Don't panic! Hitchhiker is now in paperback! Pack your towel, pour yourself a pan-galactic gargle blaster, and take off on a wild, no-holds-barred tour of The life and career of Douglas Adams, creator of The phenomenally successful Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. The Hitchhiker's novels were all major bestsellers in The United States and throughout The world. But Douglas Adams was a driven and gifted polymath who cut a colorful swath in radio, television, live theater, comic books, computer games, CD-ROM, and The Internet before dying tragically in 2001, at 49. M.J. Simpson has produced a rich, revealing chronicle of one of The most wildly creative minds of our time.