Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth

A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.

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Introducing… Douglas Adams: The Ends of the Earth
A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.
17 Aug 2026,2 mins
Introduction: The Very General Genius of Douglas Adams
Welcome to Douglas Adams's guide to the ends of the earth.
18 Aug 2026,16 mins
Chapter 1: Writing
The creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy didn't like science fiction?
18 Aug 2026,37 mins
Aside the First: A Brief Piece of Juvenilia
A lost poem by Douglas Adams, written when he was 17.
18 Aug 2026,4 mins
Chapter 2: Explaining the World
Stephen Fry on writing computer code with Douglas Adams.
18 Aug 2026,24 mins
Aside the Second: The Whooshing Sound of Deadlines
The patron saint of procrastination and writer's block.
18 Aug 2026,3 mins
Chapter 3: Everything Is Connected: The Internet We Didn’t Get
What happens when you start to connect computers together on a network?
18 Aug 2026,47 mins,
Chapter 4: Last Chance to See
Douglas Adams and Mark Calwardine embark on the trip of a lifetime.
18 Aug 2026,46 mins,
Aside the Third: Space Is Big. Really Big
Douglas Adams, more than anyone, understood that space is big.
18 Aug 2026,27 mins
Chapter 5: Politics: People Are the Problem
Was Douglas Adams a political prognosticator?
18 Aug 2026,43 mins
Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Galactic Economy
‘If we could, for a moment, move on to the subject of fiscal policy…’
18 Aug 2026,22 mins
Chapter 7: Dirk Gently’s Rules of Governance
Has Adams’ depictions of alien excess become real life?
18 Aug 2026,32 mins
Aside the Fourth: A Letter to Disney
A letter that Douglas Adams wrote to the Walt Disney Company.
18 Aug 2026,5 mins
Chapter 8: The Ultimate Questions
Where does the idea of God come from?
18 Aug 2026,37 mins,
Aside the Fifth: A Metaphor About Metaphors
Douglas Adams was an undisputed master of metaphor and simile.
18 Aug 2026,3 mins
Chapter 9: The Alternative Adams-verse
If Douglas were still with us, where would we be?
18 Aug 2026,7 mins
Appendix: On Adapting Douglas Adams
What's an adapter to do when there’s nothing to cut?
18 Aug 2026,19 mins,
A Final Aside: Some Biographical Coincidences
Arvind reflects on some strange similarities with his subject.
18 Aug 2026,6 mins
Closing Credits
A celebration of the startling wit and unexpected wisdom of the legendary sci-fi author.
18 Aug 2026,3 mins