As much as I don't want to depress everyone: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/new ... 326657.stm Very sad
Oh my god, no!! Screw Einstein! Here we say "have a nice journey" to a real genious!! Dang, I almost cried.. He was one of those people you really wish you had known. - Zen
It a HHGTTG reference. All an intergalactic traveller needs is a copy of the Guide and a towel. Just consider it an appropriate tribute to a man who's work was far more influential than you might suspect.
Death by heart attack at 49 years. Sad indeed. But it's not as if he's been up to much as a writer lately. What he did write though, that was brilliant. I've paid my respects at his homepage. Have you?