Douglas Adams (1) (1952–2001)
Autor/a de The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Per altres autors anomenats Douglas Adams, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Douglas Adams
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1994) — Autor — 1,058 exemplars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1993) 181 exemplars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases (2005) 105 exemplars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6: Hexagonal Phase: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation (2018) 33 exemplars
The Private Life of Ghengis Khan [short story] 24 exemplars
Don't Panic: The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: The Original… (2020) 9 exemplars
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series (Hitchhiker's Guide (radio plays)) (2019) 7 exemplars
Last Chance to See: The original BBC Radio series: In Search of the World's Most Endangered Species (2020) 4 exemplars
Douglas Adams (Three book set, includes The Salmon of Doubt, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and The Long Dark… (2013) 3 exemplars
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Two - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe {album} (1980) 3 exemplars
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy {album} 3 exemplars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2 exemplars
Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias 2 exemplars
Skating 2 exemplars
And Everything [essay] 1 exemplars
Robot Dreams 1 exemplars
A Short Story From Eagle and Boys World 1 exemplars
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The… 1 exemplars
Works of Douglas Adams 1 exemplars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 and 2 1 exemplars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 3 and 4 1 exemplars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5 and 6 1 exemplars
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Two 5 1 exemplars
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1 exemplars
Episode 5-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 exemplars
Deuses ̀solta 1 exemplars
Episode 1-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (2000) — Col·laborador — 233 exemplars
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [complete BBC TV series - 1981] (1981) — Screenwriter; Actor — 162 exemplars
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Authorized Collection (1993) — Original Author — 125 exemplars
The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2014) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 91 exemplars
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe {graphic novel, 1-3} (1998) — Original Author — 17 exemplars
In●Vision: Season 17 Overview (1993) — Contributor "The Script Editor's Guide to the Doctor Who Galaxy" and "Adams appeal" — 2 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Adams, Douglas Noël
- Altres noms
- DNA
- Data de naixement
- 1952-03-11
- Data de defunció
- 2001-05-11
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Highgate Cemetery, London
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- England, UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Montecito, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart attack
- Llocs de residència
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Islington, London, England, UK - Educació
- St. John's College, Cambridge (BA|1974)
- Professions
- writer
editor - Relacions
- Fry, Stephen (friend)
Belson, Jane (wife) - Organitzacions
- BBC
- Premis i honors
- Asteroid Namesake ("1861 Arthurdent")
Asteroid Namesake ("2592 Douglasadams") - Agent
- Ed Victor
- Biografia breu
- 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.
Membres
Converses
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy LE 2023 a Folio Society Devotees (novembre 2023)
EP Douglas Adams HitchHikers Guide to the Universe All in One Release a Easton Press Collectors (setembre 2023)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a Book talk (maig 2023)
September Fantasy Thread - SPOILERS - Dirk Gently's a The Green Dragon (setembre 2012)
September Fantasy Thread - NO SPOILERS - Dirk Gently's a The Green Dragon (agost 2012)
1001 Group Read:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a 1001 Books to read before you die (juliol 2011)
Douglas Adams - Remembering 10 years on! a Science Fiction Fans (maig 2011)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (2)
Favourite Books (5)
Overdue Podcast (1)
First Novels (1)
Futurism Works (1)
um actually (1)
2023 Reads (1)
Great Audiobooks (1)
Favorite Series (1)
1970s (1)
Read in 2021 (1)
Luetut kirjat (1)
Big tags (1)
Mooie titels (1)
Big Jubilee List (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Carole's List (1)
Best Young Adult (1)
Read in 2014 (1)
Books Read in 2018 (14)
ORCID Book list (1)
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)
BBC Big Read (1)
My TBR (1)
Books I've read (1)
al.vick-series (2)
Best Pern Books (1)
BBC Top Books (1)
Premis
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 6: Hexagonal Phase: BBC Radio 4 Full Cast Dramatisation (Guanyador – Ciència-ficció – 2019)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Live in Concert] (Finalista – Audiobook Adapted from Another Medium – 2008)
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 107
- També de
- 25
- Membres
- 172,842
- Popularitat
- #31
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 2,158
- ISBN
- 1,227
- Llengües
- 34
- Preferit
- 1,568
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