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Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He was creator of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.

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English science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born 11 March 1952
Died 11 May 2001

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  • Cover of: The meaning of Liff
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    Cover of edition meaningofliff0000adam_u7m9 Cover of edition meaningofliff0000john First published in 1983 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1986 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Hitchhikers's Guide To The Galaxy The Complete Radio Series

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    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series

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  • Cover of: The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Secondary Phase

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English science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born 11 March 1952
Died 11 May 2001

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Interplanetary voyages, Science Fiction, Interstellar travel, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Fiction, humorous, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), English Science fiction, Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Life on other planets, English Humorous stories, English language, Fantasy, Imaginary voyages, Vogons, comic science fiction, wit and humour, Dirk Gently (Fictitious character), English wit and humor

Places

Earth, London, Galaxy, Heart of Gold, Islington, Krikkit, Lord's Cricket Ground, Magrathea, Milliways, Stavromula Beta, England, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Cambridge, Cambridge (England), Nursing home, Porlock, St Cedd's College, United States, University of Cambridge, Valhala

People

Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Slartibartfast, Agrajag, Deep Thought, Hactar, Marvin, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Trillian, Trisha MacMillan, Vogons, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Mark Carwardine, Tricia McMilan, Trillian MacMillan, the Vogons, Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams (1952-), Douglas Adams (1952-2001), Electric Monk, Gordon Way, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Wenton-Weakes, Norse Gods

Time

19th century, 20th century, Four billion years in Earth's past, Murder

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  • Adams Douglas
  • DOUGLAS ADAMS

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