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Posted May 12, 2001 by Orcus
My thoughts are with Douglas' family at this moment, a terrible tragedy happened yesterday.
I concur with all that was written above but would like to add that I will remember him fondly, he brought laughter and happiness to millions with his work and that should be how we remember him. On h2g2 his legacy lives on, we will work to make h2g2 what he wanted it to be. Keep up the writing folks.
David Miller - Birmingham UK
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Posted May 12, 2001 by MaW
I add my condolences to those of so many others whom Douglas brought happiness to through his art. The language is not capable of expressing grief as it should be expressed, but my heart is with his family. My his memory be honoured as one of the great writers of our time.
Matthew Walton, Cambridge, UK
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Posted May 12, 2001 by 40408
i had just woke up about 30 minutes before hearing the news on our local news station. it caught me as quite a shock and i had to make sure that i had not heard wrong...i came here to double check and sure enough the news was right  i don't want him to be gone, i want him to still be here...i am glad to at least know he is not really gone as long as we all remember him. my deepest thoughts are with his family.
sharil wallace, gardendale alabama (just north of birmingham alabama)
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Dr E Vibenstein (Sprouts? So it IS Christmas!)
I never met Douglas Adams, and yet he changed the entire course of my life. My sincerest condolences to his family and friends, the universe is a much sadder place today. 
Steve Binnie, Falkirk, Scotland.
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Posted May 12, 2001 by JLC the TTP aka ...It's All Happening!
My deeepest sympathy to his wife and child. He will live on forever in our hearts and minds.
Worlds of Love,
Jon-lynnette Charpentier
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Spacecadette, just muddling through.
My sincerest condolences go out to Douglas Adams' wife and daughter on their sudden and deep loss. I know it will not lessen their sorrow, but a very great number of people in the world share their sadness today.
I am thankful that Douglas' ideas and humor will survive him, so that even more people will get the chance to know him and the universe he created. So Long And Thanks For The Galaxy.
Diane Rhodes
Glendale, California
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Researcher 173229
A snowbound Durham in 1979, listening to H2G2 on Radio 4.
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Curry-Kev
I first read Hitch Hikers Guide when I was a teenager.
It inspired me beyond belief, and encouraged me to start writing for myself. Your astonishing imagination and creativeness were a joy to behold.
Douglas...you are, and always shall be a unique inspiration to us all.
Our thoughts go out to your family and loved ones at this time...we wish them only peace and love.
Long may your work inspire the minds of others, and encourage them to think freely and with tremendous humour.
Love; Light; Peace.
Kevin Milsom
(Stroud, England)
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Red Dog (a figment of Paul H's imagination)
If a life is to be measured by time alone, then DNA`s was tragically and cruelly cut short. But if a life is to be measured by the amount that it enriched others then Douglas Adams lived one immeasurably longer than his years with us. His was a like that will not be seen again. I pay homage to his memory.
Alistair McGregor. Perth, Western Australia.
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Zak T Duck
You have been an inspiration to us all in more ways than one. Your legacy will never die.
Mark Crosby, Liverpool, UK
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Posted May 12, 2001 by dimples
Thank you DNA for being. Growing up in the conservative middle class of the midwest, your books gave me the courage to embrace being unique, irreverant and decidedly odd. It opened up my eyes to a whole different world than what I was used to.
I hope your family is comforted by the fact that you meant so much to so many people who never knew you personally.
Joy Boggio - Chicago, Illinois
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Researcher 168667
I was shocked and saddened to hear this news.
My deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends.
Steve Henderson, Glasgow, Scotland
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Fairly Strange
May I offer my deepest sympathy and condolences for the family and personal friends of Douglas Adams.
I was introduced to his wonderful tales of interstellar and time travel as a young man in my early 20's. I have never been much of a "literary" person.....and definitely not a lover of fiction. Douglas Adams found a chord in my soul that no other writer could discover.Thats' genius, in my mind.
May I say, his books have become a "standard" in my household. His memory will live on as long as there is a bookshelf in any of my familys' homes.
Thank you, Mr. Adams.
Mark A. Wallace, Sr.
Gardendale, Alabama USA
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Researcher 173377
condolences to family, friends and all the people, who never got the chance to meet him!
thanks for your work, it realy cahnged my live!
Heiko Veit, Unna, NRW, Germany
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Researcher 173377
condolences to family, friends and all the people, who never got the chance to meet him!
thanks for your work, it realy changed my live!
Heiko Veit, Unna, NRW, Germany
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Mund
I realise that I took DNA and his influence for granted. It wasn't just his ideas and his words, it was the ideas and words they bred in others. And now he's gone.
Love (with tears in my eyes) to him, his family and the extended family created by and around his inspiration,
Ed Wilson, Stockport, England
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Cakewalker
Thankyou Douglas for hours of enjoyment and enlightenment - there are parts of your stories I know word for word, they've been listened to so often! The idea of putting some of those images into reality has surfaced often, even to the extent of envying any artist that would get the chance to work with the production team of any Hitch Hiker film there may be in the future. In retrospect I'm undecided as to whether that's such a good idea, though - the greatest writers conjure up images in anyone's mind, and there must be tens or hundreds of thousands of variations on the Hitch Hiker offices or Milliways the Restaurant at the End of the Universe amongst the people on h2g2, let alone the whole of Douglas's creation's avid fans, each one of which will be special to them. If, however, in a few years time, you come across a buiding in Sheffield that has a lift with a button that says 'please do not press this button again', you'll know why 
Chris Wade (architect to be, hopefully...)
Sheffield, UK
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Kheldar (Don't hate the media, Become the media)
Words cannot express...
Steven Hoeksel
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
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Posted May 12, 2001 by Ottox
Thanks! 
Jens Peter Lieberkind
Roskilde, Denmark
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Posted May 12, 2001 by The Bhagwan
I feel as though I've lost a member of my own family. DNA was a joy to read, rereading any of his books was like visiting with a dear friend again. My deep sympathies to his family. Polly, I hope that when you are older you realise just how much joy and laughter your father brought to countless millions and how much he will be missed by so many of us.
Mark Rees - San Francisco
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