The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the title of the first of five books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy" by Douglas Adams (with the sixth written by Eoin Colfer). The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams' 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 Hitchhi... More

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  • Oct 12, 1979

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Also known as:

  • The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
  • The Illustrated Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
  • The More Than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide,
  • The Hitchhiker's Quartet,
  • The Universe of Douglas Adams
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Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his...

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  • 1979
  • 1986

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  • 72

Radcliffe 100 Best Novels

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