Meeting Douglas Adams: A Note

[mabfan]

Since Google is noting that today is the birthday of Douglas Adams, I feel compelled to mention that I met him once, when he was touring the United States promoting his books Last Chance to See and Mostly Harmless. The late lamented bookstore Wordsworth hosted a reading at the Brattle Theatre, and although he was a draw, it was not so crowded that we didn't all get a chance to spend a few minutes talking with him. He was quite friendly and personable. And tall. Boy was he tall. I finally understood why Ford Prefect felt that one of the things humans say over and over is the obvious phrase, "You're very tall." Because he was tall. Even taller than my friend Ian Soboroff, who is very tall.

Did I mention that he was tall? He was.

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Meh. 6'5"? Not so tall.

Now Michael Crichton, he was tall!

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

Thank you for starting my morning with a Douglas Adams-related smile.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

How tall was he?

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

According to Google, he was 1.96 m, or 6' 5''.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

I was expecting an answer more along the lines of "He was soooo tall that..." :-)