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, 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 thw omnibus
edition (I've seen for $9.95 in bookstores), there's a extra bonus story
"Young Zaphod Plays It Safe". He's alos written a couple of Dr. Who
episodes, and the fairly good Dirk Gently books.
[NSF] == Not SF
[O] == Omnibus. Includes other books
aka == Also known by this other title
/John
arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com
thereisatheorythatstatesthatifthepurposeoftheuniversewereeverdiscoverdit
wouldimmediatelybereplacedwithsomethingevenmorebizzarelyinexplicablethere
isasecondtheorythatstatesthatthishasalreadyhappened-ly
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Adams, Douglas [Noel] [U.K., 3/11/1952- ]
The Hitchhiker Books:
The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide [1986] [O] [+ one story]
[aka "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in
Four Parts"] [aka "The Hitchhiker's Quartet"]
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1979]
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [1980]
Life, the Universe and Everything [1982]
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish [1984]
The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts [1985] [aka "The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts"]
Dirk Gently Series:
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency [1987]
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul [1988]
Adams, Douglas & Lloyd, John
The Meaning of Liff [1983] [NSF]
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