Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams

Hitchhiker is a biography of comedy science-fiction writer and creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, who lived from 11 March 1952 to 11 May 2001. It is written by M. J. Simpson.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By Douglas Adams
Books
Main series
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  • Life, the Universe and Everything
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • Mostly Harmless
Related works
  • Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
  • The Original Radio Scripts
  • The Salmon of Doubt
by Dirk Maggs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary, and Quintessential Phases
by Terry Jones Starship Titanic
by Eoin Colfer And Another Thing...
Media
  • Radio series
    • Phases 1 & 2
    • Phases 3, 4 & 5
  • TV series
  • Film
  • Timeline of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy versions
  • Cast lists
Games
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (with Steve Meretzky)
  • Starship Titanic
Companion
media
  • Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Companion
  • Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams
  • Douglas Adams's Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Characters
  • Arthur Dent
  • Ford Prefect
  • Zaphod Beeblebrox
  • Marvin the Paranoid Android
  • Trillian
  • Slartibartfast
  • The Guide
  • Minor characters
  • Races and species
  • Vogons
Miscellanea
  • Phrases
  • Places
  • Technology
  • Somebody Else's Problem
  • Encyclopedia Galactica
In culture
  • h2g2
  • Hitchcon
  • International phenomenon
  • Towel Day
  • "Journey of the Sorcerer"
  • 18610 Arthurdent
  • 25924 Douglasadams
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