This bibliography was compiled by MJ Simpson (mjsimpson@btinternet.com) and was originally published in Mostly Harmless, the magazine of ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the official Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy Appreciation Society (www.zz9.org). --- This is a little dated, but still has most everything, I believe. THE COMPLETE(ISH) DOUGLAS ADAMS BIBLIOGRAPHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, granted there was that rather splendid bibliography in 'Book & Magazine Collector' last year [For gods sake Simo put a sock in it - rest of committee], but some items were only mentioned in passing and a couple were (gasp) omitted. This list of Douglas' UK works is far more complete, but I'm still open to correction if you spot any mistakes. Novels ~~~~~~ THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Pan, 1979, p/b) #1 ditto (Arthur Barker, 1980, h/b) ditto (Weidenfield and Nicolson, 1985, h/b) #2 ditto [with new cover] (Pan, 1988, p/b) ditto [large print] (Isis, 1988, h/b) ditto [schools edition] (Heinemann Educational, 1991, h/b) THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE (Pan, 1980, p/b) #3 ditto (Arthur Barker, 1982, h/b) ditto [with new cover] (Pan, 1988, p/b) LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING (Pan, 1982, p/b) ditto (Arthur Barker, 1982, h/b) ditto [with new cover] (Pan, 1988, p/b) SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH (pan, 1984, h/b) #4 ditto (Pan, 1984, p/b) ditto [with new cover] (Pan, 1988, p/b) DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY (Heinemann, 1987, h/b) ditto (Pan, 1988, p/b) THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL (Heinemann, 1988, h/b) ditto (Pan, 1989, p/b) ditto [large print] {Chivers, 1990, h/b) MOSTLY HARMELSS (Heinemann, 1992, h/b) ditto (Pan, 1993, p/b) OMNIBUS EDITIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: A TRILOGY IN FOUR PARTS (Heinemann, 1986, h/b) #5 ditto [with new cover] (Heinemann, 1992, h/b) ditto (Pan, 1992, p/b) THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Pan, 1988, p/b) #6 DIRK GENTLY'S HOILISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY/ THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL (Pan, 1993, p/b) #7 MISCELLANEOUS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE MEANING OF LIFF by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd (Pan, 1983, p/b) #8 THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: THE ORIGINAL RADIO SCRIPTS (Pan, 1985, p/b) #9 LAST CHANCE TO SEE by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (Heinemann, 1990, h/b) ditto (Pan, 1991, p/b) THE DEEPER MEANING OF LIFF by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd illuminated by Bert Kitchen (Pan, 1990, h/b) #10 ditto (Pan, 1991, p/b) Important US editions of Douglas Adams books ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING (Harmony, 1982, h/b) #11 ditto (Pocket Books, 1983, p/b) THE HITCH-HIKER's TRILOGY (publisher and date unlnown) #12 THE HITCH-HIKER'S TRILOGY (Pocket Books, date unknown, p/b) #13 THE MEANING OF LIFF (Harmony, 1984, h/b) #14 THE UNIVERSE OF DOUGLAS ADAMS (Pocket Books, 1985, p/b) #15 THE HITCH-HIKER'S QUARTET (publisher unknown, 1986) #16 THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (Harmony, 1989, h/b) #17 THE MORE THAN COMPLETE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE (Bonanza, 1989, h/b) #18 ditto [leatherbound edition] (Longmeadow Press, 1991, h/b) Books with material by Douglas Adams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Graham Chapman (Eyre Methuen, 1980, h/b) #19 ditto (Magnum, 1981, p/b) ditto (Mandarin, 1991, p/b) NOT! THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS (BBC, 1980, p/b) #20 NOT 1982 (Faber and Faber, 1981, p/b) #21 NOT 1983 (Faber and Faber, 1982, p/b) SON OF 'CURRIED EGGS' edited by Roger Wilmut (Methuen, 1984, h/b) #22 THE ST.MICHAEL BOOK OF HUMOROUS STORIES (Octopus, 1984, h/b) #23 THE UTTERLY, UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK edited by Douglas Adams and Peter Fincham (Fontana, 1986, p/b) #24 COASTLINE (Kingfisher, 1987, h/b) #25 THE UTTERLY, UTTERLY AMUSING AND PRETTY DAMN DEFINITIVE COMIC RELIEF REVUE BOOK (Penguin, 1989, p/b) #26 HOCKNEY'S ALPHABET edited by Stephen Spender (Faber&Faber,1991,h.b) #27 ditto [limited edition (1500) signed by David Hockney and Stephen Spender] (Faber/ Bertram Rota, 1991, h/b) ditto [limited edtion (250) signed by Hockney, Spender and all contributing authors] (Faber/Bertram Rota, 1991, h/b) Essential Reading ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DON'T PANIC: THE OFFICIAL HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY COMPANION by Neil Gaiman (Titan, 1988, p/b) #28 DON'T PANIC: DOUGLAS ADAMS AND THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Neil Gaiman (Titan, 1993, p/b) #29 Also worth checking out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP: THE FIRST 25 YEARS by Duncan Briscoe (BBC, 1983, p/b) #30 LAUGHTER IN THE AIR: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF BRITISH RADIO COMEDY by Barry Took (revised edition)(Robson, 1983, p/b) #31 THE LAVISHLY TOOLED SMITH AND JONES INSTANT COFFEE TABLE BOOK (Fontana, 1986, p/b) #32 THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH by John Peel (Psi Fi Movie Press[USA], 1986, p/b) #33 WORDSMITHS OF WONDER by Stan Nicholls(Orbit, 1993, p/b) #34 1 Early copies have an advert for the LP in the back 2 This edition is listed in 'Books in Print' but we've never heard of it. Has anybody actually got a copy???????? 3 Early copies have an advert for the second LP in the back 4 Early copies are numbered (with a rather unexciting rubber stamp) 5 Includes 'A Guide to the Guide' and the firt four Guide Novels 6 A boced set of the first four 'Guide' novels with new covers 7 A 'limited ediiton' omnibus of both Dirk Gently novels 8 Early copies have rounded corners and magenta page-edging. The original star-shaped cover sticker was qucikly replaced by a round one, then no sticker at all, then the star shape again. 9 Includes two introductions and copious notes by DA and Geoffrey Perkins. Some copies have a large cover sticker reducing the price. 10 An expanded version of 'The Meaning of Liff' 11 The US version has about three extra pages in a chapter about the flying party, explaining why 'Belgium' is a rude word. This is the version included in the various US omnibuses ('ominibi'?) 12 An unconfirmed omnibus edition of the first three 'Guide' novels 13 An unconfirmed boxed set of the first three 'Guide' novels 14 Some of the UK entries are omitteed and some new ones added 15 A boxed set of the first four 'Guide' novels 16 An unconfirmed omnibus edition of the first four 'Guide' novels 17 A special '10th Anniversary edition' with a new introduction by DA 18 An omnibus edition of the first four 'Guide' novels plus 'A Guide to Guide' and 'Young Zaphod Plays it Safe' 19 DA collaborated with several other authors on the first couple of chapters of this 20 The three 'Not..' books each list DA among 20 or so authors, including John Lloyd, Griff Rhys Jones, Richard Curtis etc 21 Includes entries from 'The Oxtail English Dictionary', an early version of 'The Meaning of Liff' by DA and John Lloyd 22 Includes an extract transcribed from the second radio episode 23 Includes an extract from 'Guide' (ie the first novel) 24 This includes: the only UK printing of Young Zaphod Plays it Safe, the only Hitch-Hiker's short story; three supplements to The Meaning of Liff by DA, John Lloyd and Stephen Fry; The Private Life of Ghengis Khan, a short story by DA based on a DA/Graham Chapman sketch from 'Out of the Trees', with a cameo appearance by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged; and 'A Christmas Fairly Story' by DA and Terry Jones. 25 Includes an extract from So Long.. 26 Includes Kamikaze, a sketch by DA and Chris Keightley 27 DA is one of 26 authors contributing a short piece on a letter of the alphabet 28 Includes, amongst other things, Kamikaze, the original synopses of the radio series, and the treatment for one of Dr Who and the Krikkitmen 29 A revised verison of the above; the additional material is actually ghost-written by a chap called David Dickson 30 Includes information on the creation of the music used in the first radio and TV series 31 Won't tell you anything you didn't already know about Guide, but puts the series in the overall context of UK radio comedy 32 Contains the definitive 'Guide' parody, 'So Long - and Thanks For All The Advance....' The books several authors include DA's old colleagues Griff Rhys Jones and John Lloyd. 33 Dreadful, inaccurate, unofficial, American thing which you're a fool if you spend more than tuppence on 34 A book of interviews with top SF authors, including DA This bibliography is - unless otherwise stated - limited to British editions. Douglas' work has been translated into umpteen languages, and if you go abroad might like to look out for copies, especially as evry country gives the books completely different covers. In the ZZ9 archives we have copies of Guide novels from France, Germany, the USA, the Netherlands, Brazil, the Ukraine and Japan.