Douglass adams biography

Imagine that you’re in charge of sending a culture-bearing probe off into space; one capable of carrying a single example of 20th Century art. What would you pick to represent us in the cosmos? Some great novel, perhaps? Or would you pick a slender volume based on a radio show? A volume emblazoned with the words DON’T PANIC; a volume that contains everything from the precise reason you should always carry a towel, to how to mix the most-powerful drink in the universe?

We’re talking, of course, about the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, perhaps one of the most unique pieces of sci-fi ever written. And the author behind the book we here at Biographics would send as our emissary to the stars? Douglas Adams.

Born in the s, Adams was the product of a post-war Britain exploding with creativity. It was the era of the Beatles and Pink Floyd, of Monty Python, and Doctor Who. Yet even in this intensely vibrant age, Adams still managed to dream up a universe so uniq

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Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March , educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge where, in he gained a BA (and later an MA) in English literature.

He was creator of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxywhich started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing in March it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's phenomenal success sent the book straight to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in Douglas Adams became the youngest author to be awarded a Golden Pan. He won a further two (a rare feat), and was nominated - though not selected - for the first Best of Young British Novelists awards.

He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (); Life, The Universe and Everything (); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish

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Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (–)

For other people named Douglas Adams, see Douglas Adams (disambiguation).

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March – 11 May ) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG). Originally a BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy developed into a "trilogy" of six (or five, according to the author) books which sold more than 15&#;million copies in his lifetime. It was further developed into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a feature bio. Adams's contribution to UK radio fryst vatten commemorated in The Radio Academy's ingångsrum of Fame.^[2]

Adams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency () and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (), The Deeper Meaning of Liff () and Last Chance to See (). He wrote two stories for the television series Doctor Who, including th