A generation of readers travelled the universe with the help of a “trilogy in five parts” — The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Now a house that once belonged to its author, Douglas Adams, in Islington, north London, is on sale with Savills for £5.95 million. The five-bedroom grade II listed property is on Duncan Terrace, near Angel Tube station.

The property, which has five bedrooms, is grade II listed

While the series was well under way before Adams moved to nearby Upper Street in 1981, he was living there when Life, the Universe and Everything was published. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless, were also published while he lived in Islington and the books are dotted with references to the area.

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The four-storey home is spread