Douglas Adams is one of my favorite writers, and I've been a fan of his books since I was about 12 or 13. Ironically, I was introduced to his first book (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) by my older brother, who has no sense of humor whatsoever.I read this at the same time as reading anothe...
said Lieutenant Diaz. “I don’t know how, but they’re at thirty g’s. At this rate they’ll be on top of us in five minutes!” Haws sidled up to him and whispered in his ear. “Tim. This is crazy. We’re no match for them—not even with the Qantas backing us up. We’ll be dead in five minutes.” “What are...
192In 1985 Douglas had received a call from the Observer magazine, the colour supplement published every week with the Observer, one of Britain’s quality Sunday newspapers.“Do you fancy going to Madagascar?” asked a voice on the other end of the line. “Umm,” said Douglas, “who’s that again, pleas...
“It’s not just a dream, Shelby.” The captains had returned to their ships with Granger having argued them to an impasse. It wasn’t rational, he knew—there was no reason he could give to convince them that the planet was, truly, the Swarm homeworld. But he remembered ...