Funnier than Psycho... more chilling than Jeeves Takes Charge... shorter than War and Peace... the new Dirk Gently novel, The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. Douglas Adams is the best-selling author of the Hitch Hiker books: The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has appeared in more forms than one might reasonably expect, most of which flatly contradict each other. It has appeared as a BBC radio series (its original form), a BBC TV series, all sorts of different records, cassettes, and CD’s, a computer game, and also, apotheotically, a bath towel. A series of graphic novels is currently in preparation, and the motion-picture version is confidently expected any decade now.
He is also the author of the Dirk Gently books, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul. He is currently working on another book in this series.
He has also written The Deeper Meaning of Liff with John Lloyd and, most recently, the travel and wildlife book Last Chance to See, with Mark Carwardine. He is making more TV programmes these days and also frequently lectures on computers and semi-extinct parrots.
He lives partly in Islington, London, partly in Provence, France, but mostly in airport bookstalls.
Also by Douglas Adams in Pan Books
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
The Deeper Meaning of Liff (With John Lloyd)
Last Chance to See (With Mark Carwardine)
Pan Books in association with William HeinemannFor Jane This book was written and typeset on an Apple Macintosh II and an Apple LaserWriter II NTX. The word processing software was FullWrite Professional from Ashton Tate. The final proofing and photosetting was done by The Last Word, London SW6.