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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,577 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Now we can have the "Hitchhiker's Guide to Voyager"
    Changing call sign to SIERRA PAPA OSCAR OSCAR FOXTROT.


  • #3
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Sad to hear, great writer and great wit. Pity he didn't write more.

    Al.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



  • #4
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    It's sad alright, and he has a 6 year old daughter. I'd say he was a great father.


  • #5
    [IAR]Nevermind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 838 ✭✭✭[IAR]Nevermind


    ah no , he was a bloody great writer. didnt know bout his daughter frown.gif


  • #6
    Paladin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭Paladin


    Aye. Only 49 years old frown.gif


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  • #7
    Megatron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Megatron


    well to say it was a shock to see the tile to this thread ....
    I am indeed sad to hear such news.

    May our prayers comfort his Family.


    There goes another great writer altogether.
    No !!!!! I will crush you with my Bare hands.
    P.S. Avator fromerly know as Gamblor !!


  • #8
    SHADOW
    Closed Accounts Posts: 768 ✭✭✭SHADOW


    yah that is an awful shame....the mans sence of humor was unparalleled imho...

    A great loss...
    frown.gif


  • #9
    Yo Mamma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Yo Mamma


    thats some bad mews right there frown.gif


  • #10
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    an absolute tragedy


  • #11
    sceptre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Richard Dawkins wrote a great piece on him in Monday's Guardian - professional and personal, well worth reading.


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  • #12
    Evil Phil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    "Oh Douglas -- your friends don't know what to think or say. You've left the party far, far too early. All those who knew you -- and that includes millions who never met you -- loved you. I can't think of anything more to write. Love Stephen"

    -- Stephen Fry

    </font>



  • #13
    Executive Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,373 ✭✭✭Executive Steve


    not only was he an absolute comic genius, but he was an extremely intelligent man, and if you reread his work from a certain point of view, theres a surprising [for a sci fi comedian] depth of thought at play. he was working on the online hitchhikers guide, a sort of open source encyclopedia afaik. anyone seen it or know a link to it?


  • #14
    theCzar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭theCzar


    i was really looking forward to "the sixth in the increasingly inaccurately named trilogy"

    49 is tragic, he kicks Pratchett's ass when it comes to satire if not spam...

    /me weeps openly
    "The post you have just read is true... and by true, I mean false, it's all lies... but they're entertaining lies, and in the end, isn't that the real truth? The answer... is no..."


  • #15
    darthmise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 622 ✭✭✭darthmise


    He made me laugh no end...


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