Douglas Adams (1) (1952–2001)
Autor(a) de The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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About the Author
Douglas Noel Adams (sometimes referred to Bop Ad because of his distinctive signature) was born in Cambridge, England, on March 11, 1952 and educated at St. John's College at Cambridge University. He graduated with honors in English Literature in 1974. In addition to being a writer/editor for mostrar mais radio, television, and stage, Adams has worked as a hospital reporter, barn builder, and radio producer. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979, one of his bestselling humor and science fiction novels, was originally a radio series. It was the first in a four-book series that includes The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe, and Everything, and So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. He once stated that the idea for his first novel came while he was "lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck and gazing at the stars." He pokes fun at humanity by mixing science fiction with humor. Adams's additional books include The Meaning of Liff; The Deeper Meaning of Liff; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul; and Mostly Harmless. He has also co-authored the book Last Chance to See, about endangered species. Douglas Adams died May 11, 2001 of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 49. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1994) — Autor — 1,058 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1993) 181 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases (2005) 105 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6: Hexagonal Phase: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation (2018) 33 exemplares
The Private Life of Ghengis Khan [short story] 24 exemplares
Don't Panic: The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: The Original… (2020) 9 exemplares
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series (Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays)) (2019) 7 exemplares
Last Chance to See: The original BBC Radio series: In Search of the World's Most Endangered Species (2020) 4 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [computer game] 3 exemplares
Douglas Adams (Three book set, includes The Salmon of Doubt, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark… (2013) 3 exemplares
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Two - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe {album} (1980) 3 exemplares
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy {album} 3 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2 exemplares
Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias 2 exemplares
Skating 2 exemplares
And Everything [essay] 1 exemplar
Robot Dreams 1 exemplar
A Short Story From Eagle and Boys World 1 exemplar
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The… 1 exemplar
Works of Douglas Adams 1 exemplar
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Two 5 1 exemplar
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1 exemplar
Episode 5-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 exemplar
Deuses ̀solta 1 exemplar
Episode 1-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Contribuidor — 233 exemplares
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [complete BBC TV series - 1981] (1981) — Screenwriter; Actor — 162 exemplares
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Authorized Collection (1993) — Original Author — 125 exemplares
The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2014) — Introdução, algumas edições — 91 exemplares
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe {graphic novel, 1-3} (1998) — Original Author — 17 exemplares
In●Vision: Season 17 Overview (1993) — Contributor "The Script Editor's Guide to the Doctor Who Galaxy" and "Adams appeal" — 2 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Adams, Douglas Noël
- Outros nomes
- DNA
- Data de nascimento
- 1952-03-11
- Data de falecimento
- 2001-05-11
- Localização do túmulo
- Highgate Cemetery, London
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- England, UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Montecito, California, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart attack
- Locais de residência
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Islington, London, England, UK - Educação
- St. John's College, Cambridge (BA|1974)
- Ocupações
- writer
editor - Relações
- Fry, Stephen (friend)
Belson, Jane (wife) - Organizações
- BBC
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Asteroid Namesake ("1861 Arthurdent")
Asteroid Namesake ("2592 Douglasadams") - Agente
- Ed Victor
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. Adams is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film.
Membros
Discussions
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy LE 2023 em Folio Society Devotees (Novembro 2023)
EP Douglas Adams HitchHikers Guide to the Universe All in One Release em Easton Press Collectors (Setembro 2023)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy em Book talk (Maio 2023)
September Fantasy Thread - SPOILERS - Dirk Gently's em The Green Dragon (Setembro 2012)
September Fantasy Thread - NO SPOILERS - Dirk Gently's em The Green Dragon (Agosto 2012)
1001 Group Read:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy em 1001 Books to read before you die (Julho 2011)
Douglas Adams - Remembering 10 years on! em Science Fiction Fans (Maio 2011)
Críticas
Listas
Five star books (2)
Favourite Books (5)
Overdue Podcast (1)
First Novels (1)
Big tags (1)
Futurism Works (1)
Read in 2021 (1)
Great Audiobooks (1)
1970s (1)
ORCID Book list (1)
Favorite Series (1)
2023 Reads (1)
Luetut kirjat (1)
um actually (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Carole's List (1)
Best Young Adult (1)
Mooie titels (1)
BBC Top Books (1)
Read in 2014 (1)
Books Read in 2018 (14)
Best Satire (3)
SF Masterworks (3)
SF Masterworks (3)
Unread books (8)
Funny Books (6)
Read (4)
Folio Society (5)
1980s (5)
BBC Big Read (1)
Books I've read (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
My TBR (1)
al.vick-series (2)
Best Pern Books (1)
Prémios
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6: Hexagonal Phase: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation (Winner – Ficção Científica – 2019)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Live in Concert] (Finalist – Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium – 2008)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 107
- Also by
- 25
- Membros
- 172,842
- Popularidade
- #31
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 2,158
- ISBN
- 1,227
- Línguas
- 34
- Marcado como favorito
- 1,568