Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams

(1952-2001)

Bio:

English writer of humorous science fiction. Born in Cambridge on the 11th of November. Writer for radio, television, film and theater. Scriptwriter for Dr. Who. Married in 1991 to Jane Belson with whom he had a daughter, Polly.

Bibliography:

The Deeper Meaning of Liff
1990 w. John Lloyd, Pan ISBN: 0-330-32220-6
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
1987, novel, Heinemann
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency/The Long, Dark Teatime of the Soul
1993 Omnibus, Pan
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1979, novel adapted from radio scripts, Pan
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1988 Omnibus, Pan
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
1986 Omnibus, Heinemann
Last Chance to See
novel, with Mark Carwardine, Heinemann ISBN 0-345-37198-4
Life, The Universe and Everything
1982, novel, Pan
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
1988. novel, Heinemann
The Meaning of Liff
1983,w. John Lloyd ISBN: 0-330-28121-6
The More than Complete Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Omnibus HH books and stories ISBN: 0-517-69311-9
Mostly Harmless
1992, novel, Heinemann
The Radio Scripts
0-517-55950-1
The Restaurant to the end of the Universe
1980, novel, Pan
The Salmon of Doubt
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
1984, novel, Pan
The Utterly, Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book
1986 ed. w. Peter Fincham, Fontana
The Ultimate Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1995, Heinemann (?)
1996, Randomhouse/Wings hardcover ISBN:0-517-14925-7, cover by Peter Cross.
Omnibus of the five HH novels plus "Young Zaphod Plays it Safe"

Short works

"Foreword to PowerBook, the Digital Nomad's Guide"
ISBN: 0-679-74588-2
"Young Zaphod Plays It Safe"
orig. publ. in The Utterly Utterly...

DVD

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1982 BBC Series Amazon.com
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005, Touchstone/Disney Theatrical Release Amazon.com

Computer games

Bureaucracy
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Starship Titanic
1996, Pearson Software Amazon.com
2002, Simon & Schuster Interactive Amazon

Related Works

Dont Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Neil Gaiman,1991 Titan Books ISBN: 1-85286-411-7
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1980, BBC
Not 1982
1981, F&Faber
Not 1983
1982, F&Faber
Son Of 'Curried Eggs'
1984, Methuen ed. Roger Wilmut
The St. Michael Book Of Humorous Stories
Octopus, 1984
Coastline
1987, Kingfisher
The Utterly, Utterly Amusing And Pretty Damn Definitive Comic Relief Revue Book
1989, Penguin
Hockney's Alphabet
1991, ed. Stephen Spender,Faber&Faber
Wordsmiths of Wonder
1993, Orbit, Interviews by Stan Nicholls

Other Adams links:

Douglas Adams: Official Site
(Cult) Douglas Adams
Floor 42: Fans of Douglas Adams
The Ford Prefect Worship Page

alt.fan.douglas-adams

Updated November 2005