The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by: Douglas Adams

Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 12/24/2009)

Do you know where your towel is?

Do you know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?


Do you know how to escape Earth when it is targeted for demolition to make room for a new super galactic highway?


If not "Don't Panic" Grab your Towel and this book and you will be fine! ;-)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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These episodes are as close to the book as is possible, unlike the movie made in 2005. Being a latecomer to the Hitchhiker world, I wasn't sure what to expect from these 1981 renditions, but I was totally blown away by the "pureness" of the script and the graphics that they were able to make for the time. It's very well acted too, and the guy who played Arthur in the radio series also plays him on screen in these episodes. Douglas Adams also makes an on-screen appearance in a particular sequence, but I won't spoil the surprise.

They also include some documentaries done about 10 years later, which include interviews with the actors and Douglas Adams and a look at how they made the graphics.

The episodes cover most of the first novel, spend some time at the restaurant at the end of the universe and end at prehistoric earth.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Widescreen Edition)

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Don't panic! After twenty years stuck in development (a mere blink compared to how long it takes to find the answer to life, the universe, and everything), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has finally been turned into a movie. Following the radio play, TV series, commemorative towel, and books, this latest installment in the sci-fi-comedy franchise is based on the screenplay and detailed notes by Douglas Adams.