The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The 42nd Anniversary Edition of Douglas Adams's International Bestseller
Published on 5. March 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-5290-3452-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Sheer delight' - The Times
This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies.
An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film. Following the galactic (mis)adventures of Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's in its various incarnations has captured the imaginations of curious minds around the world . . .
It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC.
The weekend has only just begun . . .
Continue Arthur Dent's intergalactic adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.
Praise for Douglas Adams
'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday
'Magical . . . read this book' - Sunday Express
'A pleasure to read' - New York Times
This novel has now been brought to the stage by Riverside Studios as an immersive show.
This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies.
An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film. Following the galactic (mis)adventures of Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker's in its various incarnations has captured the imaginations of curious minds around the world . . .
It's an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and his best friend has just announced that he's an alien. At this moment, they're hurtling through space with nothing but their towels and an innocuous-looking book inscribed, in large friendly letters, with the words: DON'T PANIC.
The weekend has only just begun . . .
Continue Arthur Dent's intergalactic adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.
Praise for Douglas Adams
'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday
'Magical . . . read this book' - Sunday Express
'A pleasure to read' - New York Times
This novel has now been brought to the stage by Riverside Studios as an immersive show.
Reviews / Votes
Dazzlingly inventive -- <b>Caitlin Moran</b> Fizzing with ideas . . . Brilliant -- <b>Charlie Brooker</b> The first book that wasn't by Roald Dahl that really made me laugh. Arthur Dent is this humdrum person in search of a cup of tea and ends up going on mind-blowing adventures. He is so ordinary and the circumstances are so extraordinary that it was the funniest thing I'd ever read -- <b>Robert Webb</b> It changed my whole life. It's literally out of this world -- <b>Tom Baker</b> Really entertaining and fun -- <b>Michael Palin</b> Hitchhiker's is packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold. This book can be witty, iconoclastic, godless, savage, sweet, surreal, but above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly -- <b>Russell T Davies, writer and producer of <i>Doctor Who</i></b> He had almost a Wodehousian style and some of his phrases and jokes entered our language. He changed the way people spoke -- <b>Stephen Fry</b> There has never been another writer remotely like Douglas Adams. He discovered a completely new genre - scientific wit - and having discovered it he raised it to dizzying heights -- <b>Tony Robinson</b> Quite good I suppose, if you like brilliantly entertaining books written with a touch of imaginative genius -- <b>Griff Rhys Jones</b> Very occasionally a book comes along that changes the way you laugh and what you laugh about -- <b>Richard Dawkins</b> One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices * Independent on Sunday * Sheer delight * The Times * Magical . . . read this book * Sunday Express * Really entertaining and fun -- <b>John Cleese</b> Much funnier than anything John Cleese has written -- <b>Terry Jones</b> Who is John Cleese? -- <b>Eric Idle</b> I know for a fact that John Cleese hasn't read it -- <b>Graham Chapman</b>More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
156 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-3452-3 (9781529034523)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The 42nd Anniversary Edition of Douglas Adams's International Bestseller
E-Book
09/2009
Pan Books
€14.49
Available for download
Previous edition
Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Book
09/2016
Pan Books
€31.13
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Person
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 Hitchhiker, He is also the author of the Dirk Gently novels: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.
In addition to Hitchhiker, He is also the author of the Dirk Gently novels: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul and the unfinished The Salmon of Doubt.