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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Trilogy
Read bootlegged copies of Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (London: Pan Books, 1979), The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (London: Pan Books, 1980), Life, The Universe and Everything (London: Pan Books, 1983), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984) and Mostly Harmless (1992).
Douglas Adams
The official Douglas Adams site, featuring bio, interviews, short stories, articles and tributes from fans.
H2G2
"The Earth Edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! This is h2g2, the Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything. And how may I help you today?"
The Digital Village
Douglas Adams was a founder-director of The Digital Village, a digital media and Internet company. Learn more about their projects here.
Starship Titanic
The site for Starship Titanic (1998), the quirky CD-ROM game created by Douglas Adams.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Future
Listen to the BBC Radio 4 series (2000), in which Douglas Adams explored the future of music, publishing, broadcasting and computers. Features RealVideo clips, a chat transcript, and a special message from Adams. Guests include Peter Gabriel, Michael Nesmith, John Perry Barlow, Matthew Rooke, and Brian Eno. Requires free RealPlayer.
Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Game
Play Infocom's classic Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy game online (Java version).
The Internet: The Last Battleground of the 20th Century
This BBC Radio 4 radio series features Douglas Adams' thoughts on the Internet, the Global Village and the Digital Age's vicissitudes.
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe
Read "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe", a story related to the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series.
The Meaning of Liff
Read a bootlegged text of Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's book The Meaning of Liff.
Douglas Adams Library
You can read the complete Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy series and Dirk Gently novels here. Russian language (time to visit AltaVista's Babelfish?).
ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha
ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha is the official Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Appreciation Society, established in 1980. Check out their magazine Mostly Harmless and archives.
The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions)
"In this little corner of Usenet we discuss things supposedly related to British book/game/film/radio author Douglas Adams and his works. This MFAQ is meant to answer the common questions so that discussion on the group can be more about the less common and/or totally absurd ones."
Defying the Long Dark Tea-Time
An excerpt from Douglas Adams' Life, the Universe, and Everything (1982) about death, immortality and humanity's quest for meaning.
Phase 3 Studios
Douglas Adams was rumored to be working on a new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy game. Phase 3 Studios is now handling the project.
Floor 42
Katharine Brown's fan site for Douglas Adams features a clear design and loads of information on his projects.
Hitchhiker Brings the Galaxy to You
This Telegraph article (December 23, 1999) announces H2G2's mobile phone service.
alt.fan.douglas-adams FAQ
"The unofficial official homepage of a.f.d-a, under direction of webmaster Iain Barker." An excellent source for Douglas Adams-related information.
Project Galactic Guide
Conceived before H2G2.com, Project Galactic Guide is an attempt to create an online Hitchhiker's Guide. Worth visiting for the great content and the IdeaBank.
AltaVista's Babelfish
Guess who inspired AltaVista's Babelfish multi-lingual translation tool?
. . . . And Thanks For All The Stories
This Sydney Morning Herald article (March 20, 2000) reprints Douglas Adam's last ever interview, with Iain Johnstone. Adams talks about the legendary Hitchhiker's radio and television series, his comedy influences and working with the BBC. "Adams will not only be missed by his friends Bill Gates of Microsoft and Steve Jobs of Apple, but by 15 million other fans as well."
Hitch Hiking in Cyberspace
This Telegraph article (May 25, 2000), by Simon Goodley, details the H2G2 site, and other projects: a new book, an e-book, and a film adaptation of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987).
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Islington
This Telegraph article (July 31, 1999), by Martin Pope and Justin Sutcliffe, details Adams' Islington home and his move to Los Angeles to work with Disney on a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy film adaptation.
Adams Launches Unsinkable Paradox
This Telegraph article (February 12, 1998) reviews Douglas Adams' game Starship Titanic (1998).
Adams Hitches a New Ride
This BBC News Online interview (June 2, 2000), by Chris Charles, details the H2G2.com site and Adams' attempts to film The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
This BBC News Online article (September 1, 1999) announced the arrival of DouglasAdams.com to the Internet.
Starship Titanic has Everyone Talking
This BBC News Online article (April 8, 1998) reviews Starship Titanic (1998) and reveals Adams' plans to chart the Internet.
Planetary Tribute to Hitch Hiker author as Arthurdent Named
This Guardian article (May 16, 2001), by Tim Radford, details how a day before his death, one of Douglas Adams' characters was immortalized. "On May 10 the minor planet centre of the International Astronomical Union circulated a name for asteroid 18610, discovered in 1998. It called it Arthurdent."
Immortalised In Stone
This New Scientist article (May 14, 2001), by Jeff Hecht, details the naming of an asteroid, on May 9 2001, as asteroid 18610 Arthurdent. The news apparently never reached Adams. "The unfortunate coincidence sounds as if it might have been written by Adams, who invented an Infinite Improbability Drive as an alternative to "all that tedious mucking about with hyperspace"."
