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Douglas Adams was an author who stood alone in group. His style was funny, insightful and often absolutely absurd. I have only read the first couple books in his Hitchhiker's Guide series, but they were both marvelous. I know many authors were influenced by Adams, including Neil Gaiman, but I wonder how many actually took up his mantle of absurdist prose.

I think Eoin Colfer has a *somewhat* similar style, but not at the same level of humour. I enjoyed reading his Artemis Fowl series. However, comparisons with Douglas Adams are unfair to Adams as well as the other author.

Colfer was also commissioned to write the sixth book in the Hitchhiker's series, which I personally liked very much.

I had read the first Artemis Fowl book when it had just came out, for some reason my Dad loves them. Not really my thing, but it wasn't inherently bad. I have actually absolutely no recollection of the book itself to be honest.

I was unable to finish The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The absurdity finally was just too overwhelming for me. It kills me not to like something other people enjoy, so I've learned to like seafood and jazz. Can't do green olives, though. Maybe one of these days, I'll give Hitchhiker another go.

ive just picked up The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy after not being interested in it. It was in my local library so decided to give it ago... 25% done and its good.

Sometimes if something's so popular i avoid it but im going to also read Harry Potter now after being constantly bickered by my nephews.

Douglas Adams' humour is extremely peculiar and absolutely inimitable. As I have experienced through encounters with other people, you either get him or you don't. And all his jokes are layered; there's more than meets the eye.

I must have read H2G2 about 4 times? And everytime I discover something new, a joke that I didn't get the first or the second time. It actually gets Better as you re-read it.

For me, H2G2 is the bestest book ever written and Douglas Adams, a writer par excellence. He even wrote Doctor Who episodes! I mean, how much cooler and awesomer could he have been.

It's such a shame we lost him so early in his life.

^That settles it then. He was the awesomest person alive in the last decade of the 20th century.

You know, we should perhaps deviate just a tad and consider the Dirk Gently series for group reading sometime in the near future. I would really look forward to the viewpoints of the other group members with regard to the writing and the humour.

So long and thanks for all the fish is all I'm gonna say about him. Sums the dude up pretty well. His best work ever for me. Along with Do androids dream of electric sheep of course. :D
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I liked the first two the best-less plot line. Every time the story changed formats he rewrote it. You really have to compare the books with the TV show, the movie and the radio play. He wrote the radio plays first, unfortunately the first two are hard to find because they are tried up in copyright issues. (And when I say radio plays I am not talking about audio books.)

I Agree with the others he was an interesting man. Neil Gaiman's biography on him is also a good read.

Nicholas wrote: "'[H]ow much cooler and awesomer could he have been'? Well, he could have produced some other wonderful novels, co-written a good book on endangered species, say, and been involved in, I don't know,..."

You left out head-writer during some of the best Tom Baker era Dr. Who serials.

Get The Ultimate version (all 6 books). Absolute best collection, including the story behind it all.

Both movies were good in their own way.