Last night I decided to read the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's series because it had been many years since I had read it. I was surprised to read in the book's forward (by Neil Gaiman 2002) this comment about Douglas Adams:
He was a self-described "strange child" who did not learn to speak until he was four. He wanted to be a nuclear physicist.
In the first chapter, Adams wrote:
They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating.
That made me go hmmmmmm. I assume this has been discussed elsewhere but I haven't run across it yet. Comments?
Last night I decided to read the Douglas Adams Hitchhiker's series because it had been many years since I had read it. I was surprised to read in the book's forward (by Neil Gaiman 2002) this comment about Douglas Adams:
He was a self-described "strange child" who did not learn to speak until he was four. He wanted to be a nuclear physicist.
In the first chapter, Adams wrote:
They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating.
That made me go hmmmmmm. I assume this has been discussed elsewhere but I haven't run across it yet. Comments?
Makes sense.
It is these types of anecdotes that give me the best hope for my delightful 2 younger children. The oldest never had any speech issues, the younger two ...
Try the wonderful biography, 'Wish You Were Here' by Nick Webb:
Hardback: ISBN 0755311558
Paperback: ISBN 0755311663
While speaking of his parents divorce, Douglas Adams said:
"That may not sound unusual but in those days it was extremely rare. Since almost everyone gets divorced these days, it is quite hard to appreciate the extent to which it made one feel different." Alien? "Very possibly. I was certainly a very disturbed child, twitchy and strange. I didn't learn to speak until very late. Apparently the parents at one of my primary schools asked for me to be taken away as I was so odd, and slightly violent." (The Times, 17.Oct.92)
I had never considered this before, but now, it makes quite a lot of sense.
I read the first book in the series and the creativity of this writer is extraordinary.