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Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He was creator of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born	11 March 1952
Died	11 May 2001

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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1979 — 122 editions

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1980 — 90 editions
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So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1984 — 73 editions

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Life, The Universe And Everything: Volume Three in the Trilogy of Five

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1900 — 64 editions

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Mostly Harmless

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1991 — 53 editions

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1987 — 36 editions

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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1988 — 34 editions

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The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1995 — 29 editions

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Die letzten ihrer Art

by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
First published in 1990 — 19 editions
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1979 — 14 editions
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams First published in 1979 — 13 editions

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Hitch-Hikers Guide-Radio Scripts

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1985 — 10 editions

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The deeper meaning of liff: a dictionary of things there aren't any words for yet-- but there ought to be

by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd
First published in 1990 — 10 editions

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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels and One Story

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1996 — 10 editions
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Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- A Trilogy in Five Parts: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; Mostly Harmless

by Douglas Adams First published in 1993 — 8 editions

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The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide

by Douglas Adams
First published in 1986 — 7 editions
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The Time Traveller's Almanac

by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, and Isaac Asimov
First published in 2013 — 7 editions
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Two Complete Novels: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

by Douglas Adams First published in 1993 — 5 editions
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Literature: Reading and writing with critical strategies

by Steven Lynn, Douglas Adams, Margaret Atwood, Lewis Carroll, Kate Chopin, and Steven Lynn
First published in 2003 — 4 editions
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The Hitchhiker's Trilogy

by Douglas Adams First published in 1983 — 4 editions

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British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born	11 March 1952
Died	11 May 2001

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OLID: OL272947A
Amazon ID: B000AQ2A84
BookBrainz: 307812da-da11-4ee5-a906-31e5ce9694bb
GoodReads: 4
ISNI: 0000000080456315
IMDb: nm0010930
Library of Congress Names: n80076765
LibraryThing: adamsdouglas-1
MusicBrainz: e9ed318d-8cc5-4cf8-ab77-505e39ab6ea4
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV034417
VIAF: 113230702
Wikidata: Q42
Inventaire.io: wd:Q42

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