The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
The mega-cult-blockbuster-bestseller joins the SF Masterworks list.
Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! DescriptionArthur Dent thought his day was going badly when someone tried to demolish his house.
Then, someone demolished his planet.
Rescued by his friend Ford Prefect - who is not a human from Guildford, but an alien from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse - Arthur is flung into an adventure among the stars. He finds himself aboard the Heart of Gold, a spaceship equipped with the revolutionary Infinite Improbability Drive, piloted by the eccentric Zaphod Beeblebrox. Along the way, Arthur navigates existential dangers and far-fetched adventures. He encounters Marvin the Paranoid Android, the intelligent and perpetually depressed robot, and Trillian, the only other human survivor of Earth's destruction.
Arthur's journey is both uproarious and philosophical as he grapples with interstellar bureaucracy, absurdist planetary customs, and flying dolphins. All of this is in the name of research for the greatest book in the galaxy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The Guide, a quirky electronic book, offers indispensable advice, including the essential directive: "Don't Panic."
Set against the backdrop of an unfathomably vast universe teeming with bizarre creatures and incomprehensible phenomena, Arthur's survival and humour are tested at every turn. The novel's wit and satire provide a profound yet light-hearted commentary on life, existence, and the human condition.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is part of a multi-media phenomenon beloved the world over. Douglas Adams' "trilogy in five parts" originated as a radio show on the BBC, which eventually developed into a book series. Since its inception, the story has expanded into a television series, a major motion picture, additional sequels, radio adaptations, a famously impossible text adventure game, and numerous stage productions. It was a Sunday Times bestseller and ranked fourth in a 2003 BBC poll to find the Nation's Best-Loved Book.
Douglas Adams's inspired melding of hippy-trail guidebook and sci-fi comedy turned its novelisations into a publishing phenomenon - Guardian
In a sense that only time can test, it could be said that The Hitchhiker's Guide has become folklore - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Douglas was a genius, and that's not actually a word I toss around very lightly or use very much - Neil Gaiman
Series: S.F. Masterworks
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is praised for being deeply smart and deeply silly, showcasing Douglas Adams' endlessly inventive writing style.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399617246
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 August 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gollancz
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 132.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 255g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Douglas Adams came to world-wide prominence with the BBC Radio series THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, which subsequently became the bestselling novel, a television series, a stage play, a computer game, audio cassettes, CD-roms and a towel, and was followed by the last two books in the original trilogy, THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE and LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND EVERYTHING. All three are published as Gollancz presentation hardbacks. The final two books in the Hitchhiker Trilogy are SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH and MOSTLY HARMLESS. Douglas Adams, who died in 2001, is also the author of DIRK GENTLY'S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY and THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL, THE MEANING OF LIFF (with John Lloyd) AND LAST CHANCE TO SEE (with Mark Cawardine), and editor of THE UTTERLY UTTERLY MERRY COMIC RELIEF CHRISTMAS BOOK.
Also by Douglas Adams
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