Douglas Adams
Critique • Works • Views and quotes
(Michael Hughes/CC BY-SA 2.0)
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
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
Critique • Works • Views and quotes