The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Alternate Titles

• The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Description

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. The namesake of the novel is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a fictional guide book for hitchhikers (inspired by the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe) written in the form of an encyclopaedia. ---------- Also contained in: - [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts][1] - [The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide][2] - [Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163706W) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163692W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163713W

First Sentence

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

Description

Seconds before 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, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together, this dynamic pair began a journey through space aided by a galaxyful of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox—the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian (formerly Tricia McMillan), Zaphod’s girlfriend, whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; and Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he’s bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time in between wearing digital watches? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars and don't forget to bring a towel! --back cover

Subjects

Series Statement

• Hitchhiker's Trilogy, #1

Other Editions

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyPaperbackBallantine Books1997-06-01
• The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxyHarmony Books1980-01-01
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyPaperbackPocket1983-03-03
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAudio CassetteDh Audio1985-05-01
• Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyAudio CassetteDh Audio1985-06-01
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyPaperbackPocket Books1988-05-01