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- Author: Douglas Adams http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guid...
- Genre: science fiction, comedy http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guid...
- Publication Date: 1979 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guid...
- Publisher: Pan Macmillan http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guid...
- Pages: Paperback 160 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchhikers-Guid...
- ISBN: 0671527215 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671527215
- Adaptations: The books themselves are an adaptation of radio plays that Adams wrote for the bbc from 1978 -1980. In addition to the books, other adaptations included a television series and a movie released in 2005. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/
- Fact 8: On May 25th of each year, fans of the series wear a towel in honor of Douglas Adams http://www.towelday.org/
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book of the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, a series that despite the name is composed of 5 books. In 1979 Douglas Adams adapted his radio series of the same name into this book.
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Synopsis
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy follows the adventures of everyman Arthur Dent and his traveling companion Ford Prefect as they travel the universe and search for the meaning of life the universe and everything.
The story begins with Arthur having his house destroyed by a construction crew to make way for a bypass. Shortly after he finds out from Ford that the Earth itself would soon meet the same fate at the Hands of a Vogon construction crew. Ford reveals to Arthur that he is not an out of work actor, but rather an alien from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse. They hitch a ride on one of the Vogon ships to make their escape.
Unfortunately hitching a ride is a against Vogon regulations, and the stowaways are caught, subjected to Vogon poetry (widely accepted as the third worst poetry in the universe) and tossed into space. Fortunately they are rescued by the Heart of Gold a ship powered by an infinite improbability drive. The ship was stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox, the President of the Galaxy. Also on board are Marvin, a robot suffering from depression, and Trillian, a human female mathematician and astrophysicist that Arthur had once met at a party.
They wind up on the planet Megarathea, where luxury planets were manufactured. It is revealed that the Earth was a supercomputer constructed to find the question to the answer to the life, the universe, and everything by a race of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings. Unfortunately 10 million years later, and five minutes before the program had run to completion, the Earth was destroyed by Vogons. Two of the beings, which had stowed away on the Heart of Gold as mice, recognized that Arthur as a last generation human had the question imprinted in his brains. They offered to buy his brains from him, but he objected, resulting in a fight. A diversion is created when the galactic police show up to arrest Zaphod for stealing the Heart of Gold. The galactic police die when their life support fails, allowing the Arthur and his companions to escape. The group then decides to travel to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe for lunch. -
Reception
According to the New York Times Book Review "Humorous science fiction novels have notoriously limited audiences; they tend to be full of "in" jokes understandable only to those who read everything from Jules Verne to Harlan Ellison. The "Hitchhiker's Guide" is a delightful exception..."http://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/25/books/science-fiction.html?&pagewanted=2
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Book Review: Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...
Tying in with the release of Eoin Colfer's And Another Thing…, the sixth book in the ever-expanding and prematurely designated The Hitchhiker's Guide to the ... (November 28, 2009)Blogcritics.org (blog) -
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... of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Accidental Death of an Anarchist titled The Anarchist's Guide to the Galaxy for their 2010-2011 season. ... (December 01, 2009)Broadway World -
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My Asylumn - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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At Home With Books: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Review
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, ... (November 24, 2009)athomewithbooks.blogspot.com
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Mahalo Answers for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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