In article <1993Jan24.031003.13243@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>, demetri@cgrg.ohio-state.edu writes:
|> Does anyone else think that the song "And She Was" by the talking heads had
|> to be about Fenchurch?
|>
|> Unrelated point...my brother heard from a friend that Adams seriously HATES
|> writing, saying that other writers SAY they hate it but only he really
|> means it. The story goes that he had something like a year to write one of
|> the Dirk Gently books but dashed it off in the last few weeks. Also heard
|> that his publishers post people outside his door to make sure he gets the
|> work done. Has anyone else heard this? We got the impression that people
|> were badgering him to write another HHG book so he said in effect, "You
|> want another one? FINE! I'll kill them all, in all possible universes!
|> Here's your f---ing book!"
|> Renee
Regarding Mostly Harmless...
Yes, I believe that is exactly why he ended the book the way he did. He was apparently sick of the characters and of people badgering him that he decided to kill everyone so no one could POSSIBLY ask for another book.
Unfortonatly, this is not to be the case. Everyone on this newsgroup seems to
have their own theory on how they could have been saved and how he can have up to five more books in the series or something like that. But i truly believe this ending was written this way so people COULDNT demand another series...
Although what he should have done is forget about this infinite universes thing and kept the story consistent with the rest of the books (only one earth (well, only one earth at a time) and only one universe). That way, when he killed
off everyone then no one could say, "Well what about the infinity -1 other Arthurs..."
`' "If I CARED what the general populace cared about me, I'd shop at the `'
`' fucking Gap. The last thing I need is being told what the fashionable `' `' alternative should be wearing. That's right, think you're original as `' `' as conforming nonconformist, but remember when you sneer at me, I'm `'
`' achieving what you a so desparately seeking" --D.T. `'
