Author · 1952–2001
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was a British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001). Born in Cambridge.
Our catalogue lists 3 books by Douglas Adams, mostly time-travel fiction and mythic fiction. They span 1987 to 2013. The most-read is The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988).
Books by Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams
The Time Traveller's Almanac
Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer
Awards
- ✦Locus Awards 1983 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Life, the Universe and Everything (nominee)
Biography
Douglas Noël Adams (Cambridge, England, 11 March 1952 – Santa Barbara, California, 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,* which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a posthumously-released 2005 feature film. Douglas died unexpectedly of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.