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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset by Douglas Adams offers a comedic and satirical series following the journeys of Arthur Dent, an ordinary Earthman, and his intergalactic adventures. After Earth's destruction, Arthur travels through space with Ford Prefect, an alien researcher for an electronic travel guide. The series explores themes of absurdity and existentialism, blending humour and imaginative storytelling across the cosmos.
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You might enjoy this collection if you're a fan of witty, absurd humour combined with a profound sense of cosmic wonder. It's perfect for sci-fi enthusiasts who love imaginative storytelling and quirky characters embarking on extraordinary adventures. If you appreciate a blend of satire, philosophy, and unpredictable journeys through space, this series will captivate you.

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset

Douglas Adams' mega-selling cult classic: now in one handy boxset that contains the complete The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space and time.

Douglas Adams' mega-selling cult classic: now in one handy boxset that contains the complete The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space and time.

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First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, then a blockbuster movie, the immensely successful Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams needs no introduction.

This paperback boxset collection includes all five parts of the trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.

A phenomenon across all formats, this paperback omnibus contains the complete Hitchhiker's in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space and time. Share and enjoy.

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Boxset by Douglas Adams is praised as a comedic masterwork, showcasing dazzling creativity and brilliance. It is celebrated for its inventive approach and entertaining narrative, delighting readers with its humour and clever ideas.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529044195

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Multiple-component retail product

Date Published: 03 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 79.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 882g

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About the Author

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. In addition to the Hitchhiker series, He is also the author of the Dirk Gently novels: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul as well as the non-fiction Last Chance To See and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.

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