1. English 1061 Geek Pop Culture & Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

2. Science Fiction

3. Sci-fi Culture

4. Graphic novels

5. Board games

6. Video games

7. The “Nerd” stereotype

8. Geek / nerd culture

9. Geek / nerd culture

10. Douglas Adams 1952-2011 Born in Cambridge to affluent parents
Wrote comedy for TV, especially Monty Python
Began writing Hitchhiker’s Guide series as radio skits for BBC Radio in 1978
Married with one daughter
A “devout atheist” and environmentalist
Died in California of heart failure

11. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
The first of five books in a series
A sixth was planned by Eoin Colfer in 2008
Has made “42” and “Don’t panic” popular expressions
Movie version released in 2005, along with several audiobook versions

12. Themes and ideas People don’t seem to deserve
things—they just “happen”—
What does this randomness
mean?
Does life have meaning, or do the people in the story “make” meaning?
Are there good or bad people / aliens? Why? Are there universal values at all in the story?