The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Trilogy in Five Parts Paperback, 832 pages (Language English)
Review
One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius -- David Walliams
Dazzlingly inventive -- Caitlin Moran
Fizzing with ideas . . . Brilliant -- Charlie Brooker
Really entertaining and fun -- John Cleese
Much funnier than anything John Cleese has written -- Terry Jones
I know for a fact that John Cleese hasn’t read it -- Graham Chapman
Who is John Cleese? -- Eric Idle
Really entertaining and fun -- Michael Palin
I haven’t known many geniuses in my life. Some brilliantly smart people, but only a tiny handful would I class as geniuses. I would class Douglas, because he saw things differently, and he was capable of communicating the way he saw things, and once he explained things the way he saw them, it was almost impossible to see them the way you used to see them -- Neil Gaiman
Hitchhiker’s is packed with that unique energy, all barmy and bristling and bold. This book can be witty, iconoclastic, godless, savage, sweet, surreal, but above all, it dares to be silly. Fiercely, beautifully silly -- Russell T. Davies, writer and producer of Doctor Who
From the Back Cover
Presenting Douglas Adams’s wholly remarkable comedy sci-fi series in one massively useful volume: the total package for any interstellar hitchhiker.*
An international phenomenon and pop-culture classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has been a radio show, TV series, novel, stage play, comic book and film. Following the galactic (mis)adventures of Arthur Dent, Hitchhiker’s in its various incarnations has captured the imaginations of curious minds around the world.
DON’T PANIC
One Thursday lunchtime the Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial express route. For Arthur Dent, rescued by his best friend Ford (who, even more unexpectedly, turns out to be from another planet), this already seems rather a lot to cope with. Unfortunately, his travels have only just begun. The Galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and insulted, but it’s very hard to get a cup of tea . . .
‘One of the greatest achievements in comedy. A work of staggering genius’ David Walliams
*Towel not included.
WITH UPDATED MATERIAL FROM THE DOUGLAS ADAMS ARCHIVES AND A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION FROM DOUGLAS ADAMS
About the Author
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, computer game, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. He lectured and broadcast around the world and was a patron of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Save the Rhino International. Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge, UK and lived with his wife and daughter in Islington, London, before moving to Santa Barbara, California, where he died suddenly in 2001.
