OR it is really just the earth and that is a painted back drop put there to trick us into thinking we are not alone :P (for this to work all maths would need to be wrong. yay!)

The Flat Earth guys are still alive! The truth shall forever prevail!

Heretic.

*burns Post*

Apollo wrote: Big is such an understatement. The Universe is so incredibly, sickeningly, amazingly huge that not only does it deserve to be capitalzed in my eyes, but there is more than likely "another Earth" somewhere. Though, quite possibly a septilliard lightyears away, or just a few.

"Space is big - really big - you just won't believe how vastly, hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. You may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space."
-Douglas Adams

Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy, Sent?

Random wrote: Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy, Sent?

Correct, amazing books

True, true. "So long, and thanks for all the fish" has to be one of my favourite titles.

I love that.

"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
--Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

When I throw stuff, I usually miss. Haven't quite got the hang of the ground yet.

"The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination."

"In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."

Douglas Adams was one of the greatest writers and wits ever.

He died, 9 or 10 years ago, right? Still in his 50s, IIRC

Died 2001 aged 49. So sad.

The last book was sadder.

The last book was only sad cos he died before he could write the sequel..

I thought he died in the middle of writing one of his books.

He died in the middle of writing the Salmon of Doubt, which has actually been released in its incomplete state, and is the next Dirk Gently book, or maybe it's the next Hitchhiker's book, or possibly something else entirely. Just to be confusing.

Nathaniel wrote:

Random wrote: Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy, Sent?

Correct, amazing books

mmhmm.
I think I like the first three best, but then again God's last message to his creations is pretty awesome too.

It should be noted he never gave any indication of when the series would end.

I think I read the first few pages of Salmon.

Is that the one where they published this letter he sent to a magazine when he was 12, where he's describing waiting at the mailbox for the next issue?

i think at that point, I mournfully closed the book, because I was over 16 and couldn't express myself that well.