The British writer Douglas Adams died yesterday at his home in California from a sudden heart attack, at the age of 49. Adams was known worldwide for his books "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
The British writer Douglas Adams died yesterday at his home in California from a sudden heart attack, at the age of 49. Adams was known worldwide for the books "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a series of humorous science fiction books that was a cultural cult for many. Adams' books have sold more than 15 million copies, and have gained many fans.
Adams was born in Cambridge, UK, and studied English literature in college.
Saint John. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was born as a series of frustrations
to the BBC radio station. The series, which was broadcast in 1978 and won
To great success, it was later published as a series of books. The "guide" describes the
The adventures of a group of intergalactic travelers, including Zapod
Biblebrooks, Arthur Dent, Ford Perfect and others - who wander around
the galaxy and discover various revelations about it.
The idea for the series was born during a trip that Adams made in Europe when he was 18 years old
Equipped with a guidebook called "The Hitchhiker's Guide in Europe", spread on
The land in a large field, slightly drunk, Adams thought about the possibility of writing
A similar guide, dealing with the experience of the future traveler between the galaxies.
"The Guide" is also being adapted into a TV series, and about two years ago Adams signed on
A contract with the Disney company in Hollywood to produce a film about him. A few years ago
Adams founded the "Digital Village" company, which produced products in the field
Music and computers. The position he held in the company at the time was "chief fantasist".
Douglas Adams even wrote a computer game called "The Spaceship Titanic",
And managed to inaugurate a large website called "The Guide", with a lexicon on it
Everything that happens in the universe and the stars beyond it. Website address: .
www.h2g2.com
"no panic!" Adams wrote on the cover of his book "The Hitchhiker's Guide
In the galaxy", a piece of advice that became immortal, like many other sentences he wrote.
"Depends on the person, depends on the computer, depends on the bandwidth" - that's how he answered recently
Adams on the question of whether he would prefer the company of a man to a desert island
Of a computer.
Adams was married to Jane Belson, a lawyer by profession, and they had a daughter
Six, Polly. In the last two years he lived with his family in Santa Barbara
In California.
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