Adams, Douglas 1952-2001

Overview

Works:	654 works in 2,469 publications in 12 languages and 60,549 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Drama Film adaptations Biography Science fiction Humorous stories Humor Young adult works Radio plays Fantasy fiction
Roles:	Author of screenplay, Creator, Bibliographic antecedent, Other, Illustrator, Speaker, Performer, Scenarist
Classifications:	PR6051.D3352, 823.914

Publication Timeline

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Publications about Douglas Adams

Publications by Douglas Adams

Publications by Douglas Adams, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Douglas Adams

Last chance to see by Douglas Adams ( Book )
The salmon of doubt : hitchhiking the galaxy one last time by Douglas Adams ( Book )
Wish you were here : the official biography of Douglas Adams by Nick Webb ( Book )
Hitchhiker : a biography of Douglas Adams by M. J Simpson ( Book )
Don't panic : Douglas Adams & the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Neil Gaiman ( Book )

One is never alone with a rubber duck Douglas Adams's absurd fictional universe by Marilette Van der Colff ( )
Last chance to see by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams ( Book )
Douglas Adams at the BBC [a celebration of the author's life and work] ( Recording )
Wish you were here : the biography of Douglas Adams by Nick Webb ( Book )
The salmon of doubt by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
<> by Douglas Adams ( Book )
Douglas Adams : (1952-2001) ( )
Douglas Adams at the BBC [a celebration of the author's life and work] by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
Australian playbeing : the magazine of the "Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy" Fan Club (Australian Sector) ( )
Douglas Adams ( Visual )
Last chance to see by Douglas Adams ( Visual )
How to die laughing : evaluating the scene of death in Douglas Adams' literature of the comic absurd by Shivaun Plozza ( Book )
The salmon of doubt hitchhiking the galaxy one last time by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
Douglas Adams from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ( )

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Most widely held works by Douglas Adams

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams ( Book )
263 editions published between 1979 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 8,534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent begins to hitch-hike through space. Chronicles the off-beat and occasionally extraterrestrial journeys, notions, and acquaintances of the galactic traveler

The restaurant at the end of the universe by Douglas Adams ( Book )
117 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons, Arthur Dent hurtles through space powered by pure improbability and is desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's shipmates are Ford Prefect, a long-time friend and contributor to the The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMilan, a fellow Earth refuge who's gone native (her new name is Trillian); and Marvin, who suffers nothing and no one gladly. This is the sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Life, the universe, and everything by Douglas Adams ( Book )
85 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 4,085 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this second of the galactic adventures of Arthur Dent, he is transported from a prehistoric Earth to a cricket match at Lords' Cricket Ground, two days before the Earth is to be demolished by the Vogens

So long, and thanks for all the fish by Douglas Adams ( Book )
60 editions published between 1982 and 2013 in English and Hebrew and held by 3,757 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Further adventures of Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and the all new voidoid gang upon returning to Earth after eight years of crazed wanderings around the galaxy in this science fiction spoof which continues "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe."

Mostly harmless by Douglas Adams ( Book )
59 editions published between 1991 and 2013 in English and held by 3,585 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out on a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
104 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 3,555 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arthur Dent, a refugee from the late planet Earth and his pal from the planet Betelgeuse, Ford Prefect, thumb their way thru comic misadventures throughout the Universe

The long dark tea-time of the soul by Douglas Adams ( Book )
48 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport goes up in a ball of flame and Dirk Gently becomes very inquisitive

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams ( Book )
39 editions published between 1987 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,615 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The investigations of Dirk Gently, a private detective who is more interested in telekinesis, quantum mechanics and lunch than fiddling around with fingerprint powders, produce startling and unexpected results

The ultimate hitchhiker's guide by Douglas Adams ( Book )
33 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in English and held by 1,990 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of novels, Arthur Dent is introduced to the galaxy at large when he is rescued by an alien friend seconds before Earth's destruction, and embarks on a series of amazing adventures with his new companion

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy by Bill Bailey ( Visual )
16 editions published between 2005 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from the Earth moments before its destruction and join forces with Zaphod Beeblebrox on board the ship Heart of Gold. They meet many people and aliens in their search for the ultimate question

