The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy of five books" by Douglas Adams, with a sixth book written by Eoin Colfer. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of …
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is the first book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction "trilogy of five books" by Douglas Adams, with a sixth book written by Eoin Colfer. The novel is an adaptation of the first four parts of Adams's radio series of the same name, centering on the adventures of the only man to survive the destruction of Earth; while roaming outer space, he comes to learn the truth behind Earth's existence. 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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- 2492277
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银河系搭车客指南
Paperback, 278 pages
chinese language
Published June 12, 2016 by 上海译文出版社.
- ISBN:
- 978-7-5327-5468-7Copied ISBN!
Le Guide du Voyageur Galactique
pocket book, 288 pages
French language
Published Aug. 14, 2014 by FOLIO SF.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-043743-6Copied ISBN!
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
815 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2002
- ISBN:
- 978-0-345-45374-7Copied ISBN!
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- 13
Hitchhiker Trilogy
590 pages
English language
Published Oct. 23, 1992
- ISBN:
- 978-0-330-31611-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 841628
The Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy
215 pages
English language
Published March 17, 1989
- ISBN:
- 978-0-671-52721-1Copied ISBN!
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- 241798
The hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy
776 pages
English language
Published March 17, 1995
- ISBN:
- 978-0-434-00348-8Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 372299
Le guide galactique
270 pages
French language
Published March 17, 2000 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-041568-7Copied ISBN!
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-5)
815 pages
English language
Published March 17, 1996
- ISBN:
- 978-0-517-14925-6Copied ISBN!
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- 18
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
English language
Published March 17, 2012
- ISBN:
- 978-0-575-11534-7Copied ISBN!
Le Guide du routard galactique
224 pages
French language
Published April 12, 1990
- ISBN:
- 978-2-207-30340-5Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 1868493
Le guide du voyageur galactique
288 pages
French language
Published March 17, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-031901-5Copied ISBN!
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- 1110350
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
English language
Published March 17, 1979
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- 978-0-330-25864-7Copied ISBN!
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
English language
Published March 17, 1982
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- 978-0-671-62964-9Copied ISBN!
Per Anhalter durch die Galaxis
193 pages
German language
Published March 17, 1990 by Ullstein Verlag.
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- 978-3-548-22491-6Copied ISBN!
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