Author Douglas Adams Dies
This BBC News Online article (May 14, 2001) features tributes from the BBC's Alan Yentob, Geoffrey Perkins and Ashley Highfield.
So Long, And Thanks For All The Books
This BBC News Online article (May 12, 2001) announced Douglas Adams' death at 49 from a heart attack. Details his career and plans for a Hollywood film of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Adams' Humour Lives On
This BBC News Online article (May 14, 2001) features a tribute from science editor Dr. David Whitehouse. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is, of course, a wholly remarkable book that contains advice for any conceivable situation and predicament."
Homage to Douglas
This BBC News Online audio feature (May 14, 2001) features a tribute from science editor Dr. David Whitehouse.
Lament for Douglas Adams
This Guardian article (May 14, 2001) is a moving lament by Richard Dawkins. "One of the great wits of our age, his sophisticated humour was founded in a deep, amalgamated knowledge of literature and science, two of my great loves."
So Long Douglas, And Thank You For Everything
This Independent article (May 13, 2001), by Michael Bywater, conveys how a striking sense of comedy informed Douglas Adams' writing. "Douglas Adams's comic fluency was the result of endless procrastination and agonising craftsmanship. It was nothing unusual for him to spend several days reducing three or four very funny pages to one, apparently effortless, line. It was not surprising that such a compulsive re-writer should have seized on the 80s novelty of the word processor."
Douglas Adams: Obituary
This Times obituary (May 14, 2001) summarizes Douglas Adams' life and creative projects.
Hitch Hiker's Guide Author Douglas Adams Dies Aged 49
This Telegraph obituary (May 13, 2001), by Andrew Alderson and Daniel Foggo, features a tribute from agent Ed Victor and several memorable anecdotes. "Soon after the book was published, he was invited to sign copies at a small Soho bookshop. On his way there, Adams became convinced he was caught up in a demonstration, only to discover the crowds were waiting for him."
Author Douglas Adams Dies at 49
This Sunday Times obituary (May 13, 2001), by Nicholas Hellen and John Harlow, summarizes the influence of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: "The work introduced comedy into science fiction, inspiring later writers such as Terry Pratchett, and the Hollywood film Men In Black, starring Will Smith."
So Long, Douglas Adams, and Thanks for All the Fish
This LA Times article (May 18, 2001), by Glen Gaslin, explores Douglas Adams' grudge against his home planet and status as a geek icon. "The greatest tragedy of his career might be the fact that Adams, when it came down to it, didn't much like to write. He couldn't hit a book deadline, even for a relatively thin volume based on a radio show he'd already plotted out, without being locked in a hotel room for a week. He spent most of the last decade searching for new, better forms of expression, launching a digital entertainment company and fiddling with gadgets, games and Web sites."
Adams, the Universal Tourist with a Classic in his Luggage
This Sunday Times article (May 13, 2001), by Nicholas Hellen, features tributes from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, actor Stephen Fry, and Monty Python member Terry Pratchett.
Douglas Adams
This Guardian obituary (May 15, 2001), by Nicholas Wroe, highlights Adams' personal tastes: ecology and a large guitar collection. Features a tribute from editor Sue Freestone and details of his early collaboration with Monty Python member Graham Chapman. "Adams split with Chapman and took a series of bizarre jobs - such as a chicken-shed cleaner and bodyguard to the ruling family of Qatar - to make ends meet."
Actor Stephen Fry Pays Tribute to a Friend
This Observer article (May 13, 2001), by actor Stephen Fry, pays tribute to Adams' humanity. "I think he would like to be remembered as someone who created a complete other world through his work. But he was also a bridge between science and popular culture. He was absolutely passionate about science and nature and his work made rather arcane things become quite accessible."
Towel Day: A Tribute to Douglas Adams
D. Clyde Williams proposes a tribute to Douglas Adams. "Most minds in the universe are constrained to the laws of Physics; let us remember those that broke the law and got away with it."
Douglas Adams Answers (Finally)
This Slashdot transcript (June 21, 2000), features Douglas Adams' thoughts on cultural divides, radio drama, and why you cannot mix a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster on Earth.
Vogon Heavy Industries
"If you know anything about Vogons, then you know we're always up to something. Several new offering are currently under development, and announcements will be made in all popular color supplements as they are added to the system. Again, thanks for stopping by, your locating has been mapped by our system for any future demolition needs."
Last Adams Book Planned
This BBC article (June 3, 2001) details the plan by literary agent Ed Victor and publisher Pan to compile a final Douglas Adams book: "The collection will contain The Salmon of Doubt - an unfinished new novel - and the screenplay to the proposed film of The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy."
Dian Fossey Gorilla Foundation
Douglas Adams was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Foundation.
Save the Rhino
Douglas Adams was a patron of Save the Rhino.
Disinformation Dossier on Richard Dawkins
Check out the Disinformation dossier on Richard Dawkins.
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