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  1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an international multimedia phenomenon; the novels are the most widely distributed, having been translated into more than 30 languages by 2005. [4] [5] The first novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979), has been ranked fourth on the BBC's The Big Read poll. [6]

  2. Oct 17, 2021 · 42 years later, how 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' has endured The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has ...

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  3. Secondary Phase. (2018) Description / Buy at Amazon. A science-fiction milestone, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, written by British author Douglas Adams, has been entertaining readers for many years now. Set across a whole range of different mediums, the novels witty take on life, the universe and everything have remained principally ...

  4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Two: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: October, 1980: Novel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: July 13 - August 2 [1] 1980: Stage show The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Rainbow) January 5 – February 9, 1981: TV series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: 1982: Novel Life, the ...

  5. Oct 4, 2024 · The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first book (1979) in the highly popular series of comic science fiction novels by British writer Douglas Adams. The saga mocks modern society with humour and cynicism and has as its hero a hapless, deeply ordinary Englishman (Arthur Dent) who unexpectedly finds himself adrift in a universe characterized by randomness and absurdity.

  6. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. [2] It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. [3] 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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  8. Oct 17, 2021 · The first Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book was published in October 1979. Fans are looking back at how the series has endured in popularity and why it's still relevant. It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question