May 25 is Towel Day, and as any nerd worth his salt will tell you, that's the day everyone remembers the wonderful man that was Douglas Adams: the man behind The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Dirk Gently and The Meaning Of Liff.

This year's Towel Day was a very special one, as Adams' collected Hitchhicker's novels - "a trilogy in five parts" - were formally released to download on eReaders.

What makes this occurrence so especially special is that to tie in with May 25, the books' publishers commissioned fans to create a video to accompany an audio recording of Douglas Adams back in 1993 where he predicted - you guessed it - the arrival of the eReader.

The winner of the competition was Vimeo user Gareth Evans, and it's his effort we've got for you above - and when you're done with that, take a look 10 of our favouite Douglas Adams quotes below.

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  • "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

  • "Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

  • "Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules"

  • "I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer."

  • "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."

  • "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."

  • "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

  • "I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?"

  • "I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons."

  • "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"