| Total Votes | % of Voters | Female Votes | Male Votes | % of Female Votes | % of Male Votes | Average Age | Answer | | 9 | 14.5% | 6 | 3 | 22.2% | 12.5% | 43.3 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book) |
| 1 | 1.6% | .. | 1 | .. | 4.2% | .. | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe |
| 2 | 3.2% | 1 | 1 | 3.7% | 4.2% | .. | Life, the Universe and Everything |
| 1 | 1.6% | .. | 1 | .. | 4.2% | .. | So Long and Thanks For All the Fish |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Mostly Harmless |
| 1 | 1.6% | .. | 1 | .. | 4.2% | .. | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Last Chance to See ... (cowritten with Mark Carwardine) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | The Meaning of Liff (cowritten with John Lloyd) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | The Deeper Meaning of Liff (cowritten with John Lloyd) |
| 4 | 6.5% | .. | 4 | .. | 16.7% | 41.1 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio) |
| 3 | 4.8% | 1 | 2 | 3.7% | 8.3% | 37.0 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV) |
| 1 | 1.6% | .. | 1 | .. | 4.2% | .. | His writing for Dr. Who ("Pirate Planet", "City of Death") |
| 2 | 3.2% | 1 | 1 | 3.7% | 4.2% | .. | The Monty Python episode he helped write ("Party Political Broadcast", the doctor sketch, cowritten with Graham Chapman)) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | The "Dr. Snuggles" series (TV, cowritten with John Lloyd) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Bureaucracy (computer game) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Starship Titanic (computer game) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Young Zaphod Plays It Safe (short story from the Hitchhikers compilations) |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I liked his technology features for the BBC best |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I don't like Douglas Adams' work |
| 10 | 16.1% | 8 | 2 | 29.6% | 8.3% | 38.4 | I've never read/seen/heard Douglas Adams' work |
| 7 | 11.3% | 6 | 1 | 22.2% | 4.2% | 33.5 | Who was Douglas Adams? |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Hey! You forgot about ... |
| 7 | 11.3% | 2 | 5 | 7.4% | 20.8% | 36.5 | I can't pick one favorite |
| 3 | 4.8% | 2 | 1 | 7.4% | 4.2% | 27.3 | Obligatory Other Option |
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Strider   | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 11:29pm |
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| romkey | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 11:20pm |
you're right about Starship Titanic - Douglas Adams did write an introduction; I did a quick scan on Amazon for his books and Starship Titanic turned up but I didn't look closely enough |
| bcollins | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 11:10pm |
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| darkshadowsseeker | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 10:14pm |
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| Lahdee | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 6:26pm |
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Frostbrand  | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 5:58pm |
His death was a sad day for nerds everywhere.
Moment of silence please. |
Maarten  | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 4:25pm |
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| TylersMamma | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 4:17pm |
even though I dont know who he is I think this is well written survey. Good Job SC (oh, and i rated it good)  |
Iseult   | reasonable | | posted 15-May-2001 4:04pm |
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| cpierson | N/A | | posted 15-May-2001 2:49pm |
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| cpierson | old | | posted 15-May-2001 2:49pm |
bcollins/Biggles -- point taken. Changed to "is". And thanks for clearing up the jargon.
Supplicant -- I didn't know about Dr. Snuggles. Weird. And I can't believe I forgot the Liff books. I added all that (and noted cowriters), and also threw in the Young Zaphod story. And I took out the "AD", although I'm curious about who "we" are when you say "we don't use [it] anymore". Everyone I know still uses AD when called to.
Spidertea -- it's a shame you'd be petty enough to give an arbitrary bad rating to a survey meant as a memorial to a well-liked writer. Hope people are more respectful toward you when you die. |
| bcollins | old | | posted 15-May-2001 1:25pm |
I agree with Biggles. Just because an author is dead does not mean we will stop reading his/her books. It should be-What is |
| Biggles | old | | posted 15-May-2001 12:46pm |
Why "What was"? Having something as a favourite doesn't become past tense just because the creator died!
SC - wees means What Everyone Else Said. |
| Iseult | old | | posted 15-May-2001 11:05am |
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| supplicant | old | | posted 15-May-2001 10:52am |
Apparently he also wrote for a TV series called Dr. Snuggles? (according to IMDB).
You forgot The Meaning of Liff and The Deeper Meaning Of Liff. You should probably credit the co-writer of these and of Last Chance To See.
You need to either make it multi-choice or add some kind of "I can't choose between them" option.
"AD 2001" is not really correct as we don't use the term AD anymore: it is now called CE (Common Era), so it should be "Friday, May 11, 2001 CE"... except you don't need it at all, since anyone stupid enough to believe it was BCE (Before Common Era a.k.a. BC) wouldn't be able to operate a computer. |
| spidertea | old | | posted 15-May-2001 10:32am |
I was going to rate this survey good, but then I read your snippity "how the hell" comment, and decided to rate it bad to match your attitude. |
| cpierson | old | | posted 15-May-2001 9:45am |
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| cpierson | old | | posted 15-May-2001 9:44am |
Mamma -- link provided.
jkiehart -- date of death provided.
Hare/Pers/bcollins -- not all of us know what your acronyms mean.
kate/Maarten -- episode names provided.
romkey -- Terry Jones wrote the Starship Titanic book. Douglas Adams made the game.
Everyone -- honestly, how the hell do so many abjectly crappy surveys get past you people?
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| TylersMamma | old | | posted 15-May-2001 12:45am |
Who's douglas adams? maybe provide a link |
| HareKrishna | old | | posted 14-May-2001 11:33pm |
wees |
| jkiehart | old | | posted 14-May-2001 3:22pm |
Put the date of the death, not just the day of the week. |
| Iseult | old | | posted 14-May-2001 3:19pm |
wees... you could provide a link if there is any. |
| bcollins | old | | posted 14-May-2001 1:33pm |
WEES |
| darkshadowsseeker | old | | posted 14-May-2001 1:03pm |
Agree with Romkey and Maarten. It should be Friday, April 11, 2001. And I would like to know which Monty Python episode he was involved in as well. Which Dr. Who did he write for? |
| romkey | old | | posted 14-May-2001 11:24am |
I like the survey; just two things - first, I think there was a book version of Starship Titanic as well; second, I think it would be very helpful for you to give the date when you say "Friday" - there'll be a lot of Fridays after this survey passes qual |
| Maarten | old | | posted 14-May-2001 10:43am |
Which Monty Python episode did he help write? |
