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My point was that you're not Douglas Adams and don't already have a degree of success. What happens when you try it?

He wasn't successful when his first book was pulled out of him by Simon Brett (described as HHGTTG's "co-midwife") and others.

He was a successful TV and radio script author on household name projects like Dr Who, and the HHGTTG radio show was already a huge hit.

The book was practically guaranteed to be a best-seller.