Douglas Adamsauthor profile |
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| born | March 11, 1952 |
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| died | May 11, 2001 |
| gender | male |
| place of birth | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom |
| website | http://www.douglasadams.com/ |
| genre | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| influences | Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, P. G. Wodehouse |
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about this author
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 series, a computer game, and a feature film that was completed after Adams' death. The series has also been adapted for live theatre using various scripts; the earliest such productions used material newly written by Adams. He was known to some fans as Bop Ad (after his illegible signature), or by his initials "DNA&q...more |
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books by Douglas Adamscombine editionsavg rating: 4.10 | 49773 ratings | 55 distinct works see all books by Douglas Adams » |
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quotes by Douglas Adams
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
— Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)
"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc...and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons."
— Douglas Adams
— Douglas Adams
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