The Salmon Of Doubt: Hitchhiking The Galaxy One Last Time

On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacy--which includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfiction--Douglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters.
In a way that none of his previous books could, "The Salmon of Doubt provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boy's first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans can't make a decent cup of tea; from lyrical tributes to the sublime pleasures found in music by Procol Harum, the Beatles, and Bach to the follies of his hopeless infatuation with technology; from fantastic, fictional forays into the private life of Genghis Khan to extended visits with Dirk Gently and Zaphod Beeblebrox: this is the vista from the elevated perch of one of the tallest, funniest, most brilliant, and most penetrating social critics and thinkers of our time.
Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams.

When Douglas Adams, beloved author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and numerous other bestsellers, died suddenly at age 49, more than 10 million brokenhearted fans logged onto his website. Yes, regrettably and not quite believably, Douglas is gone. But for those of us who always eagerly looked forward to something new from Douglas, here is, well, as luck would have it, something new.

Never-before-published material from his personal files has been selected by longtime pal Christopher Cerf and fashioned into something typically wonderful. The Salmon of Doubt is, like Douglas Adams himself, brilliantly inventive and very, very funny. One last volume, one last treat for all of us fans.