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42. Eoin Colfer / Douglas Adams and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

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The Death of Douglas Douglas

Douglas Adams was such a huge apple geek too yeah that's right. He tried to actually launch a wikipedia before there was a wiki. Douglas Adams became an atheist after reading one of Richard Dawkins books and he introduced Richard Dawkins to the woman who would become his wife while they were dating. Neil Gaiman wrote a book about how he wrote those don't panic are the words on the cover of hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy because the duck is like a companion, you know? The bbc just retired it maybe i want to say like a month ago or something for being up for more than 10 years. It's sad obviously for a lot of reasons that Douglas died when he

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