Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams's works

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on audio and video: The original 12 radio episodes (from 1978 and 1980) are available in CD sets from BBC Audio (as The Primary & Secondary Phases), as well as on a single MP3-CD. The three additional phases adapted from the last three books in the series are available from BBC Audio. The Tertiary Phase was broadcast on BBC Radio 21 September to 26 October 2004, whilst The Quandary Phase was broadcast 3 May to 24 May 2005, and The Quintessential Phase followed immediately afterward, from 31 May through 21 June 2005. A script book for the original 12 episodes has been published, and a new script book for the final 14 episodes was published in July 2005. An Audio DVD for each of the three 2004-2005 series, in 5.1 surround sound, is also planned for release in 2006, per Dirk Maggs. The six episode TV adaptation is also available from the BBC (or its distributors, e.g. Warner Home Video in the USA and Canada) on VHS and DVD.

Related Topics:
Original 12 radio episodes - MP3 - The Tertiary Phase - 21 September - 26 October - The Quandary Phase - 3 May - 24 May - The Quintessential Phase - 31 May - 21 June - 2006

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Novels in the HHGG series

• The Hitchhiker'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)
• Mostly Harmless (1992)

All of the above are also available as audio books, read by Adams.

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The Dirk Gently series

• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
• The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (1988)

Audiobook recordings of both novels do exist, but are out of print.

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Other works

• The Meaning of Liff (1983, with John Lloyd)
• ' (1985, with Geoffrey Perkins)
• The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book (1986, edited by Douglas Adams and Peter Fincham), which includes
• Young Zaphod Plays it Safe (also printed in a slightly reworked version in The Wizards of Odd, The Salmon of Doubt, and some omnibus editions of Hitchhiker)
• The Private Life of Genghis Khan, also available in the first edition of The Salmon of Doubt, though later removed due to copyright issues
• A Christmas Fairly Story (sic) by Douglas Adams and Terry Jones
• A "Supplement to The Meaning of Liff" with John Lloyd and Stephen Fry
• The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990, with John Lloyd; extended version of The Meaning of Liff)
• Last Chance to See (1991, with Mark Carwardine, non-fictional account of several trips to see endangered species; according to a piece in The Salmon of Doubt, this book gave Adams the most satisfaction, if not the highest sales)
• Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic (written by Terry Jones (who insists he wrote the whole thing while in the nude), based on an idea by Douglas Adams; also available as an audiobook, read by Terry Jones)
• The Salmon of Doubt (2002), unfinished novel manuscript (11 chapters), short stories, essays, and interviews (also available as an audiobook, read by Simon Jones)

In 2004, BBC Audio published a 3-CD set entitled Douglas Adams at the BBC which covers the author's work from 1974 to 2003, including projects and tributes. The CD is again narrated by Simon Jones.

Related Topics:
Douglas Adams at the BBC - Simon Jones

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Tributes and honorifics

• There is an official appreciation society (fan club) named ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha after the sector of the galaxy that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy says the planet Earth is located in.
• 18610 Arthurdent is a small main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Felix Hormuth on February 7, 1998. It is named after Arthur Dent, the bewildered hero of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The name was officially published and announced by the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union on either 9 May or 10 May 2001 (accounts differ).
• On January 25, 2005, it was announced that asteroid with preliminary designation 2001 DA₄₂ had been named 25924 Douglasadams in his honour. It was chosen because it referenced the year of Adams's death, his initials and the number "42". {{ref|MSNBC}}
• Every May 25, Towel Day is celebrated in recognition of Adams's genius.
• Various Douglas Adams Societies exist or have existed.