The Salmon of Doubt

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• Gently does it

  The Salmon of Doubt Douglas Adams 336pp, Macmillan, £16.99 James Boswell was taken aback by Samuel Johnson's verdict on Gulliver's Travels: "When once you have thought of big men and little men, it is very easy to do all the rest." So are we - but pa ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• A deadline bandit's last hurrah

  The Salmon of Doubt Douglas Adams Macmillan £16.99, pp299 When I was in publishing in the 1980s, hardly a season went by without some wonderful piece of gossip about the brilliant new book Douglas Adams was not writing. These tales were matched by sc ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

6 Reviews

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  While the unfinished story can't really be commented on (Adams himself planned to abandon it and salvage the [great] ideas), the rest of the book - the collection of articles, interviews, letters and thoughts saved from his Macintosh - is amazing. Simply a great mind. His thoughts on religion often ... (continue)

  While the unfinished story can't really be commented on (Adams himself planned to abandon it and salvage the [great] ideas), the rest of the book - the collection of articles, interviews, letters and thoughts saved from his Macintosh - is amazing. Simply a great mind. His thoughts on religion often echoed my own, but were expressed in such an eloquent and humourous way. Makes me sad that I didn't read Hitchhiker's until after he'd died.

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  halften said on May 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  We miss you, Doug

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  Harpblues said on Sep 24, 2009 | 2 feedbacks

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  I have read 5 of the Hitchhiker triology and Douglas Adams has been one of my favourite authors (and wordsmiths) ever since. This' the first book I read about Adams other than the through the proxies of Arthur Dent and Henry Ford. In this last legacy of his we come to know more about Adams' think ... (continue)

  I have read 5 of the Hitchhiker triology and Douglas Adams has been one of my favourite authors (and wordsmiths) ever since. This' the first book I read about Adams other than the through the proxies of Arthur Dent and Henry Ford. In this last legacy of his we come to know more about Adams' thinking on technology, on conservation, and more other miscelleneous topics (like fried eggs, Friday, Feng Shui, sting rays). (one letter to the movie maker in Hollyword was especially funny) (another was a recipe about making proper, English, tea)
  I felt as fortunate to be given this chance to be revealed his legacy as I felt unfortunate that the world is now denied any more of his wit.

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  Archer said on Apr 11, 2009 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  A must have for fans of Douglas Adams

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  GabeXorn said on Dec 1, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  This was my first Douglas Adams book, and I love it. He has an extremely endearing way of writing

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  Pia said on Sep 27, 2007 | Add your feedback

• xxxvi, 299 p. ; 22 cm.1st ed

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  Brian Hamilton said on May 8, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 336 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0330418432
• ISBN-13: 9780330418430
• Publisher: Picador
• Pub date: Jan 03, 2003
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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