The alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ

Section R- Recommended

R.1. Recommended authors

If you like the writings of Douglas Adams, you might appreciate books by the following people.

If you would like to write a brief paragraph about one of these authors, explaining what they're about and why people might like them, then please send it to Ben Brockert for probable inclusion on this page of the FAQ.

• Michael Marshall-Smith
  Robert Rankin
  Neil Gaiman
  P G Wodehouse
  Tom Sharpe
  Dave Hudson
  Tom Holt
  Terry Pratchett
  Kurt Vonnegut
  Grant Naylor (Rob Grant and Doug Naylor of Red Dwarf fame)
  Woody Allen
  Fran Lebowitz
  P J O'Rourke
  Dave Barry
  Robert Anton Wilson
  Robert Shea
  Dave Stone
  Daniel Manus Pinkwater (for kids)
  Robert Sheckley
  Svend Aage Madsen (Dutch, with some books in English translation)
  Erwin Neutzsky Wulff (Dutch, with some books in English translation)
  Iain (M.) Banks

We offer no guarantees that you'll like any of those, but you should.

R.2. Recommended web sites

• (there are other fan sites linked to various other parts of this FAQ- these are the sites considered of possible general interest)

Project Galactic Guide

• Project Galactic Guide is a web-based guide to the universe, in the style of The Book from The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It contains hundreds of articles and welcomes submissions.

  The PGG also has an associated newsgroup, alt.galactic-guide.
  There have been problems with the PGG server recently so accessing it may be difficult.

Nathan Hughes' Douglas Adams FTP site

• Consisting of everything he could think of to put there; documents, sound files, pictures, etc. There's also a public upload area, so if you have somethig that isn't there, you should feel free to donate.

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