Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams has written at least 53 books. Their most popular book is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with 3072 saves with an average rating of 4.24⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres one, asdfsa, and Asdfsa.

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Author Bio

Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952, educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge where, in 1974 he gained a BA (and later an MA) in English literature.

He was creator of all the various manifestations of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing in March 1978 it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations.

*The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's* phenomenal success sent the book straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Douglas Adams became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan. He won a further two (a rare feat), and was nominated - though not selected - for the first Best of Young British Novelists awards.

He followed this success with *The Restaurant at the End of the Universe* (1980)*; Life, The Universe and Everything* (1982); *So Long and Thanks for all the Fish* (1984); and *Mostly Harmless* (1992). The first two books in the Hitchhiker series were adapted into a 6 part television series, which was an immediate success when first aired in 1982. Other publications include *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (1987) and *Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul* (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed up with John Lloyd and wrote *The Meaning of Liff* and after a huge success *The Deeper Meaning of Liff* followed this in 1990). One of Douglas's all-time personal favourites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with zoologist Mark Carwardine and wrote *Last Chance to See* -- an account of a world-wide search for rare and endangered species of animals.

He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia and was also a best seller in German, Swedish and many other languages.

Douglas was a founding director of h2g2, formerly The Digital Village, a digital media and Internet company with which he created the 1998 CD-ROM Starship Titanic, a Codie Award-winning (1999) and BAFTA-nominated (1998) adventure game.

Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 of a sudden heart attack. He was 49. He had been living in Santa Barbara, California with his wife and daughter, and at the time of his death he was working on the screenplay for a feature film version of Hitchhiker.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 3,072 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

1980 • 853 Readers • 245 pages 4

Life, the Universe and Everything

1982 • 657 Readers • 224 pages 4

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

1979 • 584 Readers • 756 pages 4.4

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

1984 • 548 Readers • 204 pages 3.9

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

1987 • 474 Readers • 304 pages 3.9

Mostly Harmless

Mostly Harmless
ByDouglas Adams

1979 • 445 Readers • 277 pages 3.8

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

1988 • 244 Readers • 326 pages 3.8

The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

1996 • 148 Readers • 326 pages 3.6

Last Chance to See

Last Chance to See
ByMark Carwardine,Douglas Adams

1990 • 109 Readers • 206 pages 4.3

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe

Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
ByDouglas Adams(Editor)

1986 • 76 Readers • 11 pages 3.3

The Meaning of Liff

The Meaning of Liff
ByJohn Lloyd,Douglas Adams

1983 • 26 Readers • 196 pages 3.3

The Deeper Meaning of Liff

The Deeper Meaning of Liff
ByDouglas Adams,John Lloyd

1983 • 16 Readers • 156 pages 3.5

The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide

9 Readers 5

The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts

1985 • 8 Readers • 248 pages 4.8

Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts

1985 • 8 Readers • 249 pages 5

Not a book

Not a book
ByDouglas Adams

2000 • 5 Readers • 95 pages

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Illustrated Edition

1979 • 5 Readers • 224 pages 2.2

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase

1979 • 5 Readers • 4 pages 5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase

1980 • 4 Readers 4

Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1 of 3

Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1 of 3
ByJohn Carnell(Text),Steve Leialoha(Illustrator)

3 Readers • 48 pages 4

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Primary Phase

1978 • 3 Readers 4

Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada
ByDouglas Adams

2003 • 2 Readers • 3 pages 4.5

Restoranas visatos pabaigoje

Restoranas visatos pabaigoje
ByDouglas Adams,Saulius Repečka(Translator)

1980 • 1 Reader • 216 pages 5

Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction

Digging Holes in Popular Culture: Archaeology and Science Fiction
ByMiles Russell(Editor),Douglas Adams(Contributor)

2002 • 1 Reader • 174 pages

Cover 3

2020 • 1 Reader

The Hitchhiker' Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series

2019 • 1 Reader

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Hexagonal Phase

2018 • 1 Reader 4

Douglas Adams, Das Restaurant am Ende des Universums - Comic 2

Douglas Adams, Das Restaurant am Ende des Universums - Comic 2
ByDouglas Adams,Benjamin Schwarz(Translator)

1 Reader • 144 pages 4

Cover 4

Starship Titanic
ByTerry Jones,Douglas Adams

1997 • 1 Reader • 196 pages

Cover 7

1997 • 1 Reader • 133 pages

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Quandary Phase

2005 • 1 Reader 5

City of Death

City of Death
ByDouglas Adams

1 Reader 4

Cover 6

1 Reader

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 214 pages

Shada. Doctor Who

Shada. Doctor Who
ByDouglas Adams

2013 • 365 pages

Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Book 1 of 3

Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Book 1 of 3
ByJohn Carnell(Text),Steve Leialoha(Illustrator)

1993 • 48 pages

Doctor Who: City of Death

2012

The Private Life of Genghis Khan

1975 • 10 pages