"Every particle of the universe . . . affects every other particle, however faintly or obliquely. Everything interconnects with everything. The beating of a butterfly's wings in China can affect the c...
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The son of a theology teacher/management consultant and a nurse, Douglas Adams attended Cambridge University, studying English literature. While at school, he spent much of his time writing sketches f...
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With the publication of The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1979, Douglas Adams both established a cult and became a cult figure. He continued his saga with four more novels--The Restaurant at th...
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Critical Essay by Kirkus Reviews
If The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a work of genuine lunacy, and its sequel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe less inspired and considerably mo...
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Critical Essay by Philip Howard
Hot Black Desiato has made so much money out of ear-shattering plutonium rock music that he is having to spend a year dead for tax reasons. Gargravarr is a man whose mi...
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Critical Essay by Sally Emerson
Douglas Adams's latest space extravaganza this time starts life as a novel [Life, the Universe and Everything]. The first two novels of the series—The Hit...
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Douglas Adams
Douglas (Noel) Adams
