Īdams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990), and Last Chance to See (1990). Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Adams was author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a 'trilogy' of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film.
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – ) was an English author, screenwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist.
