"I thought some of the metaphysical imagery was particularly effective."

I am very saddened by this news. Along with the collected works of Monty Python and the movie The Princess Bride, the Hitchhiker's Guide is one of the most quotable works in the all-too-narrow world of exquisite silliness. I have always felt an affinity for Adams's zaniness. It occupies just that place in the constellation of comic genius that a brick doesn't.

Alex