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An edition of Works (Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy / Restaurant at the End of the Universe / Life, the Universe and Everything / So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish / Mostly Harmless / Young Zaphod Plays it Safe) (1996)

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

First Ballantine Books Edition (24)

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  • ★★★★ 4.38 ·
  • 94 Ratings
  • 101 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 123 Have read

This is the collection of all five of the books in Douglas Adams' famous galaxy exploring trilogy. It follows Arthur Dent and his friends as they travel around the Milky Way meeting strange new cultures and having many entertaining adventures in the search for the meaning of life.


Contains:
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Life, the Universe and Everything
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Mostly Harmless
Young Zaphod Plays it Safe

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Publisher
Del Rey: Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
832

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Subjects
comic science fiction, Vogons, Humorous fiction, Imaginary voyages, wit and humour, Science Fiction, Interstellar travel, Fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Life on other planets, Humorous stories, fantasy fiction, English Humorous stories, English Science fiction, Humorous stories, English, Science fiction, English, English literature, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, Short stories, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Comic science fiction, Wit and humour, Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, English humorous stories, English science fiction, Humorous stories, english, Science fiction, english
People
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin, Trisha MacMillan, Slartibartfast, Deep Thought
Places
Earth, London, Islington, Galaxy, Heart of Gold, Magrathea, Milliways

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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Complete and Unabridged
1997, Portland House
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide
1996, Wings Books
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First Sentence

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

Table of Contents

Foreword: What Was He Like,
Douglas Adams?/vii
Introduction: A Guide to the Guide/xi
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/l
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe/145
Life, the IJniverse and Everything/311
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish/471
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe/613
Mostly Harmless/627

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2002

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiv, 815p.
Number of pages
832
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.8 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9552785M
Internet Archive
ultimatehitchhik0000adam
ISBN 10
0345453743
ISBN 13
9780345453747
OCLC/WorldCat
793307001, 1028458491
Library Thing
7015245
Goodreads
13

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