The Meaning of Liff
The Original Dictionary Of Things There Should Be Words For
$32.00
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
20 January 2026
Summary
From Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and John Lloyd (Blackadder, QI), this is the 42nd anniversary edition of The Meaning of Liff. Revised, updated and ready to change your life.
In life, there are hundreds of familiar experiences, feelings and objects for which no words exist, yet hundreds of strange words are idly loafing around on signposts, pointing at places. The Meaning of Liff connects the two.
BERRIWILLOCK (n.) - An unknown workmat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035051458 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035051451 |
| Author: | Douglas Adams, John Lloyd |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 20 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 189mm x 119mm x 24mm |
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Packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold … above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly – Russell T. Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyReally entertaining and fun – Michael Palin, broadcaster and comedian (Monty Python) on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyFizzing with ideas … brilliant – Charlie Brooker, writer and producer of Black Mirror on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
About The Author
Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.
John Lloyd is one of the most successful television comedy producers of all time, having been responsible for Not the Nine O’Clock News, Blackadder, QI and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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