Check out Parrots, The Universe and Everything, an 87-minute talk that Douglas Adams (one of my favorite authors) gave at the University of California-Santa Barbara a month before his death in 2001. The speech is about the environment and his book Last Chance to See [amazon link]. A link to streaming RealVideo of the talk is available near the bottom of the page…
By the way, has anyone seen The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy yet? I’ve heard wildly varying reviews of the movie, and although Douglas Adams supposedly had a major hand in writing the movie script, one of the main criticisms I’ve heard about the movie is that it butchers some of his funniest ideas and lines from the book. I guess I should see for myself, but I’m curious to hear from other fans…
