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'''Douglas Adams''' was a British author best known for his quirky science fiction novel, ''[[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
'''Douglas Adams''' was a British author best known for his quirky science fiction novel ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
During his life, he won three Golden Pans and several other awards. <ref>http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/bio.html</ref>
During his life, he won three Golden Pans and several other awards.<ref>http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/bio.html</ref>
He was born in Cambridge, UK, in March 1952 and died of heart attack in May 2001. He was an environmental activist, an avid technologist, and described himself as "a radical [[atheist]]."
He was born in Cambridge, UK, in March 1952 and died of heart attack in May 2001. He was an environmental activist, an avid technologist, and described himself as "a radical [[atheist]]."
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title.
''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' was based on his scripts for the radio series of the same title.
''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.
One character (or creature) is the namesake of Yahoo's automatic foreign-language translation service, http://bablefish.yahoo.com - originally from Altavista.
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"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
"Oh, that was easy," says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument isn't worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a fortune with his book Well That About Wraps It Up For God.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument isn't worth a pair of fetid dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid from making a fortune with his book Well That About Wraps It Up For God. [http://www.cvrperformingarts.com/Drama/Scripts/Scripts/Movie_Monologues/a_hitchhikers_guide.htm]
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''Hitchhiker'' 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''.
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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==References==
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