Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Introduction

​Author, born March 11, 1952.

​Got started in writing with BBC2

​Monty Python

​Hitchhiker's Guide originally a radio program in 1977

​Success lead to him being a radio producer, and eventually, script editor for Doctor Who

​The Idea came to him in Austria

​Following the success of the radio program, he wrote the novel.

​Published on October 12, 1979

​Following the first novel, Adams continued writing what he called "a trilogy in five parts".

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)

Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984)

Mostly Harmless (1992)

​TV Series (1981)

​Text-based video game (1984)

​Film (2005)

​The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything

​What a towel is for and when to celebrate Towel Day

​A hoopy frood

​What words are stamped on the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the book Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

​Heavy on self-deprecation

Almost undetectable sarcasm

Constant deadpan delivery