Hopefully, he is sipping tea in the restaurant at the end of the universe...

Douglas Adams passed into the galaxy this weekend. For you non-hoopy frood readers, Douglas Adams was the creator of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and its empire, which includes a radio series, a TV series, a computer game, a "trilogy" of five internationally best-selling books, a set of graphic novels, and a bath towel.

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Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March of 1952. He was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a BA and an MA in English literature. In addition to his best-selling THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, Adams also wrote the Dirk Gentley novels and a nonfiction book about endangered species titled LAST CHANCE TO SEE. In the non-writing world he once worked as a chicken-shed cleaner, a bodyguard for an Arab royal family, and guitarist for Pink Floyd. More importantly, he also was a loving husband and father and friend to many, including lots of people on his chat site who regularly *talked* with him.

Adams will be greatly missed, especially by this reviewer.

Where should you start if you want to know more about the man behind the space madness?

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

   --- Serena Burns

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