Douglas Adams with fan Emma Cochraine in 1985, holding a towel that explains the importance of towels. Credit: Tim Roney / Radio Times / Getty Images After all, here we are, basically living in a ...

Old photos of British sci-fi author Douglas Adams from the archives of St. John's College in Cambridge, U.K. (St. John's College/Unbound)Also found amongst Adams's notes are his jokes, ...

To commemorate Adams on Towel Day, true fans of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" will tote their towels around town and country, sharing personal photos with their honorary towels on social ...

Just a week after Douglas Adams' passing in 2001, on May 25, the first "International Towel Day" began, celebrating the life and work of the author. Lest you think Adams only had one work on his ...