The Salmon of Doubt : And Other Writings - Hardcover

Adams, Douglas; Foreword By Stephen Fry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333766571 ISBN 13: 9780333766576

Publisher: Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

Edited and with an introduction by Christopher Cerf, The Salmon of Doubt and Other Writings comprises 50 pages of the late Douglas Adams unfinished novel, The Salmon of Doubt, along with other writings from 3,000 unpublished files stored on his computer harddrive. This collection is the unique last word from one of the worlds most successful and best loved science fiction writers and represents an important, fascinating and characteristically hilarious legacy. Other potential inclusions are: transcripts of the radio series Hitchhikers Guide to the Future, essays, articles for the Independent, and transcripts of Adams lectures.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Adams authored five novels in the Guide, two Dirk Gently novels, and several other books.

From the Back Cover:

“Above all, of course, Douglas Adams was a transcendent, multi-faceted, comic genius. What made Douglas’s work unique, I think, were the wildly contradictory attributes he displayed in his writing. He seamlessly blended world-class intelligence—and a daunting knowledge about an impossible variety of subjects (literature, computers, evolution, pop culture, genetics, and music, to name but a few)—with transcendental silliness; technophobia with a lust for, and fascination with, every high-tech toy imaginable; deep cynicism about virtually everything with an effusively joyful spirit; and one of the quickest wits on the planet with a relentless perfectionism in pursuing his craft.” —From the Introduction by Christopher Cerf

“The bottom drawer of recently deceased writers is often best left firmly locked and bolted. In the case of Douglas, I am sure you will agree, the bottom drawer (or in his case, the nested subfolders of his hard drive) has been triumphantly well worth the prising open. There are those who write from time to time and do it well, and then there are Writers. Douglas Adams, and it is pointless to attempt here an explanation or anatomisation, was born, grew up, and remained a Writer to his too-early dying day.
“You are on the verge of entering the wise, provoking, benevolent, hilarious, and addictive world of Douglas Adams. Don’t bolt it all whole—as with Douglas’s beloved Japanese food, what seems light and easy to assimilate is subtler and more nutritious by far than it might at first appear.” —Stephen Fry, author of The Liar and Making History: A Novel

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0333766571
• ISBN 13: 9780333766576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336