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Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Is the Encyclopaedia Galactica in the Hitchhiker's Guide a reference to Asimov's Foundation ...
I would have thought that it was more a reference to the Encyclopedia Britannica
It's long been a source of amusement over here that families would aspire to having a full set of the Encyclopedia an …