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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first of six books in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "hexalogy" by Douglas Adams. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name. The novel was first published in London on 12 October 1979. It sold 250,000 copies in the first three months. 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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Editions
111 editions · 12 languages- Hardcover · English · 2021Del Rey · 320 pages · 9780593359440
- Ebook · English · 2021Random House Publishing Group · 208 pages · 9780307417138
- Paperback · English · 2021Macmillan Children's Books · 9781529046137
- Paperback · English · 2017Del Rey Books · 216 pages · 9780345391803
- Paperback · English · 2017Pan 70 · 227 pages · 9781509860142
- Paperback · English · 2016Pan Books · 210 pages · 9781509808311
comic science fictionVogonsHumorous fictionImaginary voyageswit and humourScience FictionInterstellar travelFictionInterplanetary voyagesOpen Library Staff PicksLife on other planetsFord Prefect (Fictitious character)
