Recitation at the University of Göttingen

The quality of the images isn't that good - but at that candlelight there was not much I could do using a 200mm tele-lens without a flashlight...

There were around 900 people on the meeting and Douglas did a very good job. He jumped on the stage, he screamed and throwed his head to his neck closing his eyes (I just can't express all his gestures with my little english-knowledge ;-) - just have a look at some of the photos I took.

Recording from his reading

So that one receives an impression of this reading-event I offer a short part of the recording as MP3-file. Just click the marked text for download.

Cite from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:

Chapter 7

Marvin stood at the end of the bridge corridor. He was not in fact a particularly small robot. His silver body gleamed in the dusty sunbeams and shook with the continual barrage which the building was still undergoing.

He did, however, look pitifully small as the gigantic black tank rolled to a halt in front of him. The tank examined him with a probe. The probe withdrew.

Marvin stood there.

"Out of my way little robot," growled the tank.

"I'm afraid," said Marvin, "that I've been left here to stop you."

The probe extended again for a quick recheck. It withdrew again.

"You? Stop me?" roared the tank. "Go on!"

"No, really I have," said Marvin simply.

"What are you armed with?" roared the tank in disbelief.

"Guess," said Marvin.

The tank's engines rumbled, its gears ground. Molecule-sized electronic relays deep in its micro-brain flipped backwards and forwards in consternation.

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