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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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Was Douglas Adams influenced by Lewis Carroll, with his '42' answer and others things?
In this QA, https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/311/3804, which says that Adams got his number from good old-fashioned garden-gazing.
But while I was looking for the sum completed by the apes in Hitchh …
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Gallifrey and Krikket, a connection?
Is the time bubble around Gallifrey meant to resemble the envelope of Slo-Time around Krikket? I know Douglas Adams made Slartibartfast after the Doctor, and although the episodes with the time bubble …
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Is the Glorious Revolution, in Night Watch, in tribute to Douglas Adams by Terry Pratchett?
The Glorious Revolution in Discworld is on the same day as Towel Day.
Of all proposed dates [for Towel Day], the 25th of May turned out to be the one that gained a significant following. And over tim …