Douglas Adams - Wikipedia
WEBDouglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG). Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy developed into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime.
Douglas Adams and the cult of 42 - The Guardian
WEBFeb 3, 2011 · Adams – who died, aged 49, 10 years ago this May – had launched the world's greatest universal joke. Often you hear it as a simple namecheck, a gently conclusive "Douglas Adams", said whenever a...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia
WEBThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [a] [b] is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film .
Douglas Adams | Hitchhiker’s Guide, Sci-Fi, Humor | Britannica
WEBDouglas Adams (born March 11, 1952, Cambridge, Eng.—died May 11, 2001, Santa Barbara, Calif., U.S.) was a British comic writer whose works satirize contemporary life through a luckless protagonist who deals ineptly with societal forces beyond his control. Adams is best known for the mock science-fiction series known collectively as The ...
Douglas Adams (Author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
WEBMay 11, 2001 · Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. He is best known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Hitchhiker's began on radio, and developed into a "trilogy" of five books (which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime) as well as a television series, a comic book ...
Douglas Adams - IMDb
WEBBiography. Awards. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Douglas Adams (1952-2001) Writer. Script and Continuity Department. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:01. Growing Up in the Universe (1991– ) 1 Video. 1 Photo. Born Douglas Noel Adams on March 11, 1952 in Cambridge.
DNA/Biography - Douglas Adams
WEBBiography. 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.
Douglas Adams - Biography - IMDb
WEBMay 11, 2001 · Santa Barbara, California, USA (heart attack) Birth name. Douglas Noel Adams. Nickname. DNA. Height. 6′ 5″ (1.96 m) Mini Bio. Born Douglas Noel Adams on March 11, 1952 in Cambridge. From 1959 until 1970 he went to Brentwood school in Essex, and his main interest was science.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Summary & Facts
WEBMar 22, 2024 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first book (1979) in the highly popular series of comic science fiction novels by British writer Douglas Adams. The saga mocks modern society with humor and cynicism. Its hero, a hapless Englishman, finds himself adrift in a universe characterized by randomness and absurdity.
Douglas Adams
WEBDouglas Adams's Official Home On The Web. Latest Headlines: 16.Dec.2014 The Thirteenth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture - Presented by Neil Gaiman. 2.Dec.2014 'Unseen Douglas Adams' and Hitchhiker's Guide Marathon 1.Mar.2014 The Twelfth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture - The Science of Harry Potter and the Mathematics of The Simpsons 1.Mar.2013 The eleventh Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture - Dr Adam ...
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