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An edition of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979)

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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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.


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Book Club Associates
Language
English
Pages
159

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Subjects

comic science fiction, Vogons, Humorous fiction, Imaginary voyages, wit and humour, Science Fiction, Interstellar travel, Fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Open Library Staff Picks, Life on other planets, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Humorous stories, Viajes interplanetarios, Ficción, Language readers, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Radio plays, English literature, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Christian life, Indians of North America, Science-fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, New age movement, Fiction, action & adventure, English language, Adventure, Humorous, Action & adventure, General, Space opera, English & college success -> english -> fiction, English & college success -> english -> humor

People

Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin, Trisha MacMillan, Slartibartfast, Deep Thought

Places

Galaxy, Earth, Heart of Gold, Magrathea, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Volume One in The Trilogy of Five
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2009, Pan Books
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2005, Pan Books
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2002, New Millenium Audio
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1997-10, Denoël
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1981-10, Pocket Books
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1980, Book Club Associates
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1
Page 9
Chapter 2
Page 20
Chapter 3
Page 23
Chapter 4
Page 32
Chapter 5
Page 39
Chapter 6
Page 48
Chapter 7
Page 53
Chapter 8
Page 62
Chapter 9
Page 63
Chapter 10
Page 68
Chapter 11
Page 70
Chapter 12
Page 77
Chapter 13
Page 81
Chapter 14
Page 85
Chapter 15
Page 89
Chapter 16
Page 90
Chapter 17
Page 94
Chapter 18
Page 102
Chapter 19
Page 104
Chapter 20
Page 106
Chapter 21
Page 112
Chapter 22
Page 115
Chapter 23
Page 119
Chapter 24
Page 120
Chapter 25
Page 125
Chapter 26
Page 131
Chapter 27
Page 132
Chapter 28
Page 136
Chapter 29
Page 138
Chapter 30
Page 142
Chapter 31
Page 145
Chapter 32
Page 152
Chapter 33
Page 155
Chapter 34
Page 157
Chapter 35
Page 159

Edition Notes

Published in
London
Copyright Date
1979

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
158p.
Number of pages
159

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL32838419M
Internet Archive
hitchhikersguide0000unse_x7s3
OCLC/WorldCat
47146623
Goodreads
58600649

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

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