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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Lesson Plan

About the Author

Douglas Adams is best known for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a humorous science-fiction series concerning the exploits of an oddball group of humans and aliens exploring the galaxy.

Adams was born on March 11th, 1952 in Cambridge, England. He was a shy child who was intelligent but not a great student. He entered Cambridge University at the age of 18, but he spent the year prior taking odd jobs across Europe, from the United Kingdom to Istanbul. He had a Hitchhiker’s Guide to Europe and had the thought that he wished there was one for the galaxy. At Cambridge, Adams still struggled, but received a degree in English in 1974. He then had a series of jobs that included office work,...

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