42 by Douglas Adams

42 by Douglas Adams

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems...Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams.

• 'The prevailing mood of 42.. is joyous celebration of a phenomenal mind and a huge talent for surreal humour' Sunday Times
• 'It is a rare opportunity to be granted insight into the earliest machinations of a beloved artwork, but that is what Davies offers us with this meticulous archive' Reader's Digest
• 'It really brings Adams to life in your imagination. Reading a drafted apology to a girlfriend for being "bloody stupid", or a page of typescript in which the author talks to himself (“It may interest you to know that you are writing garbage…“), you get a strong sense of the man - the fully-rounded individual, with all his frustrations and quirks, not just the towering wit of repute' SFX Magazine
• ‘Although there can be no new Douglas Adams novels, crowdfunded publisher Unbound has given us the next best thing. It’s a beautifully produced selection of Adams’ work taken from 60 boxes of notebooks and memorabilia left behind at his death' Daily Express

After the Hitchhiker’s Guide radio series aired in 1978, young art student Kevin Jon Davies sought out its little-known author Douglas Adams to record an early fanzine interview. He went on to direct The Making of Hitchhiker, the 1993 documentary for BBC Video, and Adams invited him to art-direct The Illustrated Hitchhiker, a large-format book with pioneering digital composites. Since then he has contributed to a number of Adams-related projects, including The Hexagonal Phase (2018), the final radio series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781800182684
ISBN 10	1800182686
Title	42
Author	Douglas Adams
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Unbound
Year published	2023-08-24
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.