Betonov
05-11-11, 08:52 AM
Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001), writer and dramatist, master of satire and witty writing.
I'm not going to go into detail about his work and life, here's a link for all interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
Adams is my absolute favourite writer. Not because of the stories in his books or the dramatical turn-arounds, but his writing style. His inserts of witty comments into ordinary sentences, his tendency to insert 5 WTF? moments into a chapter only to latter realize how it actually made sense, his razor sharp mind that produced excellent quotes like ''A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools'' or ''He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot'' and his ability to hide real-life issues into his stories that once you figured them out wouldn't know wheter to laugh or cry.
Hard to diggest, easy to love.
Everytime someone asks me what's the point of it all, the reason were here I answer 42, someone says about a certain tool or product that it is the most usefull thing ever, I contradict them with a towel and I actually decided to tattoo the phrase DON'T PANIC on my arm
So, so long and thanks for all the fish :salute:
I'm not going to go into detail about his work and life, here's a link for all interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
Adams is my absolute favourite writer. Not because of the stories in his books or the dramatical turn-arounds, but his writing style. His inserts of witty comments into ordinary sentences, his tendency to insert 5 WTF? moments into a chapter only to latter realize how it actually made sense, his razor sharp mind that produced excellent quotes like ''A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools'' or ''He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot'' and his ability to hide real-life issues into his stories that once you figured them out wouldn't know wheter to laugh or cry.
Hard to diggest, easy to love.
Everytime someone asks me what's the point of it all, the reason were here I answer 42, someone says about a certain tool or product that it is the most usefull thing ever, I contradict them with a towel and I actually decided to tattoo the phrase DON'T PANIC on my arm
So, so long and thanks for all the fish :salute: