I would recommend this book to people who are really into the work of Douglas Adams. In this book you will find letters, interviews, mails, random thoughts, and of course The Salmon of Doubt, which has the same style as his other books, but is not as innovative or surprising as the more famous ones. There was one section I really enjoyed in which he speaks his mind about the idea of God, and talks about the circularity of the definition. The tautological concept of the creator. I wish he had written more about it and in more detail.

Potrei scrivere un fiume di parole su quanto apprezzi l'Adams scrittore e l'uomo, quanto condivida le sue idee (a parte sulla Apple, ma se vedesse cosa è diventata credo si schiferebbe anche lui)e su quanto la sua scomparsa mi rattristi molto più di quanto sarebbe lecito aspettarsi. Ma non è il caso.

Questo libro raccoglie tante interviste, aneddoti ed idee che raccontano molto su chi era Adams; quindi se avete apprezzato i suoi libri e desiderate scoprire qualcosa su di lui è la lettura giusta.
Inoltre contiene la prima bozza incompiuta del nuovo romanzo di Dirk Gently.. e accidenti non saprò mai che cavolo doveva combinare con quel rinoceronte!

Posthumously written book on Douglas Adams, excerpts from his interviews/speeches including his incomplete last book before his untimely death. Douglas Adams I thank you for Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy and miss you for the Dirk Gently series.

Well now I'm doubtful of salmon or is it something else, a brilliant book by the master himself. Dirk Gently is a fabulous character construct as is the interconnectedness of all things. A holistically great book - Read it!!

Mais ou menos como se pegassem seu computador e publicassem seus arquivos doc e bloco de notas depois que você morresse, já que foi tão repentino que ninguém soube lidar muito bem com aquilo. Contudo, nesse caso, você é uma das pessoas mais genuinamente engraçadas e queridinhas do mundo. O que é ótimo. Mas ainda assim não sei lidar com um trecho inicial de livro expondo um mistério do qual o final nunca saberemos. Volta, Douglas Adams!

Very very fascinating but also very very sad. I think some of Adams' best writing is found within this work. Sadly, the publication of this book meant that there would be no more new Douglas Adams books.

I waited sixteen-and-a-half years to read this and I just about managed to get through it without bawling my eyes out. Douglas Adams was the first author to make me laugh uproariously, back when I was a wee nipper. Sure, Roald Dahl had given me a few chuckles, but it wasn't until I read Hitchhikers for the first time that I realised a book could make me laugh so much I nearly wet myself.

As such, this was a bittersweet experience. Reading Adams' unpublished work, including several chapters of a new but never to be finished Dirk Gently novel, gave a new definition to laughing through one's tears. I'm glad I read it but it's going to take a while to recover. It's a good job I had my towel...

A collection of Adams’ unpublished works, an unfinished Dirk Gently novel, magazine articles, letter, interviews, snippets.

It could be more enjoyable with a much more composed editing and structuring.

My partner isn't much of a reader, but he has become an avid audiobook listener. Sometimes we'll sit and listen to books together after dinner, doing dishes or playing videogames or putting away laundry. Though Adams' writing isn't typically my cup of tea, this book was a nice listen. I think my fiancé enjoyed this book more than I did; he kept laughing at Adam's short quips and wit. So, for both my partner and I, I rated this book four stars.

Eulogies, interviews, and some unfinished pieces from Adams. It does make you sad about the loss of a brilliant mind.

I can't believe it's over.

Although this book isn't a finished novel, it is still brilliantly funny and unexpected. The essays on technology in the middle section of the volume don't add much, but many of the humorous sketches were delightful. The collected fragments of what might have become a new novel are amazingly entertaining for something so incomplete. Well worth reading for any Douglas Adams fan.

I am a bigger fan of Douglas Adam's musings than his outlandish fiction style. Sorry Hitchhiker fans