Identity area
Reference code
AdamsDN/2/15
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Title
Date(s)
- 1983-1986 (Circa.) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 notebook; paper
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Scope and content
'Douglas Adams' inscribed in capitals on cover.
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'HHGG Film'.
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'General': a mixture, including list of American place-names and a few 'Liff'-style definitions, computer game notes and plans, memos, and doodles.
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So Long. and Thanks for all the Fish material; 'Concorde'.
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Computer game notes, chiefly flow diagrams relating to the 'Hitchhiker's Adventure Game' (mentions Steve Meretzky of Infocom); a note on tinkering with 'comms' between his computers; and (last four leaves of section, written from reverse) a diary entry and 'Novel Beginning' (at least in part Dirk Gently ideas).
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Chiefly computer game notes (apparently Hitchhiker's), and list of guests for dinner.
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Content advisory: Section 3 contains some sexually explicit writing.