Douglas Adams
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Book review: The Frood by Jem Roberts
It is a shock to realise Douglas Adams would be barely into his sixties if he were alive even now. This is a fitting tribute to a giant of comic literature, taken from us far too early.
Chris Hallam, Chris Hallam's World View, 17th July 2015Douglas Adams 'Doctor Who' script turned into novel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author wrote City of Death starring Tom Baker in 1979. Now it will be extended by writer James Goss...
Susanna Lazarus, Radio Times, 23rd March 2015Douglas Adams managed to predict the internet's future (Link expired)
25 years ago Douglas Adams managed to predict almost everything the internet would become.
The sadly-missed comedy writing genius was no stranger to inventing the future.
Brian Edwards, Us vs Th3m, 28th January 2015Hitchhiker's Guide TV series two: What might have been
Some of the ideas Douglas Adams had for the never-made second TV series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy were revealed last night. His thoughts included getting rid of Zaphod Beeblebrox's second head - which never looked convincing with the 1980s special effects and BBC budgets - and building up the role of Trillian, the only major female character in the story.
Chortle, 11th November 2014Douglas Adams's secret stash revealed
Details of the previously unseen Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy material to be exclusively performed at Chortles comedy book have been revealed.
Chortle, 3rd November 2014There is 'masses' of unpublished Douglas Adams writing
Apparently there's an undiscovered hoard of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy author's writing that has never seen the light of day. "You don't want to titillate people, but there is masses of material," Adams's half-brother James Thrift said at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.
Huw Fullerton, Radio Times, 4th October 2014Douglas Adams: New biography sheds light on his genius
In the 13 years since he died, Douglas Adams' fictional universe has lost none of its appeal. His biographer Jem Roberts explains how he came to tell his story - and the treasures he found.
Jem Roberts, The Independent, 16th September 2014Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently set for US TV series
The world's foremost and only Holistic Detective is set to move to America. Dirk Gently, the character created by Douglas Adams in his comedy-sci-fi-mystical-mystery novels Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, has been optioned for a potential US television series and comic book.
Jonathan Holmes, Radio Times, 5th August 2014My inspiration: Steve Cole on Douglas Adams
The Astrosaurs author explains how Douglas Adams' novels and Doctor Who scripts taught him the meaning of science fiction comedy.
Steve Cole, The Guardian, 23rd July 2014Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy chapters found
Chapters that Douglas Adams cut from the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy novels have been found, and are to be published in a new biography.
British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2014