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| | '''Douglas Adams''' was the author of the bestselling book ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'', based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title. | | '''Douglas Adams''' was the author of the bestselling book ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'', based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title. |
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| − | ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was followed by ''[[The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]]'', ''[[Life, The Universe, and Everything]]'', ''[[So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish]]'', and ''[[Mostly Harmless]]''. He has also written two books about a figure named Dirk Gently; ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' and ''[[Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul]]''. | + | ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was followed by ''The Restaurant at the End of the Universe'', ''Life, The Universe, and Everything'', ''So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish'', and ''Mostly Harmless''. He also wrote two books about a figure named Dirk Gently; ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' and ''Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul''. |
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| − | In 1990, Adams traveled around the world with zoologist Mark Carwardine to write ''[[Last Chance to See]]'', a book about endangered species and the people who work to help them. At the time of his death Adams was working on his eighth novel ''[[The Salmon of Doubt]],'' which in its incomplete published form centers again on Dirk Gently, although Adams had spoken about the possibility of changing it to another Hitchhiker novel. The book also contains several short stories and essays, including discussion of the author's [[atheist|atheism]]. | + | In 1990, Adams traveled around the world with zoologist Mark Carwardine to write ''Last Chance to See'', a book about endangered species and the people who work to help them. At the time of his death Adams was working on his eighth novel ''The Salmon of Doubt,'' which in its incomplete published form centers again on Dirk Gently, although Adams had spoken about the possibility of changing it to another Hitchhiker novel. The book also contains several short stories and essays, including discussion of the author's [[atheist|atheism]]. |
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| | ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' started as a radio show on BBC in 1978 and has later been converted into novels, a TV-show, movies, a record album and a computer game. | | ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' started as a radio show on BBC in 1978 and has later been converted into novels, a TV-show, movies, a record album and a computer game. |