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March 30, 2007
Douglas Adams wrote me a letter..
..nearly exactly 20 years ago.
After reading Dirk Gently, back in 1987 I wrote Douglas Adams a letter complaining (I think) about not fully understanding the book. He wrote back and this is the letter. I thought it had disappeared with all the moving about over the past 20 years, but luckily my mum found it a couple of days ago and sent it over.
Here is the text.
Dear Matthew Langham,
Thank you very much for your letter. I'm glad you enjoyed Dirk Gently, even if you didn't fully follow it. A number of people have said they got a bit lost at the end. I'll try and make the next one a little clearer.
I'm glad to hear that the German translations are good. That's probably why German is one of the few foreign languages that my books actually sell well in. I'm often being told that most of the translations are rotten.
Best wishes,
Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently was the only Douglas Adams book I actually read first in German.
Posted by Matthew at March 30, 2007 06:39 PM