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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

By Douglas Adams

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By Douglas Adams
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By Douglas Adams
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    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.
     
    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • “An astonishing comic writer.”—Neil Gaiman

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    This beautifully illustrated edition of the New York Times bestselling classic celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the original publication—with all-new art by award-winning illustrator Chris Riddell.
     
    SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • “An astonishing comic writer.”—Neil Gaiman

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

    About The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Illustrated Edition

    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 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy!

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

    It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly after to make way for a new hyperspace express route, and Arthur’s best friend has just announced that he’s an alien.

    After that, things get much, much worse.

    With just a towel, a small yellow fish, and a book, Arthur has to navigate through a very hostile universe in the company of a gang of unreliable aliens. Luckily the fish is quite good at languages. And the book is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy . . . which helpfully has the words DON’T PANIC inscribed in large, friendly letters on its cover.

    Douglas Adams’s mega-selling pop-culture classic sends logic into orbit, plays havoc with both time and physics, offers up pithy commentary on such things as ballpoint pens, potted plants, and digital watches . . . and, most important, reveals the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

    Now, if you could only figure out the question. . . .

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    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

    Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer games, stage adaptations, comic book, and bath towel. He was born in Cambridge and lived with his wife… More about Douglas Adams

    About Douglas Adams

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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

    Praise

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

    “Lively, sharply satirical, brilliantly written . . . ranks with the best set pieces in Mark Twain.”—The Atlantic

    “Irresistible!”—The Boston Globe

    “With droll wit, a keen eye for detail and heavy doses of insight . . . Adams makes us laugh until we cry.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

    “One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius.”—David Walliams

    “Really entertaining and fun.”—Michael Palin

    “Fizzing with ideas . . . brilliant.”—Charlie Brooker

    “Weird and wonderful.”—Eoin Colfer

    “It changed my whole life. It’s literally out of this world.”—Tom Baker

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