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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

By Douglas Adams

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By Douglas Adams

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    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based.

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    Praise for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    “A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Irresistable!”—The Boston Globe

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based.

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    Praise for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    “A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Irresistable!”—The Boston Globe

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    A beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic, timed to celebrate the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with never-before-seen illustrations by award winner Chris Riddell
     
    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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 begin 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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based.

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    Praise for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    “A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Irresistable!”—The Boston Globe

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based.

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    Praise for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    “A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Irresistable!”—The Boston Globe

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based.

    Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

    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? For all the answers, stick your thumb to the stars!

    Praise for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

    “A whimsical oddyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Irresistable!”—The Boston Globe

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    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Del Rey
    Jun 23, 1997 | 208 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780345418913

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Sep 27, 1995 | 224 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345391803

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Hardcover | $22.00
    Published by Del Rey
    May 04, 2021 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9780593359440

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Dec 18, 2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307417138

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Audiobooks

    CD | $14.99
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 14, 2014 | 360 Minutes | ISBN 9780804191852

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Apr 05, 2005 | 352 Minutes | ISBN 9780739322215

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    “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World

    “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] whimsical odyssey . . . Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy.”—Publishers Weekly

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