Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth Episodes Available now
Aside the Fifth: A Metaphor About Metaphors
Douglas Adams was an undisputed master of metaphor and simile.
Chapter 8: The Ultimate Questions
Where does the idea of God come from?
Aside the Fourth: A Letter to Disney
A letter that Douglas Adams wrote to the Walt Disney Company.
Chapter 7: Dirk Gently’s Rules of Governance
Has Adams’ depictions of alien excess become real life?
Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Galactic Economy
‘If we could, for a moment, move on to the subject of fiscal policy…’
Chapter 5: Politics: People Are the Problem
Was Douglas Adams a political prognosticator?
Aside the Third: Space Is Big. Really Big
Douglas Adams, more than anyone, understood that space is big.
Chapter 4: Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams and Mark Calwardine embark on the trip of a lifetime.
Chapter 3: Everything Is Connected: The Internet We Didn’t Get
What happens when you start to connect computers together on a network?
Aside the Second: The Whooshing Sound of Deadlines
The patron saint of procrastination and writer's block.
