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Overview

At last in paperback in one complete volume, here are the five classic novels from Douglas Adams’s beloved Hitchiker series.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.

Life, the Universe and Everything
The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky– so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.

Mostly Harmless
Just when Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life, all hell breaks loose. Can he save the Earth from total obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter from herself?

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780345453747
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 4/30/2002
  • Edition description: First Ballantine Books Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 832
  • Sales rank: 21,786
  • Series: Hitchhiker's Guide Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.11 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 1.41 (d)

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What Was He Like,
Douglas Adams?

He was tall, very tall. He had an air of cheerful diffidence. He combined a razor-sharp intellect and understanding of what he was doing with the puzzled look of someone who had backed into a profession that surprised him in a world that perplexed him. And he gave the impression that, all in all, he was rather enjoying it.

He was a genius, of course. It’s a word that gets tossed around a lot these days, and it’s used to mean pretty much anything. But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw. Also, once you’d seen it his way you could never go back.

Douglas Noel Adams was born in 1952 in Cambridge, England (shortly before the announcement of an even more influential DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid). He was a self-described “strange child” who did not learn to speak until he was four. He wanted to be a nuclear physicist (“I never made it because my arithmetic was so bad”), then went to Cambridge to study English, with ambitions that involved becoming part of the tradition of British writer/performers (of which the members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus are the best-known example).

When he was eighteen, drunk in a field in Innsbruck, hitchhiking across Europe, he looked up at the sky filled with stars and thought, “Somebody ought to write the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Then he went to sleep and almost, but not quite, forgot all about it.

He left Cambridge in 1975 and went to London where his many writ-ing and performing projects tended, in the main, not to happen. He worked with former Python Graham Chapman writing scripts and sketches for abortive projects (among them a show for Ringo Starr which contained the germ of Starship Titanic) and with writer-producer John Lloyd
(they pitched a series called Snow Seven and the White Dwarfs, a comedy about two astronomers in “an observatory on Mt. Everest–“The idea for that was minimum casting, minimum set, and we’d just try to sell the series on cheapness”).

He liked science fiction, although he was never a fan. He supported himself through this period with a variety of odd jobs: he was, for example,
a hired bodyguard for an oil-rich Arabian family, a job that entailed wearing a suit and sitting in hotel corridors through the night listening to the ding of passing elevators.

In 1977 BBC radio producer (and well-known mystery author) Simon Brett commissioned him to write a science fiction comedy for BBC Radio Four. Douglas originally imagined a series of six half-hour comedies called The Ends of the Earth–funny stories which at the end of each, the world would end. In the first episode, for example, the Earth would be destroyed to make way for a cosmic freeway.

But, Douglas soon realized, if you are going to destroy the Earth, you need someone to whom it matters. Someone like a reporter for, yes, the
Hitchchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. And someone else . . . a man who was called Alaric B in Douglas’s original proposal. At the last moment Douglas crossed out Alaric B and wrote above it Arthur Dent. A normal name for a normal man.

For those people listening to BBC Radio 4 in 1978 the show came as a revelation. It was funny–genuinely witty, surreal, and smart. The series was produced by Geoffrey Perkins, and the last two episodes of the first series were co-written with John Lloyd.

(I was a kid who discovered the series–accidentally, as most listeners did–with the second episode. I sat in the car in the driveway, getting cold, listening to Vogon poetry, and then the ideal radio line “Ford,
you’re turning into an infinite number of penguins,” and I was happy;
perfectly, unutterably happy.)

By now, Douglas had a real job. He was the script editor for the long-running BBC SF series Doctor Who, in the Tom Baker days.

Pan Books approached him about doing a book based on the radio series,
and Douglas got the manuscript for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in to his editors at Pan slightly late (according to legend they telephoned him and asked, rather desperately, where he was in the book, and how much more he had to go. He told them. “Well,” said his editor,
making the best of a bad job, “just finish the page you’re on and we’ll send a motorbike around to pick it up in half an hour”). The book, a paperback original, became a surprise bestseller, as did, less surprisingly, its four sequels. It spawned a bestselling text-based computer game.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy sequence used the tropes of science fiction to talk about the things that concerned Douglas, the world he observed, his thoughts on Life, the Universe, and Everything. As we moved into a world where people really did think that digital watches were a pretty neat thing, the landscape had become science fiction and Douglas, with a relentless curiosity about matters scientific, an instinct for explanation, and a laser-sharp sense of where the joke was, was in a perfect position to comment upon, to explain, and to describe that landscape.

I read a lengthy newspaper article recently demonstrating that Hitchhiker’s
was in fact a lengthy tribute to Lewis Carroll (something that would have come as a surprise to Douglas, who had disliked the little of
Alice in Wonderland he read). Actually, the literary tradition that Douglas was part of was, at least initially, the tradition of English Humor Writing that gave us P. G. Wodehouse (whom Douglas often cited as an influence,
although most people tended to miss it because Wodehouse didn’t write about spaceships).

