Category: Books

  • Douglas Adams: What a Wonderful World

    Douglas Adams: What a Wonderful World

    Despite being the ostensible protagonist of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is remarkably out of control of his destiny. Throughout, he survives various calamities equipped only with only a Babel fish, towel, and implausible happenstance. But most of its cast of characters are equally adrift in a senseless universe: Zaphod Beeblebrox is […]

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Influence & Legacy

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Influence & Legacy

    Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been adapted and extended into virtually every media yet conceived by humankind — if more advanced species elsewhere in the galaxy are able to plug the story directly into their brains, they haven’t yet shared the technology with us earthlings. Back on Earth, Adams personally wrote the […]

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: From Radio to TV

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: From Radio to TV

    British viewers may not blink twice, but it is always interesting for this Yank to note the privileged billing given to screenwriters in BBC programs. The opening credits for the 1981 serial The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy prominently hail “By DOUGLAS ADAMS” directly below its dramatically rocky logo, overshadowing the cast, directors, and producers. […]