Paying a tribute to Douglas Adams on his 61st birth anniversary, Google has posted an interactive doodle, which includes several references to his works.
Adams is widely known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before being turned into five best-selling novels which sold over 15 million copies worldwide. It has also been adapted for television, the West End stage and the big screen. It was later adapted to other formats,
The doodle has a device with words 'Don't panic' written on it. Here is why the doodle features 'Don't Panic'. In the series, Don't Panic is a phrase written in large, friendly letters on the cover of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The doodle includes a spate of elements touching on Adams' famous novels, which are clickable. When clicked, the doodle also plays sound in the background. However, it can be turned off which a click of a mouse.
The doodle features a cup of tea, which brings to our mind one of Adams' Dirk Gently detective novels, named The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul.
It also has a towel, an item Adams always would mention as an essential thing when travelling in space. Besides, with the view to pay a tribute to Adams, his fans celebrate Towel Day every year on May 25, thereby demonstrating their appreciation for Adams and his books, as referred to in Adams' The Hitchhiker'.