Douglas Adams - The Salmon of Doubt

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Valerie_Maxville Joined:  12:14 02/09/2008 Posts: 18	Posted at: 15:27 12/09/2008 This book is a compilation of writings and a half-finished book by Douglas Adams - recovered off his beloved Macintosh after his death in 2001. The book not only showcases his writing, opinions and interests, it takes you closer to the uber-geek himself - a bittersweet but rewarding read... From the Forward by Stephen Fry: "The Emperor of Computer Cool [Steve Jobs] has just unveiled the new iMac and I haven't been able to call Douglas to talk about it. A new revolutionary piece of sexy and extraordinary Apple hardware and Douglas won't get to see it. He won't have played with an iPod or messed around in iPhoto. To anyone who knew Douglas, and I am including his millions of readers here, the misery and frustration of this will be appallingly evident. It is dreadful for him because he missed New Stuff and it is dreadful for us because the New Stuff will never now be celebrated by the acknowledged Poet of New Stuff." From page 92: "The computer is actually a modelling device. Once we see that, we ought to realise that we can model anything on it. Not just things we are used to doing in the real world, but the things the real world actually prevents us from doing." Page 115: "We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual. Page 95: "I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably have a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." Douglas Adams - The Salmon of Doubt, Picador, 2002 For more of the Douglas Adams legacy, go to http://www.h2g2.com/
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