To summarize, the people who want to lead the government, are, by virtue of wanting to lead, the least qualified to do so. To summarize the summary: people are a problem."

    This is just Plato's dream of a philosopher-king given a fresh coat of paint.

  3. My senior yearbook quote was DNA by Gazzonyx · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This quote struck me as dead-on 4 years ago when I was a senior in highschool, so much so that I made it my senior quote.

    "Human beings are not an endangered species; however, this isn't for a lack of trying." - DNA

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    If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.

  4. Re:6-by-9 department? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, the 6*9 is "correct" (in the story, if not in mathematics); the Answer to the Ultimate Question (being calculated by the young Earth) got screwed up by the arrival of the Golgafrinchans. cf the original radio series.

  5. Today's Date by Lawn+Jocke · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How fitting that this is posted on the date 4-2

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    1. Re:Today's Date by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Considering DNA would have written it 2-4, not at all fitting?