VOOZH about

URL: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL272947A/Douglas_Adams

⇱ Douglas Adams | Open Library


It looks like you're offline.
👁 Internet Archive logo
Donate
Last edited by meot
January 10, 2026 | History
Edit

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.

Douglas Adams

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born 11 March 1952 Cambridge UK
Died 11 May 2001 Santa Barbara US

86 works Add another?

Douglas Adams

British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)

Born 11 March 1952 Cambridge UK
Died 11 May 2001 Santa Barbara US

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Interplanetary voyages, Interstellar travel, Science Fiction, 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, Science fiction, Vogons, comic science fiction, wit and humour, Dirk Gently (Fictitious character)

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, Doctor (Fictitious character), Douglas Adams (1952-), Douglas Adams (1952-2001), Electric Monk, Gordon Way, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Wenton-Weakes

Time

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

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

Alternative names

  • Adams Douglas
  • DOUGLAS ADAMS
  • Douglas Noël Adams
Download catalog record: RDF / JSON