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The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy
  • Published: 16 October 1995
  • ISBN: 9780434003488
  • Imprint: William Heinemann
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $65.00

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

A Trilogy in Five Parts

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1 Oct 2014
Hardback
16 Oct 1995
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All five books in the legendary Hitch Hiker science fiction series available together in hardback, reprinted to tie-in with the 2005 blockbuster movie, starring Martin Freeman, comedian Bill Bailey, Zooey Deschanel of 'New Girl', Oscar winner John Malkovich and comedy's favourite host, Stephen Fry.

First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, now a blockbuser movie, the immensely successful Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction. Reissued to coincide with the film's release, this hardback omnibus edition include all five parts of the trilogy, incorporating for the first time, Mostly Harmless, along with a guide to the guide and essential notes on how to leave the planet.

This single hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller and for old and new fans of Douglas Adams, Doctor Who and bestselling science fiction books.
  • Published: 16 October 1995
  • ISBN: 9780434003488
  • Imprint: William Heinemann
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $65.00
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About the author

Douglas Adams

DOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He is best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.
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Praise for The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy

It is funny and funny in every way

Daily Telegraph

Indispensable reading for mental hitchhikers who want to thumb a lift out of the ruts of orthodox thought

Daily Mail

One of the world’s sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices

Independent on Sunday

It's science fiction and it's extremely funny...inspired lunacy that leaves hardly a science fiction cliche alive.

Washington Post

The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes, and his travels afford a wild satire of present institutions.

Chicago Tribune

Very simply, the book is one of the funniest SF spoofs ever written, with hyperbolic ideas folding in on themselves.

School Library Journal

A sci-fi book, packed full of adventure and humour

The Guardian

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The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy turns 40

DON’T PANIC! The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first book in a trilogy of five, celebrates its 40th anniversary on 12 October 2019.

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