Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was a British author best known for his comedic science-fiction series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Cambridge
- Educated at
- St John's CollegeBrentwood School
- Awards
- 🏆 Inkpot Award🏆 Ditmar Award for Best International Fiction
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."
"A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that."
"This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
"All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."
"He stood up straight and looked the world squarely in the fields and hills. To add weight to his words he stuck the rabbit bone in his hair. He spread his arm out wide. "I will go mad!" he annouced."
"There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right … Or put it another way, "The future of computer power is pure simplicity."
Works & Publications
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Timeline
1853
Born
Birth1920
Died
Death
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