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"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." -- Douglas Adams
Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 — 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame.

He also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), Last Chance to See (1990), and three stories for the television series Doctor Who. A posthumous collection of his work, including an unfinished novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002.

Known to some of his fans as "Bop Ad" for his illegible signature, Adams became known as an advocate for animals and the environment, and a lover of fast cars, cameras, and the Apple Mac. He was a staunch atheist, famously imagining a sentient puddle who wakes up one morning and thinks, "This is an interesting world I find myself in...an interesting hole I find myself in...fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!" The biologist Richard Dawkins dedicated his book, The God Delusion, to Adams, writing on his death that, "[s]cience has lost a friend, literature has lost a luminary, the mountain gorilla and the black rhino have lost a gallant defender."

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Total Books: 453
42 The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Illustrated Edition
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Illustrated Edition
The Salmon of Doubt
2019 - The Salmon of Doubt [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787540494667
ISBN-10: 7540494662
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The Long Dark TeaTime of the Soul
2019 - The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787540493455
ISBN-10: 7540493453
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
2019 - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787540488505
ISBN-10: 7540488506
Genre: Children's Books
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Doctor Who The Pirate Planet
2018 - Doctor Who the Pirate Planet (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781849906784
ISBN-10: 1849906785
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
2018 - Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen (Audio CD)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781785299711
ISBN-10: 1785299719
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Dirk Gently The BBC Radio Collection Two BBC Radio FullCast Dramas
Doctor Who The Pirate Planet 4th Doctor Novelisation
2017 - Doctor Who the Pirate Planet 4th Doctor Novelisation (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781785295317
ISBN-10: 1785295314
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Doctor Who City of Death
2016 - Doctor Who City of Death (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780425283912
ISBN-10: 0425283917
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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How to Pay Off Your Mortgage Loan in 5 Days Emotional Peace by Declaring War on Interest
Doctor Who City of Death A 4th Doctor Novelisation
2015 - Doctor Who City of Death a 4th Doctor Novelisation (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781785290794
ISBN-10: 1785290797
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Agencia de Investigacoes Holisticas Dirk Gently
2015 - Agencia De Investigacoes Holisticas Dirk Gently (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788580413953
ISBN-10: 8580413958
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Doctor Who Cidade da Morte
2015 - Doctor Who Cidade Da Morte [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788581053134
ISBN-10: 8581053130
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Doctor Who  SHADA
2014 - Doctor Who Shada (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9783864254444
ISBN-10: 3864254442
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Nearly Definitive Edition
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Complete Radio Series
2014 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy the Complete Radio Series [BBC Radio Full-Cast Audio Theater Productions] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781481514927
ISBN-10: 148151492X
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quandary Phase
2014 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quandary Phase [BBC Radio series, Part 4 - Full-Cast Audio Theater] (Audio CD)
ISBN-13: 9781483048888
ISBN-10: 1483048888
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Collection 5 Books Set
2014 - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Collection 5 Books Set [Chinese Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9787532764655
ISBN-10: 7532764656
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
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2014 - Mostly Harmless [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
2014 - O Salmao Da Duvida [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)
2014 - Doctor Who Shada [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)
2013 - Farewell and Thanks All the Fish [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
2012 - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Sf Masterworks] (Hardcover)
2010 - And Another Thing [Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Bk 6] (Paperback)Hardcover
2009 - And Another Thing [Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, Bk 6] (Hardcover)Paperback
2009 - And Another Thing [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)
2009 - Vida O Universo E Tudo Mais Life the Universe [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)
2008 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Primary Phase [Original BBC Radio Series] (Audio CD)
2005 - A VIda O Universo E Tudo Mais [O Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias, #3] (Paperback)
2004 - Douglas Adams at the Bbc [Radio Collection] (Audio CD)
2002 - Mostly Brilliant [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Bks 1-5] (Paperback)
2001 - La VIe L'univers Et Le Reste [French Edition] (Paperback)
2001 - Douglas Adams Double [Petersons] (Paperback)
2000 - Le Guide Galactique [French Edition] (Paperback)
1994 - Salut Et Encore Merci Pour Le Poisson [French Version of So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish] (Paperback)
1993 - Mostly Harmless [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 5] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1992 - Mostly Harmless [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 5] (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
1992 - Mostly Harmless [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 5 - Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)
1991 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1990 - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [Audio Cassette - Unabridged] (Audio Cassette)Audio Cassette
1989 - Long Dark Teatime of the Soul [Audio cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
1988 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1986 - The Hitchhiker's Quartet [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-4] (Hardcover)
1985 - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish [Hitchhiker's Guide, Bk 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
1985 - The Hitchhiker's Trilogy [Omnibus Edition] (Hardcover)
Shada [Doctor Who] (Audio CD)
Doctor Whopirate Planet Script [Doctor Who: The Scripts] (Paperback)
Globalement Inoffensive [Mostly Harmless - French] (Paperback)
Das Leben Das Universum Der Ganze Rest/mach's Gut Danke Fr Den Fisch [Life the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish] (Other)
Iras Celestiales [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Manana No Estaran [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
O Restaurante No Fim Do Universo [O Guia do Mochileiro das Galáxias, #2] (Paperback)
Ate Mais E Obrigado Pelos Peixes [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)