The restaurant at the end of the universe by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
37 editions published between 1980 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 1,101 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arthur Dent, a refugee from the late planet Earth and his pal from the planet Betelgeuse, Ford Prefect, thumb their way thru comic misadventures throughout the Universe. In this installment Dent now seeks a decent cup of tea, while Prefect is after a good gin and tonic

Life, the universe and everything by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
35 editions published between 1982 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this third of galactic adventures of Arthur Dent, he is transported from a prehistoric Earth through time to a crickett match at Lords Crickett Ground, two days before the earth is to be demolished by the Vogens

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy ( Visual )
13 editions published between 1981 and 2002 in English and held by 838 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse

The more than complete hitchhiker's guide : complete & unabridged by Douglas Adams ( Book )
15 editions published between 1986 and 1994 in English and held by 792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Five stories by Douglas Adams

The salmon of doubt hitchhiking the galaxy one last time by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
21 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Rescued from his beloved Macintosh, The Salmon of Doubt provides us with the opportunity to linger and frolic one last time in the uniquely entertaining and richly informative mine of Douglas Adams. For the millions of readers who expressed their grief and shock at his untimely death in May 2001, this is it: his final book and our last chance to see new work from an acknowledged comic genius

The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy the quandary phase by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
21 editions published between 2005 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 613 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Earth has miraculously reappeared and, even more miraculously, Arthur Dent has found it. Returning to his cottage after ages, he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. But Ford Prefect is on to something which might well burst Arthur's bubble. There is, after all, something very fishy about his girlfriend's feet, and what has happened to the dolphins? Perhaps, at last, all will be revealed in God's Last Message to His Creation

The hitchhiker's trilogy by Douglas Adams ( Book )
4 editions published between 1983 and 2000 in English and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The deeper meaning of liff by Douglas Adams ( Book )
16 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in English and held by 522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Does the sensation of Tingrith(1) make you yelp' Do you bend sympathetically when you see someone Ahenny(2)' Can you deal with a Naugatuck(3) without causing a Toronto(4)' Will you suffer from Kettering(5) this summer' Probably. You are almost certainly familiar with all these experiences but just didn't know that there are words for them. Well, in fact, there aren't'or rather there weren't, until Douglas Adams and John Lloyd decided to plug these egregious linguistic lacunae(6). They quickly realized that just as there are an awful lot of experiences that no one has a name for, so there are an awful lot of names for places you will never need to go to. What a waste. As responsible citizens of a small and crowded world, we must all learn the virtues of recycling(7) and put old, worn-out but still serviceable names to exciting, vibrant, new uses. This is the book that does that for you: The Deeper Meaning of Liff'a whole new solution to the problem of Great Wakering(8) 1'The feeling of aluminum foil against your fillings. 2'The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. 3'A plastic packet containing shampoo, mustard, etc., which is impossible to open except by biting off the corners. 4'Generic term for anything that comes out in a gush, despite all your efforts to let it out carefully, e.g., flour into a white sauce, ketchup onto fish, a dog into the yard, and another naughty meaning that we can't put on the cover. 5'The marks left on your bottom and thighs after you've been sitting sunbathing in a wicker chair. 6'God knows what this means 7'For instance, some of this book was first published in Britain twenty-six years ago. 8'Look it up yourself. From the Trade Paperback edition

Doctor Who : Shada : the lost adventure by Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts ( Book )
4 editions published between 2012 and 2014 in English and held by 485 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Professor Chronotis has carelessly loaned an immensely powerful book to a clueless graduate student. It cannot be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. The hands of the sinister Time Lord Skagra are unquestionably the wrongest ones possible. Skagra is a sadist and an egomaniac, bent on universal domination. Having misguessed the state of fashion on Earth, he also wears terrible platform shoes

Mostly harmless by Douglas Adams ( Recording )
12 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the fifth volume of the Hitchhiker series, Random, the daughter of Arthur Dent, leaves her remote home planet on the edge of the universe to set out on a cross-galactic odyssey in search of her ancestors' native planet

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