Fish time

I'm reading Douglas Adams' The Salmon of Doubt, which, besides being an incredibly amusing collection of essays, anecdotes, articles and more all have a little something profound hidden in them. Better, I find myself imagining that I, myself, know this author. It's pretty cool imagining me and Douglas Adams pallin' around together. And interestingly, though he will be remembered best for Hitchhikers Guide + sequels, that book that will really immortalize him as a person, whole, and not just his funny ideas is this book full of funny little stories about his experiences. It's kind of similar to Neil Gaiman - we got to know his genius through Sandman and various novels, but we got to know him through his book of short stories, Smoke and Mirrors. I wonder if this is a common thing?