Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams is a TED speaker who has written 12 quality-verified books, each paired here with their TED talk.

Douglas Adams created Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. First a radio comedy on the BBC, then expanded in the '70s and '80s into a bestselling series of five novels, Hitchhiker's was recently adapted for the silver screen, bringing the beloved and award-winning story of hapless Arthur Dent (and his encounters with bureaucratic aliens, a depressed robot, and the nonsensical answer to the "ultimate question") to a new generation.In addition to his many works of fiction, Adams was also a passionate environmental activist, having campaigned for endangered species through writings such as Last Chance to See, and a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro -- while wearing a rhino suit. He was an avid reader of science, and counted among his friends luminaries such as Richard Dawkins, Stephen Fry and John Lloyd.The Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of his work, was published in 2002.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Life, the Universe and Everything
• Great humorous stories
• Novels (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish)
• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
• The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition
• The Salmon of Doubt
• The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Mostly Harmless