The author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had an asteroid named after him after he died in 2001. What was his name?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of five books in the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams' radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the "Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe") written in the form
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional) reliability and quality and its tendency to focus on topics of interest to its writers. In 2000 Adams wrote: Some have compared Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle to the "Hitchhiker's Guide"; indeed fans have designed "Don't Panic" covers for both. Combining tablets or e-readers with (offline) Wikipedia is often considered the closest existing equivalent to the Hitchhiker's Guide to date. An app for the iPad allows you to read "Guide" entries as they appeared in the various "Hitchhikers" media. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a fictional electronic guide book in the