Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was an English writer best known for *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*, a science fiction comedy series that began as a radio program in 1978.
His work is characterized by absurdist humor, philosophical tangents, and satirical observations about technology and bureaucracy.
Adams died in 2001 at age 49.
The number 42, his fictional "answer to life, the universe, and everything," has become a cultural touchstone among fans.
- EarthOur world
- towelAbsorbent fabric for drying
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- MarvinMasculine name, Welsh origin
- authorCreator of written works
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- British Authors AJane Austen, W.H. Auden
- Radio Playwrights
- British AuthorsCharles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Roald Dahl
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy AuthorsIsaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury
- Cambridge AlumniIsaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Alan Turing, Bertrand Russell
- comic fantasyDiscworld, satirical fantasy, Terry Pratchett, fairy tale parody, genre parody
Douglas AdamsCormac McCarthy
Fyodor Dostoevsky · Thomas Hardy · Franz Kafka · Sylvia Plath · Albert Camus
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