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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 ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 3,141,093 ratings · 74,138 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,681,850 ratings — published 1979 — 175 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 (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) 4.38 avg rating — 308,560 ratings — published 1996 — 57 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) 4.21 avg rating — 263,656 ratings — published 1980 — 221 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 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 218,153 ratings — published 1982 — 194 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 (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 160,958 ratings — published 1984 — 176 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) 3.97 avg rating — 133,618 ratings — published 1987 — 121 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 — 121,705 ratings — published 1992 — 151 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) by Douglas Adams, Wilson McLean (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 83,523 ratings — published 1988 — 101 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 4.50 avg rating — 35,468 ratings — published 1979 — 22 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 Salmon of Doubt (Dirk Gently, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 28,299 ratings — published 2002 — 71 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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