'Douglas Adams created a new comic genre, and peopled a whole other world through his work' Financial Times*** 'His ability to connect cosmic ideas with the banal commonplaces of everyday life was unique' Stephen Fry*** 'With his fondness for paradox, his galactic perspective on things and his wonderful way with meaningful nonsense, his are the books that have launched a trillion quips... the Lewis Carroll of the twentieth century' Observer

The late Douglas Adams was the best-selling author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; and Mostly Harmless. He also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. In addition, he co-wrote The Deeper Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd and the travel and wildlife book Last Chance to See with Mark Carwardine. He has sold over 15 million books in English and is a bestseller in many other languages.