> But first, let’s address the elephant in the room: yes, there is a character in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy named Hotblack Desiato. Yes, they are named after us. No, we didn’t just pull this name out of thin air, it’s actually the last names of our two founders.
I still live nearby and am similarly amused. 22 Duncan Terrace is an especially nice house, in an area not short of nice houses. Clearly Adams had done pretty well from Hitchhikers and his other work by the 80s.
Iain M Banks also lived in Islington in the 80s and much of his novel Walking on Glass is set in and around the place, and include some references to Adams living there.
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