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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy A Trilogy in Five Parts Now Including Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams
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Description for The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy A Trilogy in Five Parts Now Including Mostly Harmless
hardcover. When Earth is destroyed to make way for a Hyperspatial express route, Arthur Dent discovers that space is big, as he is taken on a hair-raising tour of the Galaxy and its very strange inhabitants, by his friend Ford Perfect. This is a new edition which incorporates the fifth part of the trilogy. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: FL; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 221 x 46. Weight in Grams: 912.
First a legendary radio series, then a bestselling book, now a blockbuser movie, the immensely successful Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy needs no introduction. Reissued to coincide with the film's release, this hardback omnibus edition include all five parts of the trilogy, incorporating for the first time, Mostly Harmless, along with a guide to the guide and essential notes on how to leave the planet.
This single hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller and for old and new fans of Douglas Adams, Doctor Who and bestselling science fiction books.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
William Heinemann
Condition
New
Number of Pages
784
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780434003488
SKU
9780434003488
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About Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in 1952. He was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read English. As well as writing all the different and conflicting versions of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he has been responsible for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy A Trilogy in Five Parts Now Including Mostly Harmless
It's science fiction and it's extremely funny...inspired lunacy that leaves hardly a science fiction cliche alive.
Washington Post
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 ... Read more
Washington Post
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 ... Read more