9 March 2015
Douglas Adams described the first ebooks "long before most commuter trains were filled with people reading them", according to his fellow novelist Neil Gaiman, but the late author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was still optimistic about the future of the book, predicting that "no matter what happens books will survive".
Giving the annual Douglas Adams lecture last night, Gaiman spoke at length about his memories of his friend and fellow author, revealing the details of a conversation "almost 30 years ago now", when the two were discussing the idea of ebooks.