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Douglas Adams

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Adams picDOUGLAS ADAMS, undated
(Michael Hughes/CC BY-SA 2.0)
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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)

Science Fiction

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

Science Fiction 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)

First appearance of works in book form

1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Novel

1980

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Novel

1982

Life, the Universe and Everything Novel

1984

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Novel

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

1992

Mostly Harmless Novel

1987

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Novel

1988

The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul Novel

1990

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

Last Chance to See Zooology with Mark Carwardine

1998

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

2002

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

Unfinished novel The Salmon of Doubt

2003

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

 

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