įollow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless. At the age of nine, he passed the entrance exam for Brentwood School. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons.Įscaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Adams attended Primrose Hill Primary School in Brentwood. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. First appearance of works in book form The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 1980 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1982 Life, the Universe and. Biography: Douglas Adams was an English author best known for The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy which began as a BBC radio series before becoming first. Adams went to Brentwood School in Essex from 1959 to 1970.

This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast.įollowing a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. Douglas Noel Adams was born on the 11th of March 1952 in Cambridge. In Life, the Universe and Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war.

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