The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

  • 4.5 (142 ratings) ·
  • 1,484 Want to read
  • 99 Currently reading
  • 316 Have read

Don't leave the Earth without this hilarious international bestseller about the end of the world and the happy-go-lucky days that follow ... about the worst Thursday that ever happened, and why the Universe is a lot safer if you bring a towel ..
--back cover

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Beverly Hills, CA
Copyright Date
2002

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Format
audio cd

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL30691164M
ISBN 10
159007257X
ISBN 13
9781590072578
OCLC/WorldCat
1144632468
Goodreads
58595739

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OL2163649W

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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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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.
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Pace 1 Fast paced 100% Enjoyability 1 Engaging 50% Exciting 50% Clarity 1 Effective explanations 33% Confusing 33% Disorganized 33% Genres 1 Action 25% Sci-fi 25% Humor 25% Fiction 25% Mood 1 Whimsical 50% Humorous 50% Impressions 1 Highly recommend 50% Quotable 50% Credibility 1 Accurate 100% Content Warnings 1 Adult themes 100% Purpose 1 Entertainment 100%

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