Date: 14 Dec 89 00:17:34 PST (Thursday)
Subject: Author Lists: Douglas Adams
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: SF-LOVERS%rutgers:EDU
Edited: 3-Feb-95

Douglas Adams is the other really funny person in SF writing today (I
did Terry Pratchett last batch).  Most of this fame rests on "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series.  This is a true multimedia
event, having been done as Radio Drama, TV, Books, Records, Pop Songs,
a Stage Play, Interactive Computer Game, and discussion of a movie
(sorry, no comic books as far as I know).  My personal favorite is
still the original 12 episode radio drama.  Give it a listen (NOT the
reading of the books).  For people who buy the omnibus edition (I've
seen for $9.95 in bookstores), there's a extra bonus story "Young
Zaphod Plays It Safe".  He's also written a couple of Dr. Who episodes,
and the fairly good Dirk Gently books.

[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.
[= ...] == Also known by this other title.

Adams, Douglas (Noel)	(U.K., 3/11/1952- )	G
	(awards: BSFA 1980, 1981; Ditmar 1980 [2])

Series
	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
		The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) [= The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] [Ditmar]
		The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
		Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
			[O/3N= The Hitchhiker's Trilogy (1984)]
		So Long and Thanks for All the Fish (1984)
			[O/4N+ss= The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide (1986)]
			[O/4N= The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts (1986); = The Hitchhiker's Quartet]
		Mostly Harmless (1992)
		The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts (1985) [= The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts]

	Dirk Gently
		Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
		The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
			[O/2N= (1993)]

Media Tie-In
The Pirate Planet (1995) [Doctor Who: The Scripts] [forthcoming]

Nonfiction
with Mark Carwardwen
	Last Chance to See (1991)

with John Lloyd
	The Meaning of Liff (1983)
	The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990)

Edited
with Peter Fincham
	The Utterly, Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book (1986)

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