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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material: American Atheist Press: “Interview with Douglas Adams” American Atheist, vol. 40, no. 1(Winter 2001-2002). Reprinted by permission of the American Atheist Press. Byron Press Visual Publications: “Introduction” from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Collected Edition) DC Comics, volume 1 (May 1997). Reprinted by permission of Byron Press Visual Publications. Daily Nexus: “Interview with Daily Nexus” by Brendan Buhler, of the University of California Santa Barbara Daily Nexus, Artsweek, (April 5, 2001). Reprinted by permission of Daily Nexus. Richard Dawkins: “A Lament for Douglas Adams” by Richard Dawkins, The Guardian (May 14, 2001). Reprinted by permission of the author. The Graham Chapman Estate: “The Private Life of Genghis Khan” Based in part on an original sketch by Graham Chapman and written by Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams for the Graham Chapman Television Show, “Out of the Trees,” 1975. Reprinted by permission of the Graham Chapman Estate. Matt Newsome: “Douglas Adams Interview” by Matt Newsome. Copyright © 1998, 2002 by Matt Newsome. Reprinted by permission of the author. The Onion A.V. Club: “Douglas Adams Interview” by Keith Phipps, from The Onion A.V. Club (January 1998). Reprinted by permission of The Onion A.V. Club. Random House, Inc.: Excerpts from the Original Hitchiker Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams. Copyright © 1995 by Serious Productions Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Harmony Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Robson Books: “Maggie and Trudie” from Animal Passions edited by Alan Coven. Reprinted by permission of Robson Books. Virgin Net Limited: “Interview with Virgin.net, Ltd.” conducted by Claire Smith (September 22, 1999). Reprinted by permission of Virgin Net Limited. Nicholas Wroe: “The Biography of Douglas Adams” by Nicholas Wroe, The Guardian (June 3, 2000). Reprinted by permission of the author.

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