Douglas Adams

Born

in Cambridge, England, The United Kingdom

March 11, 1952

Died

May 11, 2001

Website

http://www.douglasadams.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Mystery, Humor

Influences

Monty Python, Kurt Vonnegut, P. G. Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, Jane Au ...more

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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".

In addition to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams wrote or co-wrote th ...more

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Douglas Adams’s books

Average rating: 4.2 · 2,411,326 ratings · 52,293 reviews · 89 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,222,977 ratings — published 1979 — 308 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 4.38 avg rating — 258,681 ratings — published 1996 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 202,921 ratings — published 1980 — 183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life, the Universe and Everything (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 176,870 ratings — published 1982 — 162 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) 3.98 avg rating — 107,910 ratings — published 1987 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 128,391 ratings — published 1984 — 148 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #5) 3.97 avg rating — 96,281 ratings — published 1992 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 71,814 ratings — published 1988 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts 4.51 avg rating — 32,804 ratings — published 1986 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Zaphod Plays It Safe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #0.5) 3.68 avg rating — 26,651 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Douglas Adams

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (5 books)
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4.21 avg rating — 2,189,857 ratings

Dirk Gently (3 books)
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4.00 avg rating — 211,795 ratings

The Meaning of Liff (3 books)
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3.94 avg rating — 8,293 ratings

Quotes by Douglas Adams

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― douglas adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

37391 likes

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

30691 likes

“The story so far:
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

tags: humor, scifi

21493 likes

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BOTM Poll for Sept 2017 - Modern Classics/Popular Reads Pick
Based on recommendations from the group with the most second's. Please pick your preferred group read below!
Remember, you can change your vote any time up until closing of the poll. Polls will be open for one week.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

100 votes, 35.6%

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

77 votes, 27.4%

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

46 votes, 16.4%

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

25 votes, 8.9%

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

24 votes, 8.5%

Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese

9 votes, 3.2%

281 total votes

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