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Douglas Adams

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Adams picDOUGLAS ADAMS, undated (Michael Hughes)
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Born
Cambridge, England, 1952

Died
Montecito, California, United States, 2001

Places lived
London, England (1952–1957); Brentwood, Essex (1957–1974); London (1974–1981); Islington (1981–1999); Santa Barbara, California, United States (1999–2001)

Nationality
English

Publications
Novels, radio scripts, screenplays

Genres
Science fiction, satire, humour

Writing language
English

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Literature

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979–1992)

Novels

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

Novel Series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979–1992)

British Literature

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979–1992)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)

Adventure Fiction

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

Humour and Satire

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979–1992)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)

Science Fiction

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

Science Fiction Series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979–1992)

Works published in book form

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, novel, 1979

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, novel, 1980

Life, the Universe and Everything, novel, 1982

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, novel, 1984

The Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet—But There Ought to Be, dictionary with John Lloyd, 1984

Mostly Harmless, novel, 1992

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, novel, 1987

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul, novel, 1988

The Deeper Meaning of Liff: A Dictionary of Things There Aren't Any Words for Yet—But There Ought to Be, dictionary with John Lloyd, 1990

Last Chance to See, zoology with Mark Carwardine, 1990

Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic, novel by Terry Jones, 1998, based on story/computer game by Adams

The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, essays, interviews, speeches, unfinished novel, 2002

Unfinished novel The Salmon of Doubt

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts, radio scripts, 2003

 

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