Science fiction writer Douglas Adams died Friday of a heart attack while working out in Santa Barbara, California. Adams was best known for his novels, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish and Life, The Universe and Everything.

Adams was currently involved in a movie project for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, as well as a computer based video game based on his "hitchhikers" mythology.

Posts in the FARK.com message boards aptly sum up the loss Adams' fans are experiencing upon hearing of his death,

"Next to Tolkein, probably the most widely-read author in the Geek library. So long, Douglas. We'll see you on Stavromula Beta."-Allanhowls

"Adios Doug, and watch out for the ravenous bugblatter beast. :( "-Blackvampyr

"I will add to all this... for the greatest and most universal book quote in history : 42 ... Don't panic indeed"- SpiderJerusalem