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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 Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams died quite young he was only in his 40s right but uh this was published posthumously it was going to be there's a section of it that is called the salmon of doubt which is actually a content. I've always really liked the the explanation for how this drive was invented it says "the principle of generating small amounts of finitebability by the logic circuits of a bambalenie 57-year-old sub mason" It just sort of captures the way reality is in a way that I'm not sure anything else I've read does, said Christie.

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