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Don't panic—let's dive into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Welcome to this episode of 8 Minute Masterpieces, where we explore Douglas Adams' beloved science fiction classic, The ...
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Nick Webb, Douglas Adams' official biographer and commissioning editor of the first 'Hitchhiker' novel, reflects anecdotally on the author's life and work. J...
- Adams famously came up with the need for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk and poor in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, while backpacking around Europe before going to university.
- In a wonderful twist in keeping with the book’s opening premise of Earth being demolished to make way for a motorway, the Innsbruck field has since been paved over to make way for a stretch of autobahn.
- There is some disagreement as to the correct writing of the book’s title, notably in the book itself, where it ranges from Hitch-hiker’s to Hitchhiker’s and Hitch Hiker’s, with and without apostrophes, depending on whether you are looking at the cover, the spine, the contents, the radio outline, or the American version.
- Arthur Dent was to be called Aleric B before a last-minute replacement in the script outline Adams pitched to the BBC. He had originally thought of writing six episodes in which the Earth ended differently each time, but needed a means of explaining the universe at which point he remembered his idea from Innsbruck.
Mar 9, 2020 · Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a witty and charmingly bit of Douglas Adams’ absurdity, is a favorite sci-fi book. It begins with a great reveal to its protagonist, Arthur Dent: His friend Ford Prefect explains he is not a human, but is actually from a planet near the star Betelgeuse.
Jan 11, 2024 · In this edition of our Book-to-Game Let's Plays, we've got Douglas Adams' classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! The book is a rollicking good time, proba...
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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.
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