Douglas Adams did not enjoy writing, and he enjoyed it less as time went on. He was a bestselling, acclaimed, and much-loved novelist who had not set out to be a novelist, and who took little joy in the process of crafting novels. He loved talking to audiences. He liked writing screenplays.
He liked being at the cutting edge of technology and inventing and explaining with an enthusiasm that was uniquely his own. Douglas’s ability to miss deadlines became legendary. (“I love deadlines,” he said once. “I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.”)

He died in May 2001–too young. His death surprised us all, and left a huge, Douglas Adams—sized hole in the world. We had lost both the man
(tall, affable, smiling gently at a world that baffled and delighted him)
and the mind.

He left behind a number of novels, as often-imitated as they are, ultimately,
inimitable. He left behind characters as delightful as Marvin the Paranoid Android, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Slartibartfast. He left sentences that will make you laugh with delight as they rewire the back of your head.

And he made it look so easy.

–Neil Gaiman,
January 2002

(Long before Neil Gaiman was the bestselling author of novels like American Gods and Neverwhere, or graphic novels like The Sandman sequence, he wrote a book called Don’t Panic, a history of Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 8, 2002

    DON'T PANIC! Mice rule the universe, but you've still got your towel!

    I discovered HGTTG years ago and loved it. I recently found the five-part trilogy bound in one volume, and decided to re-read what I thought had been the best send-up of science fiction ever written. I was right. Beginning with an unlikely starship crew consisting of a two-headed, fugitive Galactic President, a burned-out travel writer, a paranoid android, (who parks cars for 5 billion years while waiting to be rescued) a mysterious beauty, and the last survivor of the late planet Earth, (which was destroyed to make way for a galactic freeway) Douglas Adams has managed to incorporate every science fiction cliche known to man or Vogon. However, unlike most writers of SF, he does not take himself or his subject too seriously. The result is a universe of marvelous silliness and deliciously ditzy characters who zoom along on their improbability drive, carrying their towels, drinking Pan Galactic Gargleblasters, while trying to avoid having a Vogon poetry read at them, or meeting up with the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal. My suggestion? Buy the book, lock yourself in your room, and read it--preferably on the floor, because that's where you'll end up anyway--unless you're the type who still thinks digital watches are pretty neat things.

    11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 23, 2009

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    WOW

    I loved the movie when it first came out. I was awe-struck as the credits were rolling up. Now that was a great story and even better presentation. I was really excited to get the book to find out the whole story. If you read this you must read the foreword and the introduction first. You have to realize that the film was just an adaptation of the 'real story'. I immediately fell in love with the writing style of Douglas Adams. You really do need a good sense of humor to get through it, because it is laugh after laugh but in the style of Douglas Adams. There is also romance, action, and great characters.

    3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 16, 2005

    WOOO HOOOO!!!!

    Hey you sass that hoopy Douglas Adams? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is!! You must read this book. If you can't laugh at this there's just no point anymore.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 30, 2002

    The Most Complete Guide Collection Ever...

    Finally in paperback, the complete five volume trilogy. I was very excited when this title came on the market, and my joy did not diminish as I plunged headfirst into this wealth of Hitchhiker's Guide print, not for the first time, but for the 18th. Still, you don't have to be a HHGTTG veteran to get on board with this...it quite simply is 5 books with one cover. I promise you, wether you've read the Hitchhiker series. Dirk Gently or The Salmon of doubt you can appreciate the beauty (but mosltly humor) of this writing. I thouroughly enjoy it, and encourage you to read it also.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 16, 2012

    WHO CARES??!!!!!

    Dear every one who was complaining about this book,
    I under stand that the outward appearance can be distracting if it is cheap, but please don't complain about the cover or the gold paint. The point is the book itself. If you are going to be stingy about that, then get a nook or a kindle. Then the outward appearance won't be distracting. Kepp the reviews about the book.
    P.s. the 1 star is for those people leaving those reviews. I really love the book.

    1 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 5, 2011

    Pure fun

    The subject says it all. This is a satirical look at the British body politic and how absurd we all are.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted June 11, 2011

    Made for the Nook.

    What can I say this is one of the all time classic Humor books over the past 30 years. May not be for all taste. But if you are looking for a good Science Fiction/Monty Python/Dr. Who type story this is for you. When I first heard about these new fangled things called E-Readers this book came to mind, and was the First book I put onto my Nook Color. To tell any of the story would be to spoil the read. Here in one Book is the compleate Trilogy of 5 books. There is a sixth book but that is sold sepreatly. So sit back and enjoy and remember your Towel.

    1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 23, 2011

    Universally Renown Masterpiece

    Ever wonder why man is on earth? Is there life beyond this Earth? What is so important about the number 42?

    These questions highlight Douglas Adams', Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is the fun and riveting tale of Arthur Dent, an average human life form from the average United Kingdom of the average planet Earth. A simple man with simple needs, Arthur has never marked his life with anything extraordinary until the day the city decided to tear down his house for the construction of a new bypass. On this same day, Ford Prefect pays Arthur a visit. Here begins Arthur's great adventure across the universe and back, literally.

