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AhmedDouglas Adams on A Literati
February 20th 2007 04:24
A much revered writer from England, Douglas Adams was one helluva weird guy. He wrote a 5-part trilogy (!) called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and never looked back. I have four of the books on my shelf right at this moment.
JoshZ runs A Literati and brings up Douglas Adams in his latest post - though with no funny pictures - and brings up an interesting observation:
Yesssss.... the later books in the series are bleak, almost, considering that we, as a human race, have been essentially wiped out.
I think this was a conscious choice on Adams' part... he loved technology and the environment, and I think he saw self-destruction as the only possible solution for a species so bent on waste and greed.
On the other hand, the main character in his Hitchhiker's books find near true-happiness when he gets a job as a Sandwich maker on a far removed planet, with backwards, tribal inhabitants. From this, I think Adams saw the potential for every human being to be happy, as long as they do what they gotta do...
JoshZ runs A Literati and brings up Douglas Adams in his latest post - though with no funny pictures - and brings up an interesting observation:
At least, the first two parts of [the series] are absolutely hilarious. After that, [Adams] tends to get more than a little depressing. [The main character's] life takes repeated turns for the worst, repeatedly, with no justifiable (plot wise) basis. So, the hilarity of the book is undershadowed, constantly, with a sense of hopelessness, or at least, pointlessness.
I think this was a conscious choice on Adams' part... he loved technology and the environment, and I think he saw self-destruction as the only possible solution for a species so bent on waste and greed.
On the other hand, the main character in his Hitchhiker's books find near true-happiness when he gets a job as a Sandwich maker on a far removed planet, with backwards, tribal inhabitants. From this, I think Adams saw the potential for every human being to be happy, as long as they do what they gotta do...
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Comment by JoshZ
Thanks for the mention dude. Now I know, that I belong.
JZ
Comment by Cibbuano
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Comment by DuskDevi
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JoshZ is a New Impressionist.
Or a Young Master.
His reviews have made me buy a few of the books...okay, so maybe I haven't actually got around to reading them all but come on...I will...
Yay for JZ!
(it's about time)
Comment by JoshZ
The interesting thing is that to be mentioned here, to be told that you guys like what I do is very encouraging.
Thanks for every kind word, for every click, for every comment.
JZ
Comment by Cibbuano
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Unfortunately, I don't get much time to encourage the all the writers on Orble, but I hope this makes up in some way. With over 1000 blogs, it's an arduous task, really...