1. “He had moved out of London because it made him nervous and irritable.” (7) Douglas Adams often complained to his friends about living in London, he disliked the city and moved out once he gathered enough money to do so. 2. “He worked in local radio which he always uses to tell his friends was a lot more interesting than they probably thought. It was, too-most of his friends working in advertising.” (7) Adams used to work in the radio business with a couple of his friends. He also had acquaintances that worked in movie production, music, and advertising. 3. “He was about thirty as well, tall, dark-haired and never quite at ease with himself.” (7) Douglas Adams based his characters on the people around him, he based Arthur Dent as himself. Adams was around thirty at the tie he wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide …show more content…
Since he was born on an ionic science discovery, he was inspired by science itself. He uses the information about atoms in his story. 15. “For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive-you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope.” (67) Adams had friends in the that worked for BBC radio whom let Douglas Adams work with them. His knowledge of technology expanded, especially about radios, when he worked for BBC. 16. “Let’s at least give our eyes a good time. Computer!” “Hi there! What can I…” “Just shut up and give us a view of the planet again.” (80) Although Douglas Adams loved technology, he sometimes found inventions ridiculous and not very useful. He shows his love for robots by including several of which interact with the main characters, and his annoyance for robots by making one of the characters not particularly fond of