Douglas Adams
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The Salmon of Doubt
Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
Foreword by Stephen Fry
You are on the verge of entering the wise, provoking, benevolent, hilarious and addictive world of Douglas Adams. . .
The Salmon of Doubt comprises eleven chapters of the novel on which
Douglas Adams was working at the time of his death, in which Dirk Gently is on the trail of half a cat and a mysteriously easy-to-track actor. Co-starring with the pizza-addicted detective are Thor, Norse God of Thunder, and a highly confused rhinoceros called Desmond.
Alongside this is an astonishing collection of short stories and non-fiction pieces recovered from Adams’s beloved Macintosh, including ‘Young Zaphod Plays it Safe’, featuring the intergalactic star of the Hitchhiker series; an earnest twelve-year-old Douglas’s letter to Eagle magazine; and insights into a teenage mind full of adoration for the Beatles, and loathing for short trousers. Also, there are lectures and articles on subjects as diverse as religion, the letter Y and Adams’s love affair with two dogs in New Mexico.
The Salmon of Doubt is the ultimate smorgasbord of the insanities, urbanities and wonders of life, the universe and everything.
Sunday Times Bestseller In Hard Cover
‘An imagination which doesn’t so much leap as go into freefall . . . highly accomplished and, as one would expect, very funny writing’ Scotsman
'Sheer delight' Sunday Times
Hardback
Gollancz
(2002) |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Classic And Definitely Hilarious Space Adventures Of Arthur Dent
One Thursday lunchtime Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this is already more than he can cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. And the Galaxy is a very, very large and startling place indeed . . .
Hardback
Gollancz
(2002) |
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Life, the Universe and Everything
Yet More Of The Classic And Definitely Hilarious Space Adventures Of Arthur Dent
In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. And just when he thinks things cannot possibly get any worse, they do. He discovers that not only is the Galaxy mind-bogglingly big and bewildering, but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair . . .
Hardback
Gollancz
(2002) |
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Continuing The Classic And Definitely Hilarious Space Adventures Of Arthur Dent
When all the questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains: where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is the obvious answer, as it provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once, there is no morning after to worry about . . .
About The Author
Douglas Adams wrote for radio, television and theatre and worked as everything from hospital reporter, barn-builder, chicken-shed cleaner and bodyguard to script editor of Doctor Who. The first incarnation of his cult hit The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy sequence was as a BBC radio series in 1978, then it turned into a bestselling novel, a television series, a stage play, a computer game, audio cassettes, CD-Roms and a towel and was followed by The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and Life, the Universe and Everything, all published as Gollancz presentation hardbacks. The final two books in the Hitchhiker Trilogy are So Long and Thanks for all the Fish and Mostly Harmless. Douglas Adams, who died in 2001, is also the author of the Dirk Gently novels, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul and The Salmon of Doubt; The Meaning of Li (with John Lloyd) and Last Chance to See (with Mark Carwardine), and editor of The Utterly Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
The Salmon of Doubt
(
2002)
Pan Pbk Jan 03
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(Gollancz,
1978)
Gollancz Nov 02
Life, the Universe and Everything
Gollancz Nov 02
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Gollancz Nov 02
Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul
The Salmon of Doubt
by Douglas Adams
