The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams (Author)

Synopsis

This is introduced by Richard Dawkins and Nick Harkaway. First a legendary radio series, then a sequence of bestselling books, and most recently a blockbuster movie, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is one of the greatest fictional enterprises of the twentieth century. Reissued in time for the first novel's thirty-fifth anniversary, this hardback omnibus edition includes all five parts of the trilogy, along with a wealth of extra material prefaced and contextualised by Jem Roberts, the official biographer of Douglas Adams, to complete the canon. This unique hardback edition is indispensable for any would-be galactic traveller, and a must-read for all Douglas Adams fans.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 816
Edition: 1
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 25 Sep 2014

ISBN 10: 0434023396
ISBN 13: 9780434023394
Book Overview: The 'nearly-definitive' omnibus edition of 'the greatest sci-fi novel of all time'

Media Reviews
It is funny and funny in every way * Daily Telegraph *
Indispensable reading for mental hitchhikers who want to thumb a lift out of the ruts of orthodox thought * Daily Mail *
One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices * Independent on Sunday *
Author Bio
DOUGLAS ADAMS was born in Cambridge in March 1952 and died unexpectedly in May 2001. He is best known as the creator of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. The book went on to be a No. 1 bestseller. He followed this success with The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (1984); Mostly Harmless (1992) and many more. He has sold over 15 million books in the UK, the US and Australia. Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 at the age of 49.