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Douglas Adams

11 March 1952 - 11 May 2001

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.

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  • Cover of: Doctor Who: Ölüm Sehri

    First published in 2016 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels and One Story

    First published in 1996 10 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition ultimatehitchhik0000adam_n0o9 Cover of edition ultimatehitchhik0000adam_j6z1 Cover of edition isbn_9788970135472 Cover of edition ultimatehitchhik0000adam
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  • Cover of: Time Traveller's Almanac: The Ultimate Treasury of Time Travel Fiction - Brought to You from the Future

    First published in 2013 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition timetravellersal0000unse Cover of edition timetravelersalm0000unse
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    First published in 1993 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Hitchhikers's Guide To The Galaxy The Complete Radio Series

    First published in 2005 2 editions
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    First published in 2012 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Literature: reading and writing with critical strategies

    First published in 2003 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780321010544
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  • Cover of: Iras celestiales: Una investigación de Dirk Gently

    First published in 2006 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The meaning of Liff

    First published in 1983 4 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition meaningofliff0000adam Cover of edition meaningofliff0000adam_u7m9
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  • Cover of: Guía del autoestopista galáctico

    First published in 2022 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cześć i dzięki za ryby / W zasadzie niegroźna

    First published in 2018 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

    First published in 1979 13 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mostly Harmless

    First published in 1991 53 editions in 10 languages — 13 previewable Cover of edition grotendeelsongev0000doug Cover of edition unhasurulyohaeng0000adam Cover of edition praticamenteinof0000doug Cover of edition mostlyharmless0000adam_d3w1 Cover of edition mostlyharmless00adam Cover of edition mostlyharmless00adam_0 Cover of edition mostlyharmless0000adam_j4q7 Cover of edition mostlyharmless0000adam Cover of edition mostlyharmless0000adam_k8q9
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  • Cover of: Great humorous stories: Ronnie Corbett introduces

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Heyu shalom ṿe-todah ʻal ha-dagim

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Guida Galattica agli autostoppisti. Ciclo completo

    First published in 2015 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Hitchhiker's Trilogy

    First published in 1983 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The deeper meaning of liff: a dictionary of things there aren't any words for yet-- but there ought to be

    First published in 1990 10 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition deepermeaningofl0000adam_p7z2 Cover of edition deepermeaningofl0000adam Cover of edition deepermeaninglif00adam
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  • Cover of: Don't Panic : The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: The Original Albums

    First published in 2021 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: the original radio scripts

    First published in 1985 10 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition hitchhikersguide0000adam_f5g9 Cover of edition originalhitchhik00adam Cover of edition originalhitchhik00adam_780
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Subjects
Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Interstellar travel, Fiction, humorous, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), English Science fiction, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Life on other planets, English Humorous stories, English language, Fantasy, Imaginary voyages, Science fiction, Vogons, comic science fiction, wit and humour, Dirk Gently (Fictitious character)
Places
Earth, London, Galaxy, Heart of Gold, Islington, Krikkit, Lord's Cricket Ground, Magrathea, Milliways, Stavromula Beta, England, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Cambridge, Cambridge (England), Nursing home, Porlock, St Cedd's College, United States, University of Cambridge, Valhala
People
Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Slartibartfast, Agrajag, Deep Thought, Hactar, Marvin, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Trillian, Trisha MacMillan, Vogons, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Tricia McMilan, Trillian MacMillan, the Vogons, Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams (1952-), Electric Monk, Gordon Way, Johann Sebastian Bach, Mark Carwardine, Michael Wenton-Weakes, Norse Gods, Odin
Time
19th century, 20th century, Four billion years in Earth's past, Murder

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