Tālajā 1977.gadā kādam divdesmitpiecgadīgam jaunietim radās ideja par radio seriālu „Pasaules gali” (The Ends of the Earth): katrai sērijai vajadzētu beigties ar pasaules galu. Šī jaunieša vārds bija Duglass Adamss. Ja vien neesat dedzīgi viņa fani, visticamāk seriāla nosaukums jums neko neizteiks, taču tieši šī iecere pārtapa par zinātniski fantastisko komēdiju seriālu „Galaktikas ceļvedis stopētājiem” (The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), kurš sākotnēji tika pārraidīts radio BBC. Tas guva tik lielu atsaucību, ka Adamss seriālu pārveidoja par romānu, savukārt romāns ātri vien kļuva par bestselleru. Lai gan pateikt, ka romāns kļuva par bestselleru, nozīmē nepateikt neko – angliski runājošās valstīs tas kļuva par kulta grāmatu.

Novels in the Hitchhiker series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish (1984)
Mostly Harmless (1992)

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)
The Salmon of Doubt (incomplete, 2002)

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.