Book report form - "Life, The Universe and Everything"
He worked with
Graham Chapman, John Lloyd, but mos of his projects fell flat.
In 1977 he met Simon Brett from Radio 4 and they produced a radio show there. It was the
birth of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". He even wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy" into the novel in 1979. Adams wrote 4 books as a sequel and "Life, The Universe
and Everything" is the 3rd book of the series. Books have been adapted into television series,
stage plays, comic books. Over 15 miullions copies of books have been sold during his
lifetime. In 2005, Garth Jennings even made a film "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
Adams has also written "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" (1987), "The Long Dark
Tea-Tme of the Soul" (1988), "Last Chance to See" (1990) and even stories for television
series "Doctor Who". After his death in 2001, a collection of his work was published in a
book "The Salmon of Doubt" (2002).
Douglas married Jane Belson on November 24 1991