Author guide
Dirk Maggs Books in Order
Dirk Maggs is a British writer, adapter, producer, and director whose career spans BBC radio, audio drama, stage, television, film, and games. He is especially known for audio adaptations of comic books and speculative fiction, including Batman, Superman, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Neil Gaiman's works, Alien, The X-Files, and The Sandman.
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Dirk Maggs's Newest Book
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Superman on Trial
The earliest documented Dirk Maggs audio dramatization.
Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome
A concise entry point to his pioneering comic-book audio movies.
The Amazing Spider-Man
A standalone superhero audio drama written and directed by Maggs.
An American Werewolf in London
A standalone genre adaptation showcasing his cinematic audio style.
Neverwhere
The first entry in his Neverwhere audio adaptations.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase
The beginning of his continuation of the Hitchhiker's Guide radio phases.
Alien: Out of the Shadows
The first entry in his Alien audio dramas.
The X-Files: Cold Cases
The first of his X-Files audio adaptations.
The Sandman: Act I
The first entry in his acclaimed Sandman audio drama series.
Read in order
Books by series
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Superman Audio Dramas
Dirk Maggs's BBC audio adaptations and original dramatizations featuring Superman.
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Neverwhere Audio Adaptations
Dirk Maggs's audio dramatizations set in Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere world.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Audio Phases
The later radio phases adapted or written by Dirk Maggs from the Hitchhiker's Guide novels and related material.
- 3 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary PhaseAmazon ↗
Book 3 · audio adaptation · 2004
- 4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quandary PhaseAmazon ↗Book 4 · audio adaptation · 2005
- 5
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential PhaseAmazon ↗Book 5 · audio adaptation · 2005
- 6 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Hexagonal PhaseAmazon ↗
Book 6 · audio drama · 2018
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Alien Audio Dramas
Dirk Maggs's full-cast audio adaptations in the Alien universe.
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The X-Files Audio Dramas
Full-cast audio adaptations of Joe Harris's X-Files graphic novels adapted by Dirk Maggs.
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The Sandman Audio Dramas
Audible audio dramatizations of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman directed and dramatised by Dirk Maggs.
Outside the series
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Plays (1)
- The Amazing Spider-ManAmazon ↗
audio drama · 1995