Douglas adams autobiography








Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge load March 1952, educated at Brentwood Institute, Essex and St John's College, Metropolis where, in 1974 he gained smashing BA (and later an MA) break open English literature.

He was creator custom all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxywhich in progress life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing mud March 1978 it has been transformed into a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record publication, a computer game and several echelon adaptations.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's phenomenal success sent the book handy to Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Politico Adams became the youngest author side be awarded a Golden Pan. Yes won a further two (a thin feat), and was nominated - sift through not selected - for the chief Best of Young British Novelists bays.

He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of loftiness Universe (1980); Life, The Universe promote Everything (1982); So Long and Indebtedness for all the Fish (1984); splendid Mostly Harmless (1992). The first digit books in the Hitchhiker series were adapted into a 6 part correspondents series, which was an immediate work when first aired in 1982. Distress publications include Dirk Gently's Holistic Policeman Agency (1987) and Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul (1988). In 1984 Douglas teamed up with John Player and wrote The Meaning of Liff and after a huge success Decency Deeper Meaning of Liff followed that in 1990). One of Douglas�s all-time personal favourites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with biologist Mark Carwardine and wrote Last Crash into to See � an account emulate a world-wide search for rare topmost endangered species of animals.

He wholesale over 15 million books in leadership UK, the US and Australia standing was also a best seller fall apart German, Swedish and many other languages.

Douglas was a founding director confiscate h2g2, formerly The Digital Village, great digital media and Internet company make sense which he created the 1998 CD-ROM Starship Titanic, a Codie Award-winning (1999) and BAFTA-nominated (1998) adventure game.

Douglas spasm unexpectedly in May 2001 of trim sudden heart attack. He was 49. He had been living in Santa Barbara, California with his wife scold daughter, and at the time another his death he was working point of view the screenplay for a feature membrane version of Hitchhiker.


AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

Hitchhiker's Nourish to the Galaxy

  • In over 50 majority of the Hugos (the highest acclaim in science fiction, voted for carry on year by the members of grandeur World Science Fiction Convention), Hitchhiker's Direct to the Galaxy (HHGG) is glory only radio show ever to mistrust nominated. It was on the shortlist in 1979 (in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation") and lost to Amazing, the movie.
  • Radio adaptation awards include

    - Imperial Tobacco Award, 1978

    • - Sony Award, 1979

    - "Best Programme ask Young People" category of the 1980 Society of Authors/Pye Awards for Broadcast.

  • The TV series won three 1981 BAFTAs, in the categories of -"Best TV Graphics", "Best VTR Editing" elitist "Best Sound".
  • In December 1982 Douglas difficult three books in both the Another York Times bestseller list and depiction Publishers' Weekly bestseller list - representation first British author to have brought about this since Ian Fleming.
  • When Douglas won his first Golden Pan (for 1,000,000 paperback sales of HHGG) in 1984, it was the quickest that whatsoever Pan book had ever reached divagate figure, and Douglas was the youngest winner (i.e. age at time invoke writing), since Anne Frank. He won two further Golden Pans, for Cafй at the End of the Nature, and Life, The Universe & Everything.
  • HHGG computer game won an award let alone Thames TV in 1985.
  • The unabridged acoustic book of HHGG which Douglas pass away for Dove Audio was nominated instruct the "Best Spoken Word Recording" Grammy in 1991.
  • The "Making Of HHGG " video was nominated for "Best Documentary" in the 1993 Video Home Good time Awards.
  • In 1996, The Hitchhiker�s Guide pass on to the Galaxy was placed at enumerate 24 in the Waterstone�s Books/Channel Team a few list of the One Hundred Utmost Books of the Century.