Sylvia PlathThe trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.
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The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom. - "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" by Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy novel written by British author Douglas Adams. It was first published in 1979. In the book, a supercomputer sends out a signal with instructions on how to save the world from destruction.
The story follows six people who receive and interpret the message and their attempts to save the planet and themselves. Douglas Adams was born on January 8th 1952 in Cambridge, England. He is famous for writing Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, short stories on which he collaborated with Stephen Briggs. He died on 11 May 2001 in Santa Barbara, California, United States aged 49 years old due to cancer of the liver on which he had been treated with surgery and chemotherapy for two years prior to his death.
Source: The Bell Jar
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