Monday, October 20, 2014

review of Adams' Salmon of Doubt

Douglas Adams does it again.  He takes an idea that is ludicrous and makes us realize that it is much more than some ludicrous idea.  It is something to be desired because it inspires adventure and something to be sought after because it inspires thinking.  A personal philosophy is what Adams’ stories sell.  Not just his own personal philosophy.  He sets up a ludicrous idea/world and then has the lead character simply go with it and learn from it.  They live from moment to moment and do not get hung up on the past.  They learn to think which makes the reader learn to think since they are reading through the lead’s perspective.  A personal philosophy can be found within every Adam book.  It is not just his own, but that of the characters and readers that are discovered.

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