"Дуглас Адамс. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" - читать интересную книгу автора Douglas Adams is the best-selling author of the Hitch Hiker books: The
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has appeared in more forms than one might reasonably expect, most of which flatly contradict each other. It has appeared as a BBC radio series (its original form), a BBC TV series, all sorts of different records, cassettes, and CD's, a computer game, and also, apotheotically, a bath towel. A series of graphic novels is currently in preparation, and the motion-picture version is confidently expected any decade now. He is also the author of the Dirk Gently books, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. He is currently working on another book in this series. He has also written The Deeper Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd and, most recently, the travel and wildlife book Last Chance to See, with Mark Carwardine. He is making more TV programmes these days and also frequently lectures on computers and semi-extinct parrots. He lives partly in Islington, London, partly in Provence, France, but mostly in airport bookstalls. Also by Douglas Adams in Pan Books The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Life, the Universe and Everything So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Mostly Harmless Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency With John Lloyd The Deeper Meaning of Liff With Mark Carwardine Last Chance to See Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Pan Books in association with William HeinemannFor Jane This book was written and typeset on an Apple Macintosh II and an Apple LaserWriter II NTX. The word processing software was FullWrite Professional from Ashton Tate. The fnal proofing and photosetting was done by The Last Word, London SW6. I would like to say an enormous thank you to my amazing and wonderful editor, Sue Freestone. Her help, support, criticism, encouragement. enthusiasm and sandwiches have been beyond measure. I also owe thanks and apologies to Sophie, James and Vivian who saw so little of her during the final weeks of work. Chapter 1 It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression "as pretty as an airport". |
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