4 good links
- Adams Dies at Age 49
May 2001 obituary from the British newspaper The Guardian
- Douglas Adams FAQ
Exhaustive detail on the man and his works
- Douglas Adams Official Site
Formerly maintained by Adams, now more of a nostalgic museum piece
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Webring
A simple list of three dozen fan sites devoted to Adams' hit book
Douglas Adams Biography
Douglas Adams was the creator of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a whimsical science fiction novel published in 1979. The Hitchhiker's Guide was originally a BBC radio program first broadcast in 1978; later the book and its sequels became cult favorites with college students and sci-fi fans around the world. The book's popular characters included Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect and Zaphod Beeblebrox; sequels included Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) and So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984). Adams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987). Douglas Adams died in 2001 after suffering a heart attack at a gym in Santa Monica, California.
Extra credit:
Because Douglas Adams's middle name was Noel, he is often referred to as "DNA" by fans.
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