Douglas Adams
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Douglas Adams was a British science fiction writer and humorist best known for creating "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a comedic series that became a beloved classic across multiple formats including radio, television, and books. His clever, absurdist humor and imaginative storytelling made him one of the most influential and widely read science fiction authors of the late 20th century.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 March 1952 Cambridge UK
- Died
- 11 May 2001 Santa Barbara US
- Works
- 82
Top works
- O Salmão da Dúvida
- Sefinat he-ḥalal Ṭiṭaniḳ
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- Iras celestiales
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- Total plays
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Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He was best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a 1978 radio comedy series which he adapted into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film.
Adams wrote the novels Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990) and Last Chance to See (1990). He wrote three serials for the television series Doctor Who including the unaired serial Shada and City of Death (1979) which he co-wrote with producer Graham Williams, and served as script editor for its 17th season. He co-wrote the sketch "Patient Abuse" for the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. A posthumous collection of his selected works, including chapters of his final unfinished novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002.