'Douglas Adams loved ideas, but hated writing,' says Terry Jones

[DigitalBuddha]

Monty Python star Terry Jones remembers his friend Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, who would have been 60 this weekend.

"He was such a brilliant writer," says Terry Jones of his old friend and fellow real ale aficionado Douglas Adams.

"Maybe that's why he hated it - he put so much effort into it."

The answer is 42! - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17285332

[meekon5]

I do not subscribe to the "what if" school of history or philosophy, so I wont indulge in the what if he had only lived longer theme, but do feel a pang of sadness whenever I see a picture of Mr Adams.

I listened to the radios series as a boy, i bought the records of the radio series, I bought the books (all of them apart from the last one), I bought the DVD of the televisions series, and of the film.

I was a bit disappointed at the recent "Dirk Gently" adaptation, I thought they made him slightly too materialistic for my liking.

The film wasn't one hundred percent but then it's only a film. I will admit to tearing up a bit at the point where they started to play theme to the original TV series he Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (Journey Of The Sorcerer) in the film.

[DigitalBuddha]

M5, I have all five "phases" of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in MP3......

Primary Phase, Quandary Phase, Quintessential Phase, Secondary Phase, Tertiary Phase.

Do you have them all? If not, I can zip them up and use "dropsend.com" to get them to you. Let me know, and I'll send them.

[meekon5]

M5, I have all five "phases" of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in MP3......

Primary Phase, Quandary Phase, Quintessential Phase, Secondary Phase, Tertiary Phase.

Do you have them all? If not, I can zip them up and use "dropsend.com" to get them to you. Let me know, and I'll send them.

I keep looking at them on cd, I have the vinyl (of the first two) but would love them all please.

[DigitalBuddha]

Cool, will send. Will send the link to your email address in your profile. Will take a little while to zip up and upload to dropsend.com. Check your email address a little later.

[meekon5]

Excellent mate thanks.

[DigitalBuddha]

Excellent mate thanks.

You're welcome, dude. Sending now. It's about 1.5 gigs, so it will take a while to upload. Should be available on your side in about 3 hours. Dropsend is a little slow, but works well.

[Caesar dude]

Sometimes I wish I were more technical or I would be cheeky and ask for copies too....

[DigitalBuddha]

Sometimes I wish I were more technical or I would be cheeky and ask for copies too....

After I get it uploaded, I'll send the link to you also, C dude. Enjoy!

[DigitalBuddha]

OK, uploaded and sent to you both. It's coming from a website called "DropSend.com" Enjoy it, mangs!

[Caesar dude]

Thank you very much for that dude.

Got it and am listening to the first one as I type.

You're a good man and thorough!

[DigitalBuddha]

Thank you very much for that dude.

Got it and am listening to the first one as I type.

You're a good man and thorough!

Cool, you're welcome, mang. Did M5 get his copy?

[meekon5]

Thank you very much for that dude.

Got it and am listening to the first one as I type.

You're a good man and thorough!

Cool, you're welcome, mang. Did M5 get his copy?

No I didn't.

[meekon5]

Thank you very much for that dude.

Got it and am listening to the first one as I type.

You're a good man and thorough!

Cool, you're welcome, mang. Did M5 get his copy?

No I didn't.

I take that back, confused Monday morning (as per usual).

Imagine sending it to my proper e-mail address.

Thanks for that downloading now.

[DigitalBuddha]

Thank you very much for that dude.

Got it and am listening to the first one as I type.

You're a good man and thorough!

Cool, you're welcome, mang. Did M5 get his copy?

No I didn't.

I take that back, confused Monday morning (as per usual).

Imagine sending it to my proper e-mail address.

Thanks for that downloading now.

Hey M5, yeah, confused Mondays are the noorm for me, also. Maybe 42 would help! Glad you got it, enjoy, mang!