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Douglas Adams: The Ends of the EarthEpisodes

  1. Closing Credits

    A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.

  2. A Final Aside: Some Biographical Coincidences

    Arvind reflects on some strange similarities with his subject.

  3. Appendix: On Adapting Douglas Adams

    What's an adapter to do when there’s nothing to cut?

  4. Chapter 9: The Alternative Adams-verse

    If Douglas were still with us, where would we be?

  5. Aside the Fifth: A Metaphor About Metaphors

    Douglas Adams was an undisputed master of metaphor and simile.

  6. Chapter 8: The Ultimate Questions

    Where does the idea of God come from?

  7. Aside the Fourth: A Letter to Disney

    A letter that Douglas Adams wrote to the Walt Disney Company.

  8. Chapter 7: Dirk Gently’s Rules of Governance

    Has Adams’ depictions of alien excess become real life?

  9. Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Galactic Economy

    ‘If we could, for a moment, move on to the subject of fiscal policy…’

  10. Chapter 5: Politics: People Are the Problem

    Was Douglas Adams a political prognosticator?

  11. Aside the Third: Space Is Big. Really Big

    Douglas Adams, more than anyone, understood that space is big.

  12. Chapter 4: Last Chance to See

    Douglas Adams and Mark Calwardine embark on the trip of a lifetime.

  13. Chapter 3: Everything Is Connected: The Internet We Didn’t Get

    What happens when you start to connect computers together on a network?

  14. Aside the Second: The Whooshing Sound of Deadlines

    The patron saint of procrastination and writer's block.

  15. Chapter 2: Explaining the World

    Stephen Fry on writing computer code with Douglas Adams.

  16. Aside the First: A Brief Piece of Juvenilia

    A lost poem by Douglas Adams, written when he was 17.

  17. Chapter 1: Writing

    The creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy didn't like science fiction?

  18. Introduction: The Very General Genius of Douglas Adams

    Welcome to Douglas Adams's guide to the ends of the earth.

  19. Introducing… Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth

    A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.