    Adams' takes the age old question, "Why are we here?" And presents his answer in the form of a thrilling adventure through the stars. The first installment of this quest is the critically acclaimed novel, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His witty dialogue and good old British dry humor make the novel a classic. He brilliantly blends seriousness with complete silliness, a ploy that so rarely works in modern literature. Adams creates a bizarre and crazy story, and then makes it crazier and more nutty than imaginable. His aliens come from the deep recesses of his imagination, and even they do not believe its craziness. It seems that this out of control book is not appealing, but there is an endearing quality about it. Its acceptance of craziness is almost too lovable to deny, and for this reason, this nutty space adventure is a must read for men, woman, aliens, and robots of all ages.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 19, 2011

    My Favorite Book!

    If you like British style humor and are scientifically minded, this book is a must. Then again, if you don't appreciate laughing out loud when you read a book, this isn't for you.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 23, 2012

    hilarious. genius. pithy. witty. a book you may reread 10 or 20

    hilarious. genius. pithy. witty. a book you may reread 10 or 20 times in your life.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 15, 2012

    So long and thanks for all the fish!

    I love this series. The infinite improbability drive has taught me so much. I now know to never panic, and always bring a towel with me. "Ford, I feel like a sofa." The movie was hilarious, too. With Zooey deschanel and martin Watshislastname.

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  • Posted April 14, 2012

    Awesome!

    Awesome!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 27, 2012

    A must read

    Authors like this are so rare today..... the only ones on par with Adams (in my humble opinion) are the likes of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet (& sadly Pratchet has alzhimers).
    I cant recommend this series enough, i have read it 3 times through in just the last 4 years.... it just doesnt get old, & still makes me laugh out loud. Adams gave us words to live by (DONT PANIC) & The Answer (42)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 25, 2012

    Hi

    Its called Mostly Harmless its #5

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 1, 2012

    Leafstar

    Here

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 15, 2012

    Hi

    My friend named her car the "Heart of Gold."

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 11, 2012

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I am writing this from a nook simple touch and i absoloutly love this book i am only on the first book but i love the first chapters dont panic poor earth yah the only reason i am alive is cuz i happen to be a friend of ford ya my name is arthure dent poor robot wats his name hees depresed

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 1, 2012

    Big words and laughs!

    The words are big and you have to have a good vocabulary to read this. Also it is really funny. I think my favorite character is marven.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 29, 2012

    First two books were pretty good

    Two of these five books were good, so two out of five stars were given. Also, I passed out from laughing at Marvin, who all but dissapeared in the last three books.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 27, 2012

    Great Book! Love the series

    (Summery) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a profound story and the most pleasant book written describing the known universe. The book begins with Arthur Dent who is “but a simple man” who in the first few chapters is fending off the machines necessary to flatten his house. His friend Ford Prefect comes to him in a “mad panic”. This series of events leads to Arthur and Ford drinking a pint of beer in a pub and Arthur questioning what has gotten the better of his one true friend. Ford explains that the world is coming to an end because the Vogon destroyer fleet has come to obliterate Earth to make way for a “Hyperspace bypass”, the reason for Arthur’s house being demolished, a bypass. Ford manages to hitchhike his way onto one of the Vogon destroyer ship. Earth is then obliterated. They Vogons release them into space and managed to get onto Zaphod Beeblebrox’s spaceship, The Heart of Gold. Zephod is the president of the Galaxy and stole The Heart of Gold where he has been traveling the universe with Trillian, Arthur’s semi-lost love. Zephod is trying to find the ultimate question, because Earth was a living supercomputer that was designed by deept-hought. The most intelligent device ever made. She figured out the answer to the ultimate question, 42, but doesn’t know what the ultimate question is, hence Earth. Zephod is trying to find this long lost plant where deep-thought lives, but he encounters his opponent in the presidential campaign, Gag Halfrunt, wants a gun that shoots the perspective of one person into the mind of another. Gag takes one of Zephods brain hostage for exchange of an info cube containing the coordinates of Magarathea. The crew sets of on this magnificent adventure. The later find out that mice, the physical magnification of super intelligent pan-dimensional beings, want to dissect Arthur’s brain because it might hold the key the ultimate question. Arthur is rescued and the Magaratheas construct an Earth mark two. The major theme that reminisces throughout the story is the idea of something greater than you. This almost subliminal message conveys the idea of irony. Adams use of common speech in his syntax just makes the story that much more realistic. Likes: His endless use absurd and random twists Creative explanations for common ideas Creative style and ideas Dislikes: Nothing! You should defiantly read this book if you enjoy any style of sci-fi or just want a fun read. This book is very well written and is very imaginative. Douglas Adams has a very unique and compelling style. I would recommend the entire series. Each one builds of the previous one. They are a tremendously enjoyable series to read. This book is amazing. I never got bored and I find it enjoyable at all times. It has unique elements that you will not find anywhere else in writing.

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