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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy A Trilogy in Four Parts Author:Douglas Adams This outrageous volume is The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts...the story of a terrible, stupid Thursday, the story of its extraordinary consequences, and the story of how these consequences are inextricably intertwined. Your planet has just been destroyed and you’re lost in the space-t... more »ime continuum, but -- Don’t Panic! Just thumb your way to the end of the universe for a nice cuppa tea.
Contents:
Introduction: A Guide to the Guide (1986) • essay by Douglas Adams (variant of A Guide to the Guide 1985)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • 1] (1979) / novel by Douglas Adams: Seconds before the Earth is demolished for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is saved by Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised Guide. Together they stick out their thumbs to the stars and begin a wild journey through time and space.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • 2] (1980) / novel by Douglas Adams: Facing annihilation at the hands of warmongers is a curious time to crave tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his comrades as they hurtle across the galaxy in a desperate search for a place to eat.
Life, the Universe and Everything [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • 3] (1982) / novel by Douglas Adams: The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky, so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals can avert Armageddon: mild-mannered Arthur Dent and his stalwart crew.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy • 4] (1984) / novel by Douglas Adams: Back on Earth, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription conspires to thrust him back to reality. So to speak.