This book is taken from writing found on Douglas Adams computer after his death. There are several bits and pieces of things as well as interviews and speeches he made.
One of the most insightful parts of the book was from an interview with American Atheist where he described his "conversion" from Christianity to atheism. every church leader should read this to better understand how their actions impact the people they are trying to reach.
Cannot give it 5 stars: perfection would be if DNA would still be here
Only 17 reviews for this book? I cannot say more than has been said by other reviewers. Some of the articles in this book you can find over the net, but I discovered that having them printed in a book is better for your eyes and your feelings (what Adams would say about my call for less trees?!). In short, an excellent collection of essays about ecology, life, technology and tea, real tea. Funny and (very) intelligent. The unfinished novel that makes the end of the book is very imaginative and even in its half-baked format is intriguing and provocative.
A very great pleasure tinged with melancholy
The good news: this book is a total hoot, on every conceivable subject, witty, dead-on about a lot of stuff; Douglas Adams even inspired me to crack open P.G. Wodehouse for the first time. It's great fun reading the fragment of the last novel and wondering where it's headed and if Dirk Gently is being slated to find love after all.
The bad news: that's all he wrote, there ain't going to be no more. Regardless, someone went around and not only got into Adams' computer and dug up all the hidden treasures tehre, but also a whole bunch of little bits and pieces from magazine interviews he did and book reviews that he wrote. And they are, one and all, priceless.
Whether you've read any Douglas Adams before or not, I can't say it strongly enough, buy this book--or at least read it!
Small Fry, throw it back
Adams deconstruction of the little black box joke on page 123 applies to this book as a whole. There are few small glimmers of Grand Fishhood but this salmon is just not worth the bait on the hook. Those die hard Adams fans will surely buy it but then again they would buy a book of compiled Adam's shopping lists.