Anyway, I could not pass up the chance to honor one of geekdom's greats. Today is the 61st birthday of the man who gave us The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as well as some of the best episodes of Doctor Who, including "City of Death," a great Fourth Doctor Story.
Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy stands as one of the classics of science fiction. I loved the stories, and his death came far too early. It is especially a shame that he did not live to see the realization of what seemed an impossible dream when he wrote his books.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has come to actually exist in the form of the Internet, Wikipedia, Google, and various smartphones. It occurred to me one day, as I was looking up something during a discussion with friends, that we have what Adam's inspired...an information source of astounding depth and breath that we can carry with us...
Now, if only we could get Wikipedia to change the article on Earth to simply read...
Mostly Harmless
