Douglas Adams

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Douglas Adams

• Dedicated to the memory of the life and works of
  a man who died too young.

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Douglas Adams

• Wrote many famous science fiction stories
  including The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  series

B. March 1952 D. May 2001
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Life of Douglas Adams

• Lived in Cambridge, England
• Attended St. Johns College, Cambridge
• Wrote Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in 1978
• Sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and
  Australia
• Died suddenly of a heart attack at age 49

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The Hitchhikers Guide to
the Galaxy

• Mere seconds before the Earth is demolished
  by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is
  swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect,
  a researcher penning a new edition of The
  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, who also
  happens to hail from another planet.

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Characters

• Arthur Dent
• Human from Earth
• Lived in England
• Taken from Earth moments before it blows up
• Very confused and scared in space
• Misses drinking tea (theres none in space!)

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• Ford Prefect
• From a planet called Betelgeuse Five
• Saves Arthur Dent from dying when the Earth
  explodes
• Writes for the hugely popular travelers guide,
  The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
• Knows the best ways to travel in space
• Very smart and calm in dangerous situations

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• Zaphod Beeblebrox
• Alien with two heads!
• Ford Prefects cousin
• Galactic President-President of the WHOLE Galaxy
• Wanted for stealing the Heart of Gold spaceship
• Cant remember why he stole it!
• Calls Arthur Dent a monkey because of evolution.
• Gets into many difficult situations

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• 
  Trillian
• Formally a human named Tricia McMillian
• Left Earth to Hitchhike through the Galaxy
• Zaphod Beeblebroxs girlfriend
• When they both lived on Earth, Arthur Dent once
  hit on her at a cocktail party!
• She flies the Heart of Gold, the spaceship she,
  Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Ford Prefect
  travel in

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• Marvin
  the Robot
• Marvin the Depressed Robot
• Zaphod Beeblebroxs robot
• Has a HUGE brain, and is very, very smart
• Also very depressed. He thinks no one likes
  him, and often complains about his terrible life
• Makes other robots commit suicide so they dont
  have to hear him talk anymore!

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Other Important Things Vogons-Evil
aliens Babble fish-Allow you to understand any
language Magrathea-A planet full of people that
used to construct other planets
Slartibartfast-The only remaining planet
architect on Magrathea-helped construct planet
Earth!
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Sequels to The Hitchhikers 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
Mostly Harmless
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Things Weve Learned from The Hitchhikers
Guide to the Galaxy
1. A towel is about the most massively useful
thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.-
Douglas Adams
If you carry a towel, people will know youre
prepared for anything. You never know when a
towel will come in handy! Uses to sleep on, to
eat on, to clean off with, to wear, etc!
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2. The answer to the question of the life,
universe and everything! Whats the
answer?
42!
They know the answer is 42, they just
havent figured out what the question is yet!
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3. Man is the third most intelligent creature on
Earth. Who are the first two? Dolphins are
the second most intelligent Mice are the
first! Nice have been experimenting
with us for years, running around in cages just
to watch our reactions to the things they do.
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• Resources
• The official Douglas Adams Website
• Ursa Minor Beta
• Wikipedia definitions-Hithhiker's Guide to the
  Galaxy