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Emulation

There are many questions that we wish desperately for an answer. We search and search and search until we find what we are looking for. Are drive to vanquish the unknown is what helps us find answers. Without our drive, there would be no discoveries. However, the drive for knowledge is also dangerous it can cause us to find false answers that we believe to be true. Glade Answers that can spread to others causing a plague of misconceptions. Common examples: the earth was once flat, abiogenesis (living things came from non-living things), red pandas are pandas, and that bears hibernate. And it is only after much debate with someone who knows the truth that those misconceptions are gone and enlightenment can occur. With the drive to seek knowledge comes the danger of misconceptions however it can also come with the benefit of enlightenment.

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Biography

Born March 11th, 1952 in Cambridge, England
Died May 11th, 2001
Influences: Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, P.G Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen
Genres: Science Fiction, Mystery, Humor
Best known for the ‘trilogy’ of five books, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Other works include assisting on Doctor Who (script editor and author of three novels), the Dirk Gently novels, and The Salmon of Doubt (a collection of essays, material, and an unfinished novel) that was published after his death
Was an environmental activist
Loved fast cars and technology
The main interest in school was science
Hitchhiked across Europe to Istanbul
1970, left school to become a writer
Feb 4th, 1977, met a man (Simon Brett) and the pair agreed to produce a sci-fi comedy show on the radio. This was ultimately the starting point for hitchhikers guide
Married Jane Belson on November 24th, 1991
Had a child named Polly Jane in 1994
Signed a deal with Disney to make a feature movie (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 2005)
Died of a massive heart attack while working out at a local gym

Works

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979) (novel)
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe(1980) (novel)
- Life, the Universe and Everything (1982) (novel)
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984) (novel)
- Mostly Harmless (1992) (novel)
Dirk Gently
- Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency(1987) (novel)
- The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988) (novel)
Doctor Who
- The Pirate Planet (1978), a Doctor Who serial
- City of Death (1979), a Doctor Who serial
- Shada (1979–1980), a Doctor Who serial

The Salmon of Doubt (2002), unfinished novel manuscript (11 chapters), short stories, essays, and interviews
Last Chance to See (1990, with Mark Carwardine) (book)

Advice to Writers

The fact is that I don’t know where ideas come from, or even where to look for them. Nor does any writer. This is not quite true, in fact. If you were writing a book on the mating habits of pigs, you’d probably pick up a few goodish ideas by hanging around a barnyard in a plastic mac, but if fiction is your line, then the only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn’t collapse when you beat your head against it.”

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