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Adrian Stride

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Adrian Stride was born in England during the mid-1960s, which was all the rage at the time.

He now lives in the New Forest, where he writes about history, humanity and the absurdity of a species that considers itself reasonably well organised.​

Adrian writes what he describes as extended comic metaphor: using humour, characters and absurd situations to explore philosophies that are considerably less absurd.

His work sits somewhere between science fiction, philosophy, alternative history and comedy, although it doesn’t always play nice with the establishment. The humour is not intended simply to lighten the subject; it is part of the way the questions are phrased.
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Adrian believes serious questions should only be trifled with a spoonful of serio
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The Trivial Matter of the Universe by Adrian Stride
"Personally, I enjoyed this book very much. With the combination of adventure and sci-fi, the story follows multiple points of view expertly. From Marriage, Death, and Birth finding physical bodies, to Alfred trying to escape prison, and to Felix trav" Read more of this review »
The Trivial Matter of the Universe by Adrian Stride
"This was so good! While reading I felt like the first time I picked up a Discworld book. There is clever wordplay and witty insights, great banter, and really fun characters. Highly recommended if you're into either Discworld or The Hitchhiker's Guid" Read more of this review »
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“I will come to your room and discuss this matter,” King Menelaus said to Helen in a strong, masculine voice, proving that, despite the fact he was being dragged there by his ear, he was going ‘voluntarily”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe
tags: humour

“Octavian was big, big in the same way a silverback gorilla is when you realise the glass between you and it isn’t just clean, it’s absent.”
― Adrian Stride

“Your original saved in Hooks:

It’s not that Felix can’t die, in fact he’s getting rather good at it, it’s much more that he had a better post-death recovery rate than most people.”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe

“Your original saved in Hooks:

It’s not that Felix can’t die, in fact he’s getting rather good at it, it’s much more that he had a better post-death recovery rate than most people.”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe

“I will come to your room and discuss this matter,” King Menelaus said to Helen in a strong, masculine voice, proving that, despite the fact he was being dragged there by his ear, he was going ‘voluntarily”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe
tags: humour

“The problem with almost is that it is only as good as the person packing the parachute.”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe

“The third law of AI sentience (The Trivial Universe website)

A sufficiently large dataset is indistinguishable, from an outside perspective, from sentience.”
― Adrian Stride, The Trivial Matter of the Universe

“Octavian was big, big in the same way a silverback gorilla is when you realise the glass between you and it isn’t just clean, it’s absent.”
― Adrian Stride

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