Douglas Adams
Author
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Arthur Dent is forced to leave his idyllic life and travel on the back of a mysterious Perfectly Normal Beast to save the Earth and others.
Author
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Two survivors of the Earth's destruction search for the meaning of the universe in this clever science-fiction parody.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.
Author
Series
Hitchhiker series volume 1
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this collection of novels, Arthur Dent is introduced to the galaxy at large when he is rescued by an alien friend seconds before Earth's destruction, and embarks on a series of amazing adventures with his new companion.
Author
Series
Dirk Gently volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is a long tradition of Great Detectives, and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for a missing cat uncovers a ghost, a time traveler, and the devastating secret of humankind! Detective Gently's bill for saving the human race from extinction: no charge.
14) City of death
Author
Series
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"4 billion BCE: The Jagaroth, the most powerful, vicious, and visually unappealing race in the universe disappears from existence. Few are sad to see them go. 1505 CE: Leonardo da Vinci is rudely interrupted while gilding the lily by a most annoying military man by the name of Captain Tancredi. 1979 CE: Despite his best efforts not to end up in exactly the right place at exactly the wrong time, the Doctor, his companion Romana, and his cybernetic...
Author
Publisher
Unbound
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Douglas Adams died in 2001, he left behind 60 boxes full of notebooks, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches and even poems. In 42, compiled by Douglas's long-time collaborator Kevin Jon Davies, hundreds of these personal artefacts appear in print for the very first time. Douglas was as much a thinker as he was a writer, and his artefacts reveal how his deep fascination with technology led to ideas which were far ahead of their time: a convention...