I'm also a big fan of the Cyberiad, and Douglas Adams. When a bunch of us first heard The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio plays, we were sure Adams must

I'm also a big fan of the Cyberiad, and Douglas Adams. When a bunch of us first heard The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio plays, we were sure Adams must have read the Cyberiad, as some of it seemed so similar in tone if not details. But I read somewhere that he had not read it when he wrote Hitchhikers.