Douglas Adams - a science fiction writer?

Sources

Personal letter from Douglas Adams (adamsd@cerf.net) via E-Mail in January 1995

Internet newsgroup alt.fan.douglas-adams from 1993 to 1995

Books

Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" © 1979 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-330-25864-8)
Douglas Adams, "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" © 1980 by Serious Productions Ltd. (ISBN 0-330-26213-0)
Douglas Adams, "Life, The Universe and Everything" © 1982 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-330-26738-8)
Douglas Adams, "So Long, and Thanks for All The Fish" © 1984 by Serious Productions Ltd. (ISBN 0-330-28700-1)
Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless" © 1992 by Serious Productions Ltd. (ISBN 0-330-32311-3)
Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Original Radio Scripts" © 1985 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-330-29288-9)
Douglas Adams, "A Guide to the Guide - some unhelpful remarks from the author" Introduction to "The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide" © 1986 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-517-69311-9)
Douglas Adams, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" © 1987 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-330-30162-4)
Douglas Adams, "The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul" © 1988 by Douglas Adams (ISBN 0-330-30955-2)
Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, "Last Chance to See" © 1990 by Serious Productions Ltd. and Mark Carwardine (ISBN 0-330-32002-5)
Neil Gaiman, "Don't Panic - Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" © 1987, 1993 by Neil Gaiman (ISBN 1-85286-411-7)

Newspapers

Dates; Pages; Authors; Articles

The TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES Compact Disc Edition

The Times

-.Feb.-; n/a; Philip Howard; Bleep Bleep Hooray; Paperbacks
09.Sep.82; 7; Tom Hutchinson; Hitching another hike to the stars; Science fiction
10.Sep.88; 43; Sabine Durrant; Smog and Slog; Paperbacks
05.Nov.88; 37; Tom Hutchinson; Valhalla as St Pancras; Science Fiction
03.Nov.90; n/a; Byron Rogers; Discoveries in an alien world; Books
30.Jun.92; 15; n/a; Drama reduction on Radio 3; Letter
17.Jun.92; LT/3; Douglas Adams; The voice of all our yesterdays; Paul McCartney
03.Jul.92; 15; n/a; Drama on Radio 3; Letter
08.Oct.92; LT/4; Michael Horovitz; Back hitching; Books
17.Oct.92; SR/58; Alan Franks; 'The Beatles got inside my brain'; Douglas Adams; A Childhood
17.Apr.93; TM/3; n/a; Instrumental to a writer's success; PHS
27.Oct.93; n/a; n/a; Diary; Galactic gamble
11.Mar.94; 22; n/a; Birthdays today
28.May.94; TM/ 4; John Diamond; Something For The Weekend
Sunday Times
02.Dec.79; 39; Philip Oakes; Cultists find a guiding light
23.Oct.88; G/ 6; Peter Kemp; Dirk Gently: a legend in his own tea-time
30.Oct.88; G/14; Andrew Reeves; Clixby; Letter
17.Feb.91; n/a; n/a; Barrister at law, joker in a million living rooms; Clive Anderson; Profile
14.Jun.92; 7/17; n/a; Arts diary
11.Oct.92; 6/10; John Melmoth; Mister Universe; Books
14.Nov.93; 6/12; Colin Greenland; On the side of the humans; Books
19.Dec.93; 5/10; Pam Barret, Ian Critchley and Ivan Hill; Paperbacks; Books
The Independent
22.Dec.90; 25; William Hartston; One wheel on my dragon; Book review
03.Feb.91; 63; Miles Kington; And now a word from out author; Radio
11.Mar.91; 16; Danny Danziger; The despair made me write
09.Mar.92; 16; Susan Watts; Science and Technology Update: Galactic data
05.Oct.92; 14; Steve Homer; Mankind as sickly as a parrot
The Times Literary Supplement
24.Sep.82; 1032; Richard Brown; Posh-school SF
21.Dec.90; 1385; Eric Korn; Remainders

Other material

Science Fiction Studies
Department of English, Indiana State University
No. 15/1, p.61 Carl R. Kropf,
"Douglas Adams's 'Hitchhiker' Novels as Mock Science Fiction"
Author: Kropf, Carl R.
Title: Douglas Adams's 'Hitchhiker' Novels as Mock Science Fiction
Source: Science-Fiction Studies (SFS), Greencastle, IN
1988 Mar. ISSUE: vol. 15 no. 1 (44) PAGES: 61-70
Year: 1988
Isaac Asimov "Science Fiction Finds Its Voice"; Introduction to "The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction", © 1988 Nightfall Inc., Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh (ISBN 0-948164-72-7)
Isaac Asimov, "Meine Betrachtung der Science Fiction"; Introduction to "Faszination der Science Fiction", © 1981 by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh and Martin Harry Greenberg (ISBN 3-404-24068-5)
Isaac Asimov, "Der Horizont der Science Fiction"; Introduction to "Spekulationen", © 1982 by Laura W. Haywood & Isaac Asimov Translation by Juergen Langowski (ISBN 3-453-31254-6)
Brian W. Aldiss, "Introducing SF - a Science Fiction Anthology" © 1964 by Brian W. Aldiss published by Faber and Faber Limited, 24 Russell Square